30 Jan 2018 2017 Progress Report
Here in South Africa, we are in our summer months and the bush is alive and buzzing with activity. All of the winter hibernators have come out to stretch and...
Permaculture
07 Jul 2017 Visiting the Schools
Had a great week of site visits with Andrew Ndlovu, our Water Systems Manager and Leanette Sithole, Permaculture Education Manager. Beretta Primary, Brian Kajengo's Indigenous and Medicinal Plant Nursery, Lehlogonolo...
29 May 2017 EcoTunnels
At the beginning of May, compliments of donations from PicknPay and the Ackerman Foundation we installed EcoTunnels at three schools--Beretta Primary, Maranatha Creche and Mugidi Primary. We should soon...
07 Dec 2016 ASoH Contest Winners
Children and school staff from Seniyana Primary and Salani Primary enjoy the rewards of all their hard work as the winners of our Permaculture Contest and Sanitation contest, respectively. Ubuntu!...
24 Nov 2016 Dispatches From South Africa
Here's our most recent report from our South Africa Liaison, Peach Ratshana, who gives us the latest first-hand update on the on-going work at the schools and how the...
23 Jul 2016 Gardens are Flourishing!
Our staff and the staff at our partner schools have been hard at work the past few months learning about permaculture and planting gardens according to these principles. We are...
12 Jun 2016 More Garden Progress
We have been distributing seedlings to some of our partner schools so they can get started on their permaculture gardens....
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...
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...