New Project at Nqiningana Junior Secondary School

I am very pleased to announce a new partnership between The Themba Development Project and the Nqiningana Junior Secondary School. This school caters to children up until grade nine and is lead by a team of very organized and strong willed teachers. Although they are very few resources they took the initiative to start their own gardening program so that children could learn agriculture skills as well as so they would have a supply of nutritious foods to use in their lunch program. When I arrived at the school yesterday I was very impressed with their passion for this project and it is because of the dedication of the teachers and students alike that I decided to partner with this school so that more resources can be directed their way. Right now this school has a small gardening program but with our help we will help them to fill their garden with vegetables and trees. A special thank you to Phoebe Ndzala, my contact at the school, for her enthusiasm and dedication to these children.


Work has already begun to plant 40 trees throughout the school property which is currently bare. Over the next few weeks we will also send a large supply of seeds so that the garden can be expanded.

This is a very important project and if anyone is interested in helping, no matter if it is big or small please send me an email to thembaproject@gmail.com

Feed, Teach, Empower!

Some of the school children proudly gather around just one of 10 large container gardens on the property, these gardens are 4 feet wide and in them grow vegetables for the lunch program

This school also has a day care centre for children too young for school. These children learn skills so that they are ready for grade primary next year.

The school children are responsible for the large garden here, they enjoy watering and caring for the plants. See how big the garden is? Let's fill it!

The girls standing next to a newly planted peach tree. Right now it is winter but in the Spring this tree will be full of leaves and soon fruit!

They were so excited and welcomed me with open arms. Many children later came to my house to say thank you for coming.