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THEMBANI PRIMARY SCHOOL

Langa Township, Cape Town

  Community Upliftment through the iGardi Club  

THE JOURNEY

Thembani Primary School is a government school situated at the Langa Township, Cape Town. 

The school was introduced to Call 2 Care through Adventure Works in March 2019, with the request for a sustainable Vegetable Garden.

The iGardi Project incepted at Thembani Primary School on the 15 March 2019 with a large international tour group from Adventure Works, who wanted to give back to a local school.  

Currently, the iGardi Project runs an eco-learning program at the school with 15 learners and the care-takers of the garden. 

There are currently 20 iGardi Food Gardens, and 9 Trench beds at the garden, that are yielding enough food for 2080 learners annually.

THE IMPACT

16

Certified iGardiologists through

The iGardi Club

2080

Learners Fed Annually through The iGardi Project

THE iGARDI CLUB AT THEMBANI PRIMARY

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The iGardi Club is a unique immersive learning experience that takes place in the Food Garden of a school. With all lessons attached to the school curriculum, it is the perfect balance of supplementing learning, while practically learning how to grow food, protect the planet, and understand nutrition at it's the source. 

The iGardi Club is comprised of a 9 week program, made up of fundamental eco-learning which includes:

  1. Introduction & Team Work 

  2. Composting 

  3. Soil Preparation

  4. Sowing Seeds

  5. Crop Rotation

  6. Bug Management 

  7. An outing to an urban garden

  8. Abundant Harvesting 

  9. Certification

SUPPORT THEMBANI PRIMARY SCHOOL

It is only with your support that we can nurture and improve the lives of the learners and community members at Thembani Primary school, through Food Security & Education. 

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VOLUNTEERING AT THEMBANI PRIMARY SCHOOL

Join our volunteering opportunities at Thembani Primary School 

Just click on the date you'd like to volunteer and fill in the RSVP link provided.

-- We would love to have you with us! --

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTERS

Without the contribution and support of our corporate and governmental partners this project would not have been made possible 

CURRENT PROGRESS

CURRENT SPECIAL MOMENTS 

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