FOOD SECURITY WORKSHOPFOOD SECURITY WORKSHOPDAKAR - SENEGALDAKAR - SENEGAL

07 – 10 December 200907 – 10 December 2009

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

In South Africa, most food security activities were more of In South Africa, most food security activities were more of PCV individual efforts than post coordinated effortPCV individual efforts than post coordinated effort

PCVs together with their Counterparts have developed PCVs together with their Counterparts have developed innovative means to address food security challenges; e.g.innovative means to address food security challenges; e.g.

• Working with OVCs to create Boys/Girls Garden and Working with OVCs to create Boys/Girls Garden and Nutrition ClubsNutrition Clubs

• Construction of Hydroponics gardensConstruction of Hydroponics gardens

• Working with Home Based Care groups to support Working with Home Based Care groups to support nutritional needs for PLWHAnutritional needs for PLWHA

• Working in schools to create curriculum on healthy nuritionWorking in schools to create curriculum on healthy nurition

Most of these engagements were costly and labor Most of these engagements were costly and labor intensive and yielded few cropsintensive and yielded few crops

CURRENTCURRENT POST INTERVENTIONS POST INTERVENTIONS

Trained 60 PCVs and Counterparts on Trained 60 PCVs and Counterparts on Perma GardeningPerma Gardening

About 35% of people have started About 35% of people have started gardening within 30 days and have gardening within 30 days and have scheduled more trainings in the new scheduled more trainings in the new year.year.

Post plan to integrate Perma Garden Post plan to integrate Perma Garden training into PST and ISTtraining into PST and IST

Food security can be integrated into all program sectorsFood security can be integrated into all program sectors Permaculture training is practical and easily appliedPermaculture training is practical and easily applied Food supply to Orphans and Vulnerable ChildrenFood supply to Orphans and Vulnerable Children Healthy nutrition for PLWHA Healthy nutrition for PLWHA Income generation due to sale of surplus vegetablesIncome generation due to sale of surplus vegetables Learners and youth trained in Gardening and nutritional Learners and youth trained in Gardening and nutritional

skillsskills Sustainable health due to healthy eatingSustainable health due to healthy eating Access to in-country technical assistance to provide PCVs Access to in-country technical assistance to provide PCVs

and their Counterparts with support and their Counterparts with support To link recent permaculture activities to other food security To link recent permaculture activities to other food security

initiatives such as nutritional education for Vulnerable initiatives such as nutritional education for Vulnerable children and PLWHAchildren and PLWHA

OVERALL BENEFITS AND OVERALL BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGESADVANTAGES

SUCCESS STORIESSUCCESS STORIES

More excitement More excitement from PCVs and from PCVs and CounterpartsCounterparts

Counterparts have Counterparts have started training started training family members and family members and creation of home creation of home gardensgardens

More crops grown More crops grown with local inputs at with local inputs at reasonable costreasonable cost

THANK YOUTHANK YOU

MM SHEBEMM SHEBE

SMALL GRANTS COORDINATORSMALL GRANTS COORDINATOR

PEACE CORPS SOUTH AFRICAPEACE CORPS SOUTH AFRICA

Mshebe@za.peacecorps.govMshebe@za.peacecorps.gov