A huge focus of the home care workers (HCWs) right now is establishing food gardens. The government wants to promote sustainability and not only fix problems temporarily. We have accessed seeds through Mayford (a local seed company just up the road from Refilwe) and are distributing them to the communities where we work. I went with the HCWs one day at Sunnyside to see the food gardens they have helped establish and the number was 28! These pictures were taken at Sunnyside. The top picture shows (from left) Ida and Ivonne, both HCWs with one of the community members and her garden. The bottom picture is one of the other food gardens in the same community. Although it is winter now, they are still able to grow some vegetables, including Spinach. We will continue to work at this project until 100% of the houses in the communities where we work have some type of food garden.
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