Ekukhanyeni gives back to people the most ancient skill of living in harmony with the earth to feed oneself, family and community from its abundance…Barren earth is transformed into gardens that can feed and heal.
As a Public Benefit NGO, we work from within marginalised communities to build resilience to a multitude of social challenges including food and nutrition insecurity. Ekukhanyeni has been revitalising impoverished communities by reintroducing low-cost, sustainable urban agriculture through permaculture methodologies.
Accredited and innovative agricultural, health & nutrition and agri-business training is offered to improve household and community food security, support healthier eating and lifestyle choices and promote sustainable livelihoods.
Community-based Training Facilitators are certified to provide the training and mentorship support for community members to develop and sustain food gardens and small-scale farms.
Local food gardeners are also employed and upskilled to support productive food gardens to feed and nourish our children at Ekukhanyeni’s beneficiary Early Childhood Development Centers in the informal settlement of Lawley.
Community Gardens
Community members are empowered with the necessary knowledge to ensure food security through ecologically friendly sustainable methodologies
Through our ongoing interventions, the availability of organic, nutritious food has increased for community beneficiaries with the production of healthy, locally-grown vegetables. Naturally grown food gardens using permaculture design methodologies form the backbone of Ekukhanyeni, providing life sustaining nourishment and food security to the community members, as well as a means through which they can learn to grow their own food and earn a living.
Coupled with our accredited training and post-training mentorship, the creation of food gardens as the primary means of providing food and nutrition security to our beneficiaries has had an enormous impact on the community we serve.
Beneficiaries can now see how urban small-scale farming is an effective way to improve one’s socio-economic and health status.
The impact of our AgriSETA accredited agricultural training in our geographical impact and further afield continues to broaden and our network of community growers and food gardens continues to increase in number and size to include ECD Centers, households, Schools, local NGOs and CBOs and larger agricultural cooperatives.