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>View discussions about this entry País: South Africa
Organization: Sibahle
Field of Work - environment
Year project started (or projected start date) (yyyy) - 2007
If Field of Work is “other” please define in 1-2 words below - envirinment
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What is the primary problem your venture is trying to address and how are you addressing it (or planning to address it)? - THer are a lot of ollegal dumping places around Alexandra and this is environmental problem and it cause a health hazard. so we decided to embark on a project to clean up those spaces and develop a garden and we realised that people have tried to do this before but there was no consistency and in order to sol;ve that we came up with the vegetable garden, tree planting, arist's art expo and a place to improve young people's skills idea and this expos will happen every month.
Project Description - Describe your project in one sentence: vegetable garden, tree planting, artist's art expo and young people's skills development garden.
Unique and different - Describe what makes your idea unique and different: our project is unique 'cause it not only deals with the environmental issue but also ensues consistency of our garden and our gardens will be designed in such a way that it can also operate as an art expo centre, that our local artists can come and showcase their hand made products and their skills in music and poetry without paying at all. lastly some of our organic vegetables will be donated to old age homes, orphanage homes and places where HIV positive people are cared for.
Project plan - What is your project plan for the next 6 months? secure enough funds to purchase all the equipment we need for our garden and for office work. we also need to get a space to store our equipment. create lasting relationships with relevant Departments in South Africa that also deal with what we are working with.
Partnerships - What are some of your most successful partnerships and how have you created them? we have have partnered with schools and churches 'cause most of the people we are working with are in those places. we also have connections with our local counsel and community centre where we will advertise most of the events we'll organise.
Impact - Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact. we will create a clean and better Alexandra and it is said that some of the criminal activities are performed in this open and neglected spaces, this is also a solution to the greening problem as we'll plant trees. some of our organic vegetables will be donated to old age homes, orphanage homes and places where HIV positive people are cared for.
Effectiveness - How many people has your project served to date? Exactly who benefits from your innovation? the youth, elderly, old people and physically challenged will benefit from this.
Obstacles - What are some of the foreseeable obstacles to maximizing your impact? the key obstacle is to get the local authorities to officially give us a land to carry out all this activities. enough space to store our equipment and we also need more equipment.
Finance details - If known, provide information on your finances and organization:
• Money raised and/or in-kind donations (donated space and/or materials) • Number of people on your team and their roles • Number of partners: at the present moment we are only working in one piece of land and there equipment needed is that much some we go into our pockets and buy some of the things we sometimes need to keep going. so finacially we have nothing in our bank account and donations we sometimes get are seeds and fertilizers from local supermakets. Creative funding - Please describe creative ways that you have acquired funding and other resources? taking our organic vegetables and show them to business people around our community and ask them to invest in this project and this works cause they can see the results at hand. writing funding proposals to departments and companies we know offer funding. ask donations from our relatives.
Other non finance needs - What non-financial resources/services do you need in order to help sustain your project? more land, donated garden equipments, seeds and old office equipment.
Motivation - What was the motivation or defining moment that led you to create this project? Tell us the story. open spaces that end being danger zones and young people who are skills in different areas and are not taken care of but neglected. our community is not that bad, but the fact that a lot off people do not care for the little we have shows that even if we get house in Alex still it'll be dirty, so it is better that we promotecleaniliness now than saying it'll be clean when there are houses. the spread of deseases like TB gain more power if the environment is not clean than when it is clean.
Awards - Please describe any awards or recognition you have received (either personal or for your team)? during school days was elected best achieving student by the local counsil. accredited as a social entreprenuer by ashoka South Africa.
What is your age? - 20
Contact Information:
sibusiso zikalala
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Good Day Sir/Madam,
We hope you can treat us like the way you stand with your children and welcome us in your country and has our parent has died in aviation.
I am Gabriel Marinze 22 years old and my sister Selina Marinze 24 years Old citizen of Ghana, my father Benjamin Kodjo Marinze is a Gold Merchant in Ghana, who died with our mother in a plane crash in Benin in 2003 when going for his Gold business in Cotonou-Benin Republic in West Africa .
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