Now is your chance to support the Community Crisis Centre, which is one of the gardens participating in Checker’s Market Day on April 4.
Recently the Advertiser reported how the hard work by the team of volunteers at the Reiger Park Crisis Centre’s community vegetable garden has not gone unnoticed.
This is after Shoprite is featuring the centre’s vegetable garden team on its truck fleet, putting the team and the community at large on the map as the trucks criss-cross the South African towns and countryside.
The vegetable garden at the centre feeds hundreds of families, including children from underprivileged families in the township.
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The Market Day serves as an excellent opportunity to support small-scale food gardens that provide sustainable nourishment and income opportunities for vulnerable communities across the country.
As part of its strategy to fight hunger, the Shoprite Group acts for change by partnering with more than 70 gardens. In partnership with Food & Trees for Africa, the retailer offers training and provides gardening equipment as well as seedlings over a period of at least 18 months.
According to Robyn Hills, Food and Trees for Africa programme manager, Market Day is also a great opportunity for the gardens to put the marketing- and business skills they’ve received as part of the Shoprite Group’s support into practice.
“Some of these gardens have commercial ambitions and this kind of exposure opens their minds to the great opportunities out there and gives them the experience to grab them.”
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