In Malawi, in the heart of Africa, the Roman Community of Sant'Egidio has launched an initiative that is bearing unexpected fruit: the project of organic gardens cultivated and maintained by HIV-positive patients. There are currently 60 gardens, and they employ approximately 900 farmers, 15 more or less for each vegetable garden, while the fruits of the earth benefit more than 5,000 people. The concept was born in 2017 as a result of a collaboration between Sant'Egidio and Slow Food International, with the help of the Laudato si' Communities. The initial goal was to establish three vegetable gardens in the Blantyre area, a city in the country's central region, to assist some families of very poor patients, as well as to produce fruit and vegetables for the "Giovanni Paolo II" nutritional center, always managed by Sant'Egidio, which provides a daily meal to approximately 700 children in the area. The initiative has grown over time and with the help of others. These gardens, in addition to providing nutritional benefits for HIV treatment, have provided a new opportunity to people who, because of the disease, thought they had no hope of redemption.