Build the soil, grow the plants, feed the people, heal the planet.
Join this Green Revolution.
Our revolution is no dream – it’s a product of our experience, having worked in townships with people for the past 8 years. We are not just growing food but growing people.
We are not only giving people a plate of food, but more valuable than this; we are empowering people to help themselves.
Soil for Life is greening townships, one shack at a time, transforming the lives of people and the environment.
It’s a green revolution and – we need “revolutionaries” like you to share the vision and make things happen!
Make a difference - Support Soil for Life.
In Cape Town 70% of people are food insecure, and over one-third are unemployed. With the recession in full swing and the upward spiral of food prices, for many people and families the current situation is dire.
Soil for Life is tackling these issues and aims to make a positive, long-term change to people’s lives. Our work focuses on helping poorer people and communities grow their own food so as to become more self-sustaining, more food-secure and more economically stable. In our efforts with one person we positively impact on the lives of at least 6 others people. The problem seems daunting, but with your help we will be able to make a difference, one vegetable garden at a time.
We runs a year long gardening, life and business skills programme. At the end of this programme, people are able to put food on the table and generate an income for themselves and their families. To put one community member through the programme costs R2 000. You can help change multiple lives by sponsoring a community member to go on our programme.
“This is not about hand-outs”, as Director Pat Featherstone points out.
“People pay a small fee and join our programme of their own free will. We teach them self-sufficiency: how to build their soil and plant and maintain a healthy vegetable garden so that they and their families can eat – and eat healthily. What’s important is that people learn with other locals in groups, where they live. They move from house to house setting up gardens, learning, working, laughing and crying together. When the programme is over people have a host of new skills, new friends and a whole new outlook on life. The results are amazing!
The concept of growing people may sound strange to some, but that is exactly what we do. We grow people from the inside out; we watch as they blossom into the people they were born to be. People whose eyes shine with the possibilities that life has to offer them.”
To hear about more success stories please view the video clips below:
WE’RE GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
Help us raise R100 000 to change the lives of 50 other men and women.
Please sponsor one of them to take part in our programme by donating, in part or full, R2 000.
That’s just R167 per month. For more information please call us on 021-794 4982
YES, you can make a difference! Every Rand counts.
