People who live in poor South African communities will learn to grow organic vegetable gardens for food and self-employment.

Capacity Building: Urban Farming and Gardening

Summary

Individuals and teachers in poor communities are trained and supported to tackle hunger and environmental degradation by growing and replicating organic vegetable and indigenous teaching gardens. progress report read updates from the field

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	£12 - Plants one tree in a disadvantaged township, and includes training and follow-up.
	£26 - Establishes one new township vegetable garden, and includes training, resources and follow-up.
	£52 - Trains one teacher in a disadvantaged school to use the outdoor classroom.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project targets individuals (mostly unemployed women) living in South Africa’s poverty-stricken Cape Flats townships. The project also works with teachers at township schools. People living in the densely populated Cape Flats experience high unemployment (50-90%), hunger, environmental degradation, lack of education and skills, a high HIV/AIDS infection rate and limited resources. Teachers in impoverished schools lack relevant teaching resources, and desperately require further training.

Activities

Activities include urban agriculture and horticulture training, resource distribution, implementation of gardens, follow-up training and support. The schools program includes teacher training, on-ground implementation and materials development.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £9,899
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £21,342
Total Funding Goal: £31,241

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Hunger, unemployment and environmental degradation are visibly reduced as individuals establish sustainable vegetable and indigenous gardens. Education improves as learners are exposed to environmental education and sustainable Permaculture systems.

Project Message

“I enjoy producing food, and I like to teach people."
- Vatiswa Dunjana, UA fieldworker

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Rob Small,
Resource Mobilisation Leader and Board Secretary
PO Box 44
Observatory
Cape Town, Western Cape 7935
South Africa
+21 3711653
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organisation

Abalimi Bezekhaya - Planters of the Home
PO Box 44 Observatory
Cape Town, Western Cape 7935
South Africa
+27 21 371 1653
http://www.abalimi.org.za

Learn more about Abalimi Bezekhaya - Planters of the Home and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in South Africa and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 28, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

We won Gold !!!

By Rob Small - micro-farmer helper :) , June 30, 2010 01:58 PM

Dear Friends,

ABALIMI won GOLD at the national Impumelelo Innovations for Sustainability Awards 2010 – see www.impumelelo.org.za , certificate attached and follow the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMaBAwjvHtc to the lovely little video clip done by Impumelelo which was shown on award night.

Mama Kaba and Bridget make a great representing pair, and it was they who went on stage to receive the award for all of us.

Viva ABALIMI- Harvest of Hope from seed to table viva!!

And VIVA to our Friends and Donors now and over the many many years past , also over the many years to come, who have helped and will hopefully still help to launch and spread the micro-farming movement !!!!!

Best regards

Rob Small

Resource mobilization for ABALIMI

www.abalimi.org.za

www.harvestofhope.co.za

www.farmgardentrust.org

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