Futhi Fakudzi
Futhi Fakudze lives in Emfasini, in the north of Swaziland. There are 17 people in Futhi's household - 11 children and six adults. She used to spend 250 Swazi Lilangeni (about £18) a month on groceries. Now she grows the vast majority of her own food - enabling her to divert these resources to set aside funds to pay for her 6 children to attend school.
Futhi is one of 27 people selected to enter a GardenAfrica training programme in Swaziland. Over the first year of training, she learned skills to improve her use of scarce natural resources, improve her soil and yields and extend these skills to assist others in her area.
At home Futhi now produces an abundance of peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, leak, chard, spinach, beet, lettuce carrots and mango - in fact she has already extended beyond her project garden to another 200 sq metre plot!
After her 1 year training, we will visit Futhi and others in her class, four times. Now a year after her training, we were pleased to see Futhi and her husband are extending the techniques to diversify production across their fields. Intercropping has improved the soil, while increasing both yields and diversity. This resulted in a bumper year of maize, which is drying in a shelter before being stored for the winter.
Impressed with their results, 6 eight neighbours already pay regular visits to learn how they can adapt their own system of production.
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Futhi is one of 27 people selected to enter a GardenAfrica training programme in Swaziland. Over the first year of training, she learned skills to improve her use of scarce natural resources, improve her soil and yields and extend these skills to assist others in her area.
At home Futhi now produces an abundance of peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, leak, chard, spinach, beet, lettuce carrots and mango - in fact she has already extended beyond her project garden to another 200 sq metre plot!
After her 1 year training, we will visit Futhi and others in her class, four times. Now a year after her training, we were pleased to see Futhi and her husband are extending the techniques to diversify production across their fields. Intercropping has improved the soil, while increasing both yields and diversity. This resulted in a bumper year of maize, which is drying in a shelter before being stored for the winter.
Impressed with their results, 6 eight neighbours already pay regular visits to learn how they can adapt their own system of production.
Help GardenAfrica and support people like Futhi
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