The ANC Caucus recently launched a home-based food gardening initiative aimed at encouraging households and stakeholders to start their own food gardens in their communities.
The official launch took place at Agape Ministries in Ramaphosa, where residents of Ramaphosa, Angelo and Germiston were taught how to start their own garden.
About 10 beneficiaries from Boksburg and Germiston went home with a bucket full of manure and seeds.
The facilitator of the food gardening initiative, alderman Vivian Chauke, said the programme’s objectives include reducing food insecurity and promoting healthy living.
“It troubles us that 26 years into democracy there are still people who are going to bed hungry. So equipping the community with gardening skills will enable them to develop their own gardens for the benefit of their families and the community,” she said.
Among the beneficiaries was Angelo informal settlement community leader Solly Nonyane, who said the donation will help him enhance the community garden he established in his area, and continue to feed more disadvantaged residents.
After the gardening event, the team descended on the Ramaphosa clinic, where they planted vegetables in the clinic’s garden.
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