Record 0611Case study

Food security at scale

Programme footprint: 20 schools, 12 crèches, approximately 10,000 learners and 4,000 homestead gardens
Programme
National Lottery-funded schools and homestead food-security programme · African Conservation Trust
Role
Senior Project & Training Manager · African Conservation Trust
Place
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Period
2015

20

schools with gardens and rainwater harvesting

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Combining physical infrastructure, practical training and ongoing mentorship across schools, early-childhood centres and households.

Project frame

The brief.

Food-security support combined garden infrastructure with teacher, community and household training to maintain food production across institutions and homes.

Mandate

Senior Project & Training Manager coordinating multi-site infrastructure, training and mentorship.

Delivery system

Schools, crèches, teachers, community participants and household food production connected in one programme.

Project record

Programme records describe school and crèche gardens, household support, training and mentorship.

Work in practice

What I did

  1. Build gardens and water systems

    Delivered food gardens and rainwater-harvesting systems across schools and crèches.

  2. Train teachers and communities

    Combined physical implementation with teacher and community training and mentorship.

  3. Support household growing

    Extended the programme into household food production through homestead gardens.

  4. Coordinate delivery across areas

    Coordinated delivery across two areas while keeping the work connected to practical learning.

Programme footprint

Infrastructure paired with practical learning.

Umgeni and Hlabisa · National Lottery · 2015

20schools
12crèches
~10,000learners reached
4,000homestead gardens

Why it matters

Delivery across Umgeni and Hlabisa combined school and crèche gardens, rainwater systems, household food production, practical training and ongoing mentorship.

  • Multi-site delivery
  • Training and mentorship
  • Food security
  • Water harvesting
  • Stakeholder coordination
  • Operational management

Evidence & interpretation

Sources & evidence

Confirmed delivery record

The figures describe programme reach and delivered outputs.

Programme archive

Rory Clark’s own record of programmes delivered: National Lottery delivery for Umgeni and Hlabisa, 2015.

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