Pre-School GROW project

Aim

Young children in rural KwaZulu-Natal, are hungry. We aim to help them to create their own vegetable gardens and grow their own food.

The Pre-school children in a rural area of KwaZulu Natal face food poverty and the realities of Climate Change.

               We want to start them off on their Growing Journey

Help us to help the children and their teachers to create their own vegetable gardens in this deprived rural area of South Africa. There are now over 60 pre-schools in the area which Devon Centocow Link has supported over 20  years  and the teachers tell us that their children are hungry. The pre-schools in this area are mostly unfunded and for the few that receive funding it is a meagre allowance and does not cover the costs of food. The pre-schools are scattered across a wide area of the countryside where there are no made-up roads and no easy access to other community facilities.

          Pre-school teachers after their workshop on permaculture

The teachers of our pre-schools are beginning the journey into permaculture and are very excited about the project. Their first workshops will enable them to plant trees but this is only a beginning. In order that all the teachers can take part in the garden workshops they need to have a constant water supply and fencing to keep out roaming goats and cattle. The cost of a water butt is approximately £250 and the fencing is about £25 per metre. 

         Please help us to help these children to grow their own food.

This pre-school is typical of the 65 pre-schools in the area. Most have an outside area which can easily be cultivated with  a sustainable permaculture approach which has been practiced in schools in other localities in the province. We will use the expertise of Food and Trees for Africa, 

https://trees.org.za/food-security/school-gardening

We are raising money for a charitable cause that is very important to us so please donate and help me reach our target.

Devon Centocow Link. www.devoncentocowlink.org.

[email protected]

Anything you can contribute towards helping us achieve our target will be massively appreciated. 

Thank you.

This project successfully funded on 19th April 2025