Fam Intentional Community

FAM operates a community garden called Shamba Ya Amani which means Farm of Peace in Swahili. Shamba is an urban garden run by participants who are resettled refugees, immigrants, and local Houstonians. In this agricultural endeavor, FAM assists newcomers to the USA to grow some of the food they need to feed their families and some crops for sale at local markets. Shamba serves as a model for human connection and a pathway for multicultural understanding.

FAM provides a pathway for faith communities representing many denominations in the Houston area to work side by side with resettled refugees and immigrants who are new to Houston. FAM promotes multicultural understanding and empowered community by offering a means for people from a wide variety of religious and nonreligious groups to strategically engage in community welcoming, building, and engagement.