Education, Food and Carbon Offset
The area in which the Matswathaka school project is situated is called
Bohlokong and is next to Bethlehem in a highly populated semi-urban area with
high unemployment. The school is intermediate and has approximately 951
learners. The gardens are maintained by the parents and learners and supplements
the feeding scheme.
Their school’s vision is to develop their grounds and garden to be a school’s
permaculture resource centre and an inspiration to other schools to strive for
the same. This the school believes can be achieved by developing a nursery, a
food garden, an orchard, demonstrable composting and compost heaps, a medicinal
garden, by planting trees and providing plants, seeds, information and workshops
to schools in the area.
For the many vulnerable learners and hungry learners who need a good meal at
school and fresh food to take home with them, the school also wants to extend
the size of their garden. The school’s primary aim is to then be an outreach
project for the area, growing and providing fresh vegetables, herbs, medicines,
workshops and inspiration to the learners, the community and to other schools
and clinics.
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