The Greater Welverdiend community in South Africa consists of eleven villages characterized by wild nature – and economic underdevelopment. Half of the population lives below the poverty line, there is high youth unemployment and only around 10 percent of households earn above the minimum wage.
For many children from poor families or orphans in Welverdiend, the meal they receive in elementary school and daycare centers is the only nutritious meal of the day. This is where our project comes in: Ten large, newly planted vegetable gardens form the basis for the schoolchildren’s diet. The schools and kindergartens are supplied with vegetable seedlings, which they plant and propagate in their own gardens and greenhouses or shade houses. In this way, we ensure that all kindergartens and schools are supplied with fresh vegetables. Our long-term goal is for every kindergarten and elementary school in the municipality of Welverdiend to have its own vegetable garden and grow around half of the food it needs itself.
We are supported in the implementation of the project by local project teams set up by our partner Wild Impact (formerly Africa Foundation). So that we not only improve food security in the region, but also promote sustainable development and education.
Project area
Goals
Infrastructure
Pilot sites
Equipment
Support
Impacts
8.500
10
50%
10
Impressions
Contribution to the sustainability goals
Contact person:in
Udo Gattenlöhner
Managing Director, Head of Communication & Marketing
Tel: +49 7732 9995 870
gattenloehner@globalnature.org
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