02 Jun 2016 Burlington Creche Harvest
We are thrilled to see this bountiful harvest at Burlington Creche. If you recall, they were part of our pilot project - the "vegetable tunnels" - which help provide shade...
Author: Joanne
07 May 2016 Drilling Success!
And more good news out of South Africa! We hit strong water sources at less than 150 meters at all locations at which we recently drilled. Trygive Community Garden, Nyamande...
07 May 2016 Rand Water Foundation Ceremonies
The Rand Water Foundation recently visited Nyamande High School, Mugidi Primary, and Salani Primary to commemorate the successful construction of new, environmentally sustainable and much-needed waterless toilets at these schools....
28 Apr 2016 Dispatches from South Africa – Gardens
Peach Ratshana, our South Africa Liaison, gives us the latest update on the on-going work at the schools and how the gardens are progressing....
08 Apr 2016 Quick Garden Update
We are excited to see how the gardens are progressing at some of the schools. These are schools that recently participated in our permaculture workshop...
22 Mar 2016 Pilot Project – Vegetable Tunnels
Faith Burlington Creche has been the recipient of "vegetable tunnels", a new pilot project from A Spring of Hope. For those of our partner schools who don't have any trees...
16 Mar 2016 Nyamande High School Gets New Toilets
We are pleased to report that the construction of waterless toilets has been finished at Nyamande High School. These new toilets, made possible by a grant from the Rand Water...
14 Mar 2016 Mugidi Primary Sanitation Project
Mugidi Primary, located in Acornhoek, has an attendance of 579 learners. Since our initial involvement with them in 2012, they have been able to greatly increase the yield of their...
08 Mar 2016 Dispatches from South Africa
We are officially back in the swing of things and there are lots of interesting developments. Because the effects of the continuing, severe drought have been damaging our school gardens, we...
16 Jan 2016 Updates on Projects
A Spring of Hope expresses sincere gratitude to our donors who helped make the following projects happen. We put a plaque on all our wells honoring those who made each...