1000 Survival Garden Kits Project
In many rural settlements in Southern Africa, women are the frontline workers. As the coronavirus upsets the familiar community routines, unemployment, business failures, school closures, and social isolation have become the new reality. With little income and sparse government assistance, women are faced with providing food for their families by resorting to growing their own food.
Providing women in these informal settlements with a Survival Garden Kit that includes the tools and seedlings to start small homestead vegetable gardens, is the most immediate and productive action we can take to help them create food security and self-sufficiency.
Encouraging women to establish survival gardens has short and long-term benefits included more access to nutritious foods, lower food costs, greater climate resiliency, and feelings of empowerment.
With over 125 clubs collaborating on this impactful international project, and raising $203,910, Rotarians continue to expand their vision and capacity to deliver water and food security to vulnerable women and children in marginalized South African communities.
The 1000 Survival Garden Kits Project is benefiting women and their families by providing a hippo water roller and the essential tools to establish home vegetable gardens. For these women, Rotary’s focus on community service and goodwill provide both personal and community impact.
View the June 2023 Rotary Impact Report HERE.
