How Amava emerged

The history of Amava Oluntu is important as it builds the culture, values, and norms of the organisational ecosystem. It also clarifies the position in the greater context and helps us make sense of the now and future. That’s why we’d like to share how and why Amava emerged. Yoli shares: “When I had my son in 2012, I was suddenly faced with the reality of what am I creating, what is my purpose? How am I creating a safe life for him? Because I was saying I’m practicing permaculture, but the way I live, what I eat, and all of that, it’s not really in line with what I’m saying. When I came to stay at home [in the Eastern Cape] for maternity leave, I was like, here it is. There is land. There are people here who love what I do and appreciate what I do. In Cape Town, we want to do more gardens, but we can’t because there’s no space. So, I was asking myself why am I in Cape Town, struggling, whereas I’ve got this wonderful knowledge that I can share, that people need to hear. It’s like, you move to Cape Town from this beautiful land and then you go to stay in the township… So here we are. We are free and open to help with whatever needs to be done and to learn from the communities and from you. So that we can share this knowledge. There’s no need for people to be in Cape Town when people have that knowledge.” Find out more: https://amava.org/2022/02/21/how-amava-oluntu-emerged/