Before the new school term started, backpacks and a stationery set were handed out to all school-going children between the ages of 6 and 18 years in Phumula by Eucaforest staff members. This initiative demonstrated our Company’s emphasis on learning, providing a further step to reach out to the children in this area.
Eucaforest worked with a network of privately led upliftment efforts, together with the Phumula community, to plant self-sustaining vegetable gardens that can provide a financial income to each family. Training for this included a demonstration of the steps of planting a vegetable garden: digging holes, filling holes with compost, planting seedlings and then protecting the seedlings from drought, birds and grazing livestock.