Zone 4 of Thembalethu receives Rain Water Collection Supplies!!

What could possibly be better than eating a fresh carrot from the garden? Well in Gcinisizwe and my eyes we think that there is nothing better than having the dignity and freedom to grow your own food and provide for your family. But what do you do during the long months with drought? You go out and buy Rain Water Harvesting Collection Systems for the community!!

Thanks to your donations we have been creating gardens and distributing seeds for over two years but each year the gardens were becoming dry and the plants were suffering as a result. This year we started fund raising so we could come up with a solution to the dry periods! We distributed 10 rain water barrels throughout the community which are each shared by more than one household. This year the families will have a back up supply of water to use during the drought which means more food to feed their families.

The kids love to play in the gardens also, these little girls now have a new water system and a new garden so that they can grow nutritous foods and have full bellies.

This gorgeous garden has been filled with our seeds, the owner of this garden cannot find work due to the 80% unemployment rate so he spends the day in the garden!