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Capacity Building: Urban Farming and Gardening

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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 reportread updates from the field

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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: $7,254
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $54,116
Total Funding Goal: $61,370

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

Organization

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 November 13, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

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

Latest Update from the Field

November blessings and thanks!

By Rob Small - project leader, November 13, 2008 06:37 PM

Hello Dear Friends of Global Giving!

In late October I received notice from Manmeet Mehta of Global Giving that 6 people and one organisation had together donated $2,864.85 during August and September !!! This is the largest amount yet and comes to a whopping ZAR 28730.00. That is a LOT of training and resources to our emerging farmers. Thank you so much.

In the meantime, please take a peek at our refreshed website on www@abalimi.org.za and also our latest newsletter attached!!

All the very best to you and yours for the Christmas period. We at Abalimi will be continuing in our fields and gardens in support of the poor- who will celebrate Christmas with LOTS of healthy fresh food as part of the festive treat!! And, of course, good farmers seldom go away from their land for long!!

All the very best
Rob
for ABALIMI
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