21 Aug 2016 Pit Latrines
It's so easy to take access to sanitation for granted in the developed world. In rural South Africa, 11, 450 schools still use pit latrine toilets. In this post, we...
Updates
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...
17 Jul 2016 Student Philanthropy Challenge Winners Announced
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A Spring of Hope is thrilled to announce the winners for our Student Philanthropy Challenge. We are deeply grateful to Emily Cupo and Elona Hoffeld for their dedication to improving...
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....
12 Jun 2016 Thulani Guests
When guests come to stay at Thulani, if they wish, they can be accompanied by local A Spring of Hope staff on visits to some of our partner schools. All...
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...
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...