Today we visited the site of the Sicambeni Rural University. The idea of this is to show the local community how to use permaculture on their land to provide a variety of fruit and vegatables not only to support the family but to sell for profit.
The staple crop in the area is maize and cabbage so providing a more nutritious diet is a priority.
The project here started last August with one garden which has been cultivated. The next phase is about to start with agreement being reached with the local chief to hand over 2 more gardens to the project which are to be used for cultivation.
We returned to the Jetty in the afternoon to plan our next task which is to build a chicken run. The job has a urgency as one of the local hens has laid 15 eggs which are due to hatch in the next 10 days.
In the evening we had a visit from one of the school teachers for our lesson in the local Xhosa language before going to the Amopondo Backpackers Hostel for a leaving drink as it was Carrie's - a volunteer from Seattle - last night.
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