July wasn’t a fantastic month with regards to Organic Vegetable Gardening Training, with winter making its effects felt. However Siyavuna’s Agri-Team managed to facilitate 2 Free 3 Day Organic Vegetable Gardening Training Courses during July, despite several trainings been cancelled due to poor turnout.

Both trainings were facilitated in the Umdoni Municipality, in the Amahlongwa area. A total of 30 potential new farmers were trained in organic vegetable gardening techniques, and introduced to the business opportunity of supplying organic fruit and vegetables to the Umdoni Community Fresh Produce Co-Operative.

Well done to Siyavuna’s Agri-Team for persevering under trying conditions. Spring is just around the corner, and we are bound to see a surge in the numbers then…

June was another good month for training. SDC’s agri-team managed to facilitate 5 Free 3 Day Organic Vegetable Farming Courses. Out of these 5 Courses that were facilitated, 4 were in HCM (Hibiscus Coast Municipality) and 1 was in Umdoni Municipality. A total of 70 people were trained in all areas.

In HCM the breakdown is as follows:

o 2 training courses were facilitated in Gcilima.
o Mhlandlini ran from 26/6 to 28/6, with 12 people trained.
o Info Centre / Jabula Inn also ran from 26/6 to 28/6, with 14 people trained.

o 2 training courses were facilitated in KwaNzimakwe.
o Thongasi / Thundeza hosted both, running from 5/6 to 7/6, with 16 people trained,
o As well as from 19/6 to 21/6, with 20 people trained.

In total 62 people were trained in organic vegetable production in HCM in June 2012

In Umdoni 1 training course was facilitated in Malangeni. Mhlangamkhulu ran from 12/6 to 14/6 and had 8 people attending all 3 days of training.

Overall this gives us a total of 70 people trained in organic vegetable farming, another remarkable month.

Well done to SDC’s agri-team!!!

May 2102 was a bumper training month for SDC, with 5 Free 3 Day Organic Vegetable Production Courses facilitated, empowering 77 people with the skills necessary to take up organic production of fruit and vegetables, with the aim on ultimately delivering their surplus organic produce to their local Community Fresh Produce Co-Operative.

5 Free 3 Day Organic Vegetable Farming Courses were facilitated in May, 3 in HCM (Hibiscus Coast Municipality) and 2 in Umdoni Municipality.

In HCM, a training course was facilitated in KwaNzimakwe at Masakhane – Nkulu from 15/5 to 17/5. 14 people were trained. In Gcilima 2 courses were facilitated – Swedish Church ran from 22/5 to 24/5, with 10 people trained. Mhlalandlini ran from 29/5 to 31/5, with 10 people trained too.

This gives us a total of 34 people trained in organic vegetable production techniques in HCM during May.

In Umdoni Municipality in Malangeni, Ifafa ran from 15/5 to 17/5 and had 29 people attending all 3 days.
In the Amahlongwa area the training ran from 29/5 to 31/5 and we had 14 people attending all 3 days.

That leaves us with a total of 43 beneficiaries trained in Umdoni during May.

Impressive work by SDC’s Agri-Team yet again! Kudos to them for facilitating a total of 5 free organic vegetable production courses in the month, equipping 77 people with the skills necessary to start their own organic gardens, and introducing them to the business opportunity of supplying their surplus to their local Community Fresh Produce Co-operative.