“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return” – Nelson Mandela.
Southern Cross Schools learners spent 67 minutes of their time planting tomato, onion, cabbage, carrot and spinach seeds for Mandela Day.
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All the learners from Grade R to Grade 12 rolled and made seed containers out of newspaper and filled them with ‘Soil for Soul’ soil donated by Ian Shoebotham.
But it is not as easy as that, the seeds were then planted in containers and these seeds will be cared for in the school’s nursery by the learners until they are seedlings.
These seedlings will then be donated to Try Give Nxumalo from Acornhoek who works for the ‘Spring of Hope Foundation’.
Nxumaulo is a permaculture educator and a special project co-ordinator.
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One of the special projects with which Nxumalo works with is to supply homesteads with seedlings, encouraging sustainable living and enabling families to feed themselves.
He has established over 267 home gardens in his village in Acornhoek and he also feeds many families from his own garden.
Each learner planted approximately 10 seeds, meaning that Southern Cross Schools planted over 1,000 seeds to donate to the project.
Southern Cross Schools gave of their time, but if you consider the quote by Nelson Mandela, it is truly honourable that Nxumalo gives of his time and energy expecting nothing in return but for families to live a more comfortable life.
