Projects 2009 - Food Gardens Foundation is a non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductable (NPO 001-266)

Food Gardens Foundation is a non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductable (NPO 001-266)

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KPMG - Volunteer Team

July 2007, saw a change being brought into the lives of the poverty sticken children of the Emandleni Informal Settlement in Actonville, Benoni. This inforomal settlement has got high levels of unemployment, teenage pregnancy and alcohol abuse, amongst these challenges there are children who need a bright future and to grow well.

Noah's Ark has a Day Care centre for some of these children. Realising their dream of achieving a healthy diet and augmenting their feeding scheme with proper food for the children, KPMG employees contributed their money, time and their manpower. They provided financial support and expertise by bringing in Food Gardens Foundation. At the time of soil turning, the KPMG employees brought with them their families and friends, and the goal was LEAVING A FULLY PLANTED GARDEN for the children to eat from. Although there was a lot of work towards making this possible, it was FUN and other community members joined in.

2008-2009, a new site was earmarked for expanding this initiative, fencing to demarcate this site was sought November 2008 and in May 2009, this vigorous team again did it.

Siyaphila Food Gardens Project

In June 2008, ArcellorMittal launched their first Food Gardening initiative called "Siyaphila Food Gardens Project" at Sapphire Secondary School in Muvhango, Bophelong. "Siyaphila" is a social invest ment project that provides members of the local community with seeds, gardeing tools and equipment to grow vegetables.

The project was spearheaded by Food Gardens Foundation (FGF), where 10 members of the local community were trained and had to adopt and share their skills with other 24 community members.

All the project members i.e. main 10 and the adopted had a goal which was achieved of helping each member establish three (3) trench beds per house-hold using the FGF method. This was enthusiastically received and undertaken by these participants, where in the end 102 trench beds per house-hold were prepared two-months later.