Help Lesedi la Batho with 5 volunteers for mentoring a garden project with agricultural expertise
category
Environment
sub-category
Agricultural & Gardening
duration
more than 8 hours
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Help Lesedi la Batho with 5 volunteers for mentoring a garden project with agricultural expertise
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At the lively, multi-faceted Lesedi la Batho Community Centre in Mabopane, we strive to help vulnerable youth and women improve their lives and become independent of handouts through free skills training, job placement assistance, small business development, preventative education & awareness programs, a day care centre, women empowerment, community support and outreach. A group of women who recently graduated from our Ikemele women empowerment project, which provides training, practical support and counselling to survivors of GBV, banded together to start a community garden project on our property. The produce they grow will be sold to help them support themselves and their families. With the necessary agricultural expertise, this garden project could not only become the livelihoods of these women in a throttled formal job market, but also serve as a centre of environmental wealth for the community. Several similar projects have tried to take life at our centre before, yet failed largely due to lack of sufficient expertise, water expense and crime issues. We are actively seeking funding to expand and support this project. If you are knowledgeable about farming/growing vegetables, please consider joining us to mentor the group to ensure sustainable success! - Farming methods - Types of soil - Plant & pest identification - Fungal & viral diseases - Recognizing beneficial creatures - Chemical free pest control and environmentally friendly remedies - Irrigation Methods & water harvesting
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