Help ZimConserve by donating money for building the permaculture resource centre

Help ZimConserve by donating money for building the permaculture resource centre

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Zimbabwe's Seke Rural community faces food insecurity affecting people due to climate change and limited sustainable agriculture. The Permaculture Resource Centre will construct training facilities and establish income-generating enterprises including mushroom farming, nutrition gardens, and fish production. The project targets farmers, providing permaculture training, climate-resilient farming techniques, and income opportunities to build community resilience and economic sustainability. Seke Rural's 5,100 residents face food insecurity from droughts and outdated farming methods. Key problems: inadequate infrastructure (water storage, protected growing spaces), limited income diversification especially for women (64% of household leaders), knowledge gaps in sustainable agriculture, environmental degradation, and poor market access causing post-harvest losses. These interconnected challenges perpetuate poverty across participating households reliant on subsistence farming. Solution The project builds a multi-purpose resource center with classrooms and protected growing spaces. It provides permaculture training in climate-resilient farming, establishes income-generating enterprises (mushroom farming, fish farming, nutrition gardens), empowers women leaders (64% of participants), and teaches water conservation and soil improvement. The center serves as a demonstration hub for knowledge sharing and replication in surrounding communities. Long-Term Impact The resource center creates lasting food security through climate-resilient agriculture, establishes sustainable income streams for 5,100 residents, particularly women-led families. Builds community capacity in permaculture and enterprise management, restores environmental resources through conservation practices. Serves as a replicable model for surrounding communities, multiplying impact beyond direct beneficiaries and strengthening long-term economic resilience across the region.