The Ivory Foundation contributes to the development of family vegetable gardens, grown ecologically and using the principles of permaculture and agroecology. In Roosboom, near Ladysmith in KwaZulu Natal (South Africa), the “One House, One Garden”, project, carried by the association Designing Hope consists of duplicating a model garden for the most disadvantaged families of the township .
Each month the team of Silethithemba center visit with a family of the township, to establish a fenced vegetable garden. Families are chosen according to their economic and social situation. Members of the family are all trained to the creation of permanent raised-beds, recovery of rainwater, the creation of compost made of household waste, and permaculture and agroecology principles and bases.
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