Natural Living has decided to take practical action to spread abundance and beauty into areas where it is needed most.
Christine fromNatural Living was invited into Thembalethu township near George to witness a Project Colours celebration at the Shpamandla creche in “Silver Town”. The creche led by Alice (Namzumko) has received equipment and food by Project Colours (www.projectcolors.com) and would love to have a small garden as well for food and fruit for the children.
The creche is run with no funds and free for the children in Thembalethu, who have nowhere else to go and play and learn.
Alice, who is working as a chef in a local Wilderness restaurant, has allocated the small area for the garden and Natural Living would like to establish a mixed garden with vegetables, herbs, floowers and berries with a wattle fence and a little door to protect it from dogs and trespassers.
Besides establishing the very first permaculture garden at the creche, the creation of an ongoing and sustainable system for continuous food production is needed, which starts with teaching the residents and establishing structures for creating compost, seedlings, fertilizers, natural pesticides etc.
The planting of fruit trees is planned and a network of exchanging food, seedlings, knowledge etc. is envisaged.
We are looking for sponsors who could come up with an approximate amount of R900 (materials, plants, labour, petrol) to establish this first garden as a start-up project for creating food security in Silvertown and eventually all of Thembalethu.
The children need to learn about the pleasures of harvesting fresh and healthy food and all the work processes that go into achieving that goal.
All residents will benefit through access to healthy food, pretty surroundings and more pride in their homes. Abundance of food can be created even in small areas and the consequent benefits for all township residents are of multiple nature. Not only health but also great pleasure, satisfaction and happiness as well as pride are the results of successfully run gardens.
Please help in any way you can. We need compost, grass cuttings, manure, tools (spades, wheelbarrows, rakes, small shovels, string, poles, wattle sticks, wood for borders, seedlings, water tanks…)
Gardens need water and we envisage residents to collect rain water from their roofs. No guttering or tanks are currently there.
Please contact Christine on 044-8501600 or christine@natural-living.co.za if you can help.
