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1. GAFCreating Sustainable FutureThrough
Skills Development &Training
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March 2016 -Third Addition
Special Points of
Interest:
Ÿ Supplementing feeding
schemes through fresh
organic vegetables,
herbs and fruit.
Ÿ Empower learners,
educators and
community members to
take charge of their
own development.
Ÿ Empower learners to
become responsible
South African citizens
Educate community
about climate change
adaptation.
Ÿ Soil is the foundation of
life.
Ÿ Improve balance diet
GenderCC through Oxfam and European
Union is playing an important role in
empowering disadvantaged community
members in Giyani and Tzaneen Limpopo
province.MakeAfrica Green through Green
Africa Foundation trained 100 women in
sustainable organic farming. The training
include: Introduction to Permaculture,
ethics, principles, zones and sectors. Soil
preparation, site design, management and
methods of designing herb garden, Soil
fertility improvement and management
(compost, liquid manure making and
introduction of pioneer plants), Medical
plants for primary Health care, HIV/AIDS
and nutrition,Project management,
accountability, sustain ability and
organizational skills. Both projects are
producing fresh organic vegetables. The
vegetables are supplementing feeding
scheme at schools and surplus vegetables
are sold to local community members as
part of creating jobs in the community.
WOMEN ARETHE PILLARS OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2. Permaculture is offered as a better
alternative for developing solutions on
food security, climate change, global
warming, social and environmental
crisis context. Permaculture offers a
better solutions to overcome above-
mentioned crisis. Permaculture
encourages systems-thinking and
provides tools for supporting
communities to make a “soft”
transition to green energy descent.
Permaculture solution can be applied
on any scale, in all climate zones, and
improve the environment and the
community. It improves disturbed and
damaged environments, harvests
water, builds soil, reduces fossil fuel
consumption and saves energy.
Permaculture designs encourage high
yielding sustainable production
integrating landscape, people, animals,
plants, buildings and community in
harmonious low impact living systems.
Permaculture proves that by following
Green Africa Foundation has been
working and implementing sustainable
o r g a n i c f o o d g a r d e n s a n d
environmental greening projects in
schools. Learners are being taught on
how to produce fresh organic
vegetables and herbs from available
natural resources without usage of
chemicals. The learners are gaining
necessary skills and knowledge in
s u s t a i n a b l e l a n d - u s e d e s i g n ,
Permaculture food garden layout &
design, soil preparation, plant & seed
propagation, inter-planting, crop
rotation, companion planting, water
conservation, harvest & management,
natural resource management,
sustainable land care and compost
m a k i n g . T h e p r o d u c e f r o m
permaculture food gardens are
supplementing feeding schemes in
schools and generate income for the
school.
EMPOWER CHILDREN FOR A
BETTER SOCIETY
PERMACULTURE FOR
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

3. Green Africa Foundation is utilizing
permaculture farming technology as the
way of restoring and rehabilitating our
mother Earth, and addressing food
security in schools and communities.
Green Africa Foundation is promoting
permaculture farming technologies
using natural resources in producing
organic healthy food in schools and
disadvantaged communities of South
Africa and other parts of Southern
Africa.
The organization is primarily working in
schools, establishing permaculture food
gardens, medical herb gardens, and
greening of the environment. The
vegetables, fruits and herbs are
supplementing feeding schemes,
generate income for schools and create
employment for previously unemployed
community members.
PERMACULTURE PROJECTS
ANDWORKSHOPS
Rainwater harvesting is collecting the
run-off water from a structure or other
impervious surface in order to store it
for later use.Traditionally, this involves
harvesting the rain from a roof.The rain
will be collected in gutters that channel
the water into downspouts and then
into some sort of storage vessel.
Rainwater collection systems can be as
simple as collecting water in a rain
barrel or as elaborate as harvesting
rainwater into large cisterns to supply
your entire household demand. Green
Africa foundation’s priority is to create
a n d b u i l d f o o d g a r d e n s a n d
environmental greening projects. The
foundation specializes in rainwater
harvesting, installation of water tanks,
booster pumps and appropriate
irrigation systems.
SUSTAINABLEWATER HARVESTING
& ENERGY CONSERVATION
nature’s patterns, human design
successfully preserves and improves
productivity by mimicking natures
systems.
Green Africa Foundation’s business
philosophy is guided and underpinned by
the concept of Sustainable development,
encompassing environmental, social and
economic sustain ability. Green Africa
Foundation strongly believes that
sustainability is a strategy for achieving
economic and social development for all,
while protecting the natural resources
on which all life depends on.

4. PERMACULTURE PROJECTS
ANDWORKSHOPS
There areT-Systems invested in
Khulasizwe Primary School in Tembisa
Township, Gauteng Province by
volunteering by the establishment of
organic food garden at the school.The T-
Systems employees were involved
preparing the soil,vegetable bed designing,
conserving water through mulching,
planting vegetable and herb seedlings. A
tree was also planted which symbolise
peace,unity and prosperity.
“Khulasizwe School management is
extremely pleased to associate with T-
S y s t e m s t h ro u g h G re e n A f r i c a
Foundation in developing a Permaculture
food garden project at Khulasizwe
Primary School.The school project is now
well known throughout South Africa and
beyond the borders through the
investment of the above-mentioned
sponsors. Thank you for your ongoing
support and we are looking forward for
more support in the near future.”
GreenAfrica Foundation believes that the
solution to all challenges we are facing
nowadays such as global warming,
climate change, environmental and social
crises is in the hands of people.
Permaculture was proven to be one of the
effective way to reinforce our existing and
unsustainable society. Green Africa
Foundation has been creating awareness
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ISTHE
BASIC FOUNDATION OF LIFE
Green Africa Foundation facilitates
several corporate volunteering events
throughout South Africa. In Sept 2015,
Central property Development
employees ploughed back by volunteering
at Bombeni Women Shelter in Far East
Bank, Alexandra,Gauteng Province.
This was the first time Central property.
Development employees were out there
involved in sustainable organic food
gardening and environmental greening
activities in the community.
The employees were extremely excited
about working in the garden– involved in
preparing soil,garden layout & design,bed
preparation.The groups had to rotate in
order for the participants to learn all
aspects of the practical that took place
during the volunteer day, then after the
rotation the whole group had employed
community members.
CORPORATE PLOUGH BACK
TOTHE COMMUNITY

5. on environmental, natural resource
management, promoting indigenous
knowledge in the community, on food
security.
The organisation understands the delicate
balance of human sustenance and natures
ecological demands. Green Africa
Foundation strongly believes that
sustainability is a strategy for achieving
economic and social development for all,
while protecting the natural resources on
which all life depends on. Our philosophy
is guided by permaculture Ethics: Care of
the Earth, Care for people and promoting
life. Sustainability and sustainable
development is therefore understood in
the context of the integration of
economic development, improvement of
social structures and sustainable use of
ecological resources in order to maintain
the integrity of our socio-economic and
sustain ecological systems.
Primary health care is all about providing
people with basic health care. Green
Africa Foundation is making a mark in the
most disadvantaged communities of
SouthAfrica by conducting medicinal herb
and capacity building workshops
throughout South Africa. Community
members, educators and learners are
being taught on how to establish herb
gardens, healing properties of herbs, uses
of herbs and processing the herbs.
G re e n A f r i c a Fo u n d a t i o n u s e s
participatory methods or hands on
approach. By the end of training
participants will know how to make cough
mixture, rub rub, mouth wash and other
orninaments for the benefit of the
communities. Recently Green Africa
Foundation through GenderCC
conducted medicinal herb workshop at
Risenga Giyani and Njwaheni Tzaneen
Limpopo province.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ISTHE
BASIC FOUNDATION OF LIFE
GAF IS EMPOWERING EPWP CO-ORDINATORS
THROUGHWORKSHOPS &TRAINING
Green Africa Foundation was
established through numerous
greening initiatives across South
Africa and SADC region. Green Africa
F o u n d a t i o n h a v e t h e m o s t
experienced permaculture specialists
who have consolidated its rich
experience into a formidable
enterprise to provide the most needed
environmental greening , food security
and skills development consultancy to
all sectors across the spectrum of
industries. GreenAfrica Foundation is
working closely with different
stakeholders such as Khanya Africa
Development Services, Make Africa
G r e e n , F T F A , G e n d e r C C ,
D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e ,
Department of Education, Sustainable
Tourism Partnership Programme etc
in implementing sustainable food
gardens and environmental greening
projects throughout the country.
Green Africa Foundation is committed
to community service by providing
consultation to subsistence farmers,
g a r d e n e r s , e n v i r o n m e n t a l &
community developers, school
learners, educators and previously
disadvantaged communities in skills
development, capacity building,
training and project implementation.
The organisation engages the
participation of the fore mentioned as
a s t r a t e g i c a p p r o a c h t o t h e
environmental rehabilitation and
restoration of mother earth through
establishment of natural sustainable
f o o d g a r d e n f o r e s t s a n d
environmental greening programs in
S o u t h A f r i c a a n d S A D C a n d
communities.

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