Developmental Stunting affects 40% of all children under the age of 18yrs in South Africa. We will improve food security, nutritional levels, improve healthy food choices, educate the children as to dietary choices as well as reducing the impact of stunting physically, emotionally and intellectually. This project will be sustainable and can continue throughout the lifetime of the children, the skills given will be for life and in essence will affect generations to come by preventing stunting.
The lack of food security and nourishment particularly for the 66% of South Africans (particularly women and children) who live below the poverty line and in extreme poverty means growth stunting of children has reached 40% nationally. If we help one child to eat better, they then perform well at school; pay attention to learning. They are receiving the nourishment their growing bodies require to develop cognitively, intellectually, emotionally and physically.
This project will resolve the stunting issue for the 100children most at risk in our program, by building and creating long term door sized gardens. This process will take place in 3stages which includes a training component regarding making correct food choices, creating gardens, harvesting the vegetables and seeds for the future without using costly chemicals such as fertilizer, composting, natural bug repellents.
Sustainable permaculture food gardens, 66% of the people (particularly women and children) live below the poverty line and in extreme poverty. 100 children will be able to grow effectively; study and learn cognitively; develop emotionally and become whole contributing adults of South Africa.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
