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1. My future, My environment,
My planet Newsletter
Green Africa Foundation
through STIDIT, EU, Pioneer
Foods Limited and FTFA is
involved in establishing and
supporting 29 sustainable or-
ganic food garden in 29
schools in Tzaneen Limpopo
province.
Green Africa Foundation is
assisting schools in the field of
permaculture (sustainable
organic food gardening, envi-
ronmental greening, mentor-
ship, enterprise development,
sustainable skills development
and training. The main focus is
to provide learners, educators
and local community
members with necessary
skills on sustainable land-use
design, 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, com-
post making to learners and
educators. The produce
from permaculture food
gardens are supplementing
feeding schemes in schools
and generate income.
The next phase of the pro-
ject is installation of food
garden fence, water infra-
structure and plant & seed
propagation unit.
Green Africa Foundation turns school land into organic food forests
AgriSeta through Green Africa
Foundation awarded post-
graduate students with grant
that enabling them to be
placed in different placement
organisations in order to gain
work experience in scarce /
critical skills in the field of
Agriculture, environmental
management and nature
conservation. The programme
will provide necessary skills
and experience for post-
graduates and prepare them
for job market in the field of
agricultural and environ-
mental management sector.
Green Africa Foundation is
looking forward to place
at least 100 Postgraduate
students into placement or- ganizations for gaining work
experience.
Postgraduates are excited to gain work experience
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Feed the Nation and conserve
natural Resources.
Special points of
interest:
 Schools land turned
in sustainable organic
food garden forests
 Postgraduate stu-
dents got a boost to
gain work experience
from AgriSeta
 STIDIT landed in
Tzaneen for new de-
velopments
 Education with pro-
duction for SA schools
 University students
got bursaries to fur-
ther their education
 Monde school turns
school land into pro-
ductive permaculture
food garden project
 Meet our New Office
Administrator

2. Permaculture is a better alterna-
tive for developing solutions on
food security in the context of
the looming crisis of energy
depletion and climate change. It
offers a better life and an
abundant ecological future for
Africa. Permaculture encourages
systems-thinking and provides
tools for supporting communi-
ties 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 commu-
nity. It improves disturbed and
damaged environments,
harvests water, builds soil,
reduces fossil fuel consump-
tion and saves energy.
Permaculture designs
encourage high yielding
sustainable production
integrating landscape,
people, animals, plants, build-
ings and community in
harmonious low impact
living systems. Permaculture
proves that by following
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 devel-
opment, encompassing
environmental, social and
economic sustainability.
Green Africa Foundation is
strongly believe that sustain-
ability is a strategy for
achieving economic and
social development for all,
while protecting the natural
resources on which all life
depends on.
Permaculture a weapon to fight poverty
Sustainable permaculture school food gardens
due to human activities in
the natural environment and
all of these events are detri-
mental to crop growth.
Droughts are damaging
because of the long-term
lack of water available to the
plants. Heat waves can cause
extreme heat stress in
crops, which can limit yields
if they occur during certain
times of the plants' life-cycle
(pollination, pod or fruit
set). Also, heat waves can
result in wilted plants (due
to elevated transpiration
rates) which can cause yield
loss if not counteracted by
irrigation. Most of plants
cannot survive in prolonged
waterlogged conditions
because the roots need to
breathe. In addition, flooding
can erode topsoil from
prime growing areas, result-
ing in irreversible habitat
damage.
Effects of climate change to agriculture
We might take it for granted
that there is no harm or damage
can be caused by Climate
Change. Believe it or not climate
change is real. Extreme weather
events include heat waves,
droughts, strong winds, and
heavy rains are indication of
Climate change. Changing of rain
or winter seasons these are
some of the signs of Climate
change. Climate models do not
do a good job of predicting how
extreme weather events might
change under global warming.
The natural circles has changed
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3. STIDIT landed in Tzaneen for new developments
University students bursaries awarded
Education with production for SA schools
EXCITING NEWS: Green
Africa Foundation recently
took STIDIT representatives
to Limpopo region to assess
some possibilities of securing
funding to support the
establishment of youth agricul-
tural Training centre in
Tzaneen. The projects assess-
ment was carried out by Mr.
Rik Kleinjans, Ms. Wilma
Vennekens and Joe Matimba
(GAF Director). Data was
collected through interviews
with project members, local
chiefs, department of Agricul-
ture etc. Further information
was also collected through
observation of available land,
water, security, membership and
vegetable production available.
The assessment was carried out at
Shikhati, Thabeng, Matswidikanye
agricultural projects etc, in Lim-
popo province.
The assessed agricultural commu-
nity projects have the potential to
be supported and contribute
towards creating a huge impact
within the community in terms of
provision of fresh organic vegeta-
bles, skills development, mentor-
ship, community enterprise
development and job creation for
youths.
active learning areas. The
development of the manual
is supporting former Minis-
ter of Education Naledi
Pandor who declared, that
every schools should have a
sustainable organic food
garden or environmental
greening project.
GAF activities are in line
with outcome based Educa-
tion and skills development
strategies, which were launched
in 2001 by the government. The
strategy aimed at reversing the
country’s current low skills level
and high unemployment by pro-
viding learners and community
members with skills, knowledge,
democratic values and more im-
portantly opportunities to apply
them.
Official employment is things of
the past, youth should learn to
create their own employment.
Green Africa Foundation is
turning the landscape of
most of South African
schools. GAF developed
user friendly training manual
that enabling schools to inte-
grate sustainable organic
food gardening and environ-
mental activities into the
curriculum. The training
manual is assisting educators
on how to integrate food
garden and environmental
greening project into all
in providing bursaries to Uni-
versity and college
students. GAF through
AgriSeta awarded a one year
study bursaries to 12 stu-
dents of University of Lim-
popo & Mangosuthu and
Cedara Agricultural College.
Green Africa Foundation is
expecting to double the
number of students next year
2017-2018. For those
Apart from implementing
permaculture food garden-
ing, environmental green-
ing projects, conducting
workshops in community
enterprise development,
sustainable skills develop-
ment & Training and men-
toring youths in agricul-
ture.
The organization also assist
interested to apply for study
bursary, please send an email to:
admin@greenafricafoundation.co.za
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My future, My environment, My planet Fifth edition

4. Green Africa Foundation is a South African non-profit
organization (NPO) established for the purpose and objec-
tive of providing agricultural skills development & training
and nurturing communities mostly women, youths and
children across South Africa. We are specializing in the field
of permaculture (sustainable organic farming), environ-
mental greening, mentorship, enterprise development,
sustainable skills development & Training and food security
projects by means of community development. The
organization is registered as a social enterprise a Non profit
making and Public Benefit Organization.
Our priority is to provide sustainable life skills in enterprise
development, sustainable land use management, natural
resource preservation, conservation, management and teach
people to use natural resources to produce fresh organic
food to create a health community and environment.
www.greenafricafoundation.wiztechsa.co.za
and herbs were planted such as
spinach, beetroot, cabbage,
lettuce, onion, global artichoke,
lavender, mint, thyme, marjo-
ram, fennel, dill and tansy. The
participants were extremely
excited to be involved in estab-
lishing food garden at their
school. The vegetable will sup-
plementing feeding scheme at
School.
GAF through FTFA established a
permaculture food garden at
Monde Primary School. The learn-
ers, educators and local commu-
nity members were workshoped
in permaculture food garden
layout & design, analyzing
resources, available, topography,
soil profile, zone and sectors plan-
ning. The participants were also
involved in clearing the garden
site, prepare the soil, vegetable
layout & design, designing different
types of vegetable beds for multi-
purpose or functions such as
harvesting and conserving water.
The participants applied com-
post, mulch for conserving water,
watering and variety of vegetables
Green Africa Foundation
11th Floor, His Majesty Building
Cnr Commissioner & Ellof Street, Marshalltown 2090
P.O.BOX 4297, Rivonia, 2128
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 11 492 0982/ 011 264 3047
Fax : +27 86 551 3177
Mobile: +27 72 984 6370/ 084 517 7708
admin@greenafricafoundation.co.za
Green Africa Foundation’s slogan
Eat Green, Love green, Think Green
MOLATELA MADIGA
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
My name is Molatela Madiga, I am a member of Green Africa Foundation. I joined this
organization in May 2016 as an Office Administrator and its been a great journey being
part of this organization. Green Africa Foundation is about empowering the nation,
teaching the communities on how to use the environment to feed their families, love their
environment and take care of it . And for me as a young person to be part of this project
its great opportunity, because as a member of this organization I am a part of the genera-
tion that is building a green legacy for our nation.
Monde school permaculturre food garden project