Chipata, Zambia: transforming bare school-ground in a food garden !

SAS Institute , #1company  this year in Great-Place-To-Work  have generously contributed to funding the launch of our project in Chipata, Zambia.

WeForest is introducing  permaculture into the reforestation of the  Zambian  Eastern province , leveraging school communities and the BreezeFM local radio station.

On March 10, Weforest met with Provincial Secretary and all provincial leaders in Education, Forestry, Water department and Agriculture to integrate permaculture best practices into the current land restoration initiatives.

Through Ammado vouchers, the 3150 € SAS contribution  will fund a 17 days training (with 2 trainers)  to establish  our pilot at  the Chiparamba Basic school as well as train 30 farmers and future designers for 2 weeks in April, while the children are on  holidays.

Why start at a school? Schools are under- utilized entry points into communities, the children are the future adults and farmers and will learn to protect trees.