What is Thatu?
Aims
Who benefits?
Where does Thatu come in?
History of Thatu
 
Where does Thatu come in?

Our aim is to raise £25,000 this year from community fundraising efforts, corporate donations and Trusts in the UK and elsewhere to honour our commitments to ongoing projects and to enable us to expand our operations to other areas.
This is going to be transformed with Thatu's help. Keep watching.
This barren area was transformed into a productive garden with Thatu's help.


Our first projects are to support the creation of community and school food gardens.

Providing tools and seeds is not enough. We help community initiatives become more sustainable by finding people and organisations in South Africa who have the experience and expertise to:

  • help people organise to work effectively with one another to make the most productive use of scarce resources
  • recycle available materials (plastic bags, old tyres, cardboard, used water)
  • provide strategies to cope with problems of drought, flood and pests
  • help market surplus produce.
The beginnings of a food garden are developing here.
The beginnings of a food garden are developing here.


Our funds pay for essential equipment (such as tools, fencing, water pipes, plants and fertiliser), intensive training in permaculture (eco-friendly) gardening and 'through-the-seasons' advice about sustainable cultivation.

 

The challenge may seem overwhelming - but by working with existing organisations we can benefit from their experience and make a running start.

Just £5000. will create a 'living learning lab' for a school or community - giving opportunities to integrate the garden into lessons and involve parents and the wider community.