Seed of Hope grows garden campaign
SoH hopes to see the project rolled out provisionally with a garden in every home, church and school to minimise the number of people who go without food.
Seed of Hope (SoH) has launched the One Home: One Garden campaign that aims to equip individuals in the community of Bhekulwandle to grow their own vegetables with the resources they have available to them.
“Our desire is to see at least 50 homes by the end of 2021 with their own vegetable garden. The finances needed for this project will go to trainers’ salaries and seedlings. The trainers will equip the community in the Farming God’s Way, Garden’s of Faithfulness method whereby they will grow their own 1m x 2m vegetable garden,” said SoH CEO, Londiwe Myeza.
Farming God’s Way relies on little resources and encourages residents to start small and be faithful with the little that they have. Students will not require any fancy farming machinery, but rather use resources that are affordable and easily accessible, such as coke bottles, cow manure, wood ash, and grass cuttings.
“Our reason for using this specific training programme is that it not only teaches the community to grow their own vegetables but it also reaches into the deep-rooted issues of poverty. The methods are simple and easy to grasp, teaching students to use what God has put in their hands.”
SoH hopes to see the project rolled out provisionally with a garden in every home, church and school to minimise the number of people who go without food.
“This could also be scaled to a business where their produce is sold at a profit. But the main goal is to teach individuals to start small and use what is available to them.”
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