Climate Action South Africa Project #36296

Help us to Grow the Green Army

by SEED

Project Report | Jan 24, 2024
Thank you so much for your support in 2023 *****

By Leigh Brown | Founder

We graduated 136 ambitious Cape Flats youth.

The Seeding Futures programme addresses climate change and the youth unemployment crises by inspiring and equipping individuals to build their own resilience and position for work opportunities in the local green economy. We are grateful for your support of this important program.

Seeding Future is the heartbeat of our work, the starting point of our journey with our beneficiaries as well as the transformation of the communities they represent.

We thank you sincerely for your belief in our work, we know there lots of causes needing support and we thank you so much for choosing us.

IMPACT AT A GLANCE

SEEDING FUTURES

136 Seeding Futures graduates
ALUMNI IGNITE
67 Alumni mentored as facilitators
3 810 reached by 40 Alumni facilitators through 87 teaching days
122 Outdoor Classroom lessons
64 green economy partners
38 enterprises equipped 136
15 enterprises incubated
6 Alumni markets
6,480 Job Placement hours into green economy

ROCKLANDS RESILIENCE HUB

LOCAL FOOD RESILIENCE

677kg vegetables to local feeding schemes
5, 432 meals to people who need them
150 Organic Gardening graduates
21 Community Gardens, feeding 3161 implement resilience resources
642,000 seedlings sold to home gardeners
259 individuals through tours
25 local home gardens ignited

LOCAL ENERGY RESILIENCE

The Smart School Solar system saved the following:

21.3 tonnes of CO2
562,9 kg sulphur
7,020 kg coal
The equivalent of planting 12 trees
15,985 kWh of energy generated by the system, 96% of which is used by the school.
39415 hours of operation

The food system feeds our Seeding Futures youth.

We learn together and from each other.

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