Tag: It takes a Village

Since its establishment in 1994, EduPlant has done remarkable work with its school gardening and nutrition programme. Perm culturist Bharathi Tugh tells us, “We are not only coming with information. ...

In a community where fatal gun fights claim the lives of young people on the regular, a group of youngsters are taking an activist role in working to change their ...

In the township of Tumahole in Parys, four women have made it their mission to provide their community with affordable and easily accessible, healthy food. Located on the outskirts of the ...

At the foot of the scenic Tsitsikamma Mountains in the Eastern Cape, learners at Johan Hus Primary School intentionally misbehave to work in their school garden. An attempt by teachers ...

“We’re trying to create a mosaic of urban farms that grows food, minds and our communities,” says, Neighbourhood Farm founder and chief executive officer Justin Bonello. He has made it ...

The need for nutritious food in her school and village encouraged North West school principal Ellen Leping (50) to revive their neglected school garden three years ago. She also realised ...

Marcelle Du Plessis has no airs and graces. In fact, as rare as it may sound, the 31-year-old University of Cape Town (UCT) graduate from Tableview in the Western Cape ...

The lives of close to 52,000 people, including more than 10,000 orphans and other vulnerable children from Munsieville in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, started changing 10 years ago. The seeds to start ...

In 1992, social workers Anne and Peter Templeton visited Goedgedacht farm in Malmesbury in the Western Cape, hoping it would be the perfect place to break away from the hustle ...

Imagine a world where green spaces and green living is popular and accessible to everyone. That is exactly what Greenpop envisions, and this Western Cape based non-profit organisation has started ...