Siyazisiza

Partner(s):

Siyazisiza operates mainly in Ulundi, KwaZulu Natal where they are situated, but also partly in Mpumalanga. Siyazisiza Trust approaches poverty relief providing technical assistance (skills training) and sustainable job creation to underprivileged communities, especially women. Siyazisiza’s agriculture projects serve the dual function of helping communities with food security and nutrition and the generation of income from the sale of the surplus produce.

Our Involvement:

Communities that are served by Siyazisiza receive SAIE’s AgriPlanner training to equip them with the technical expertise necessary for them to operate their micro agribusinesses professionally. Ten recipients of AgriPlanner training diffuse their knowledge to the broader communities through subsequent training and mentoring. The user friendly AgriPlanner material is ideal for use in communities that suffer deficiencies in literacy levels.

Project Progress:

SAIE issued 7 AgriPlanner kits and 153 AgriPlanner workbooks to Siyazisiza trainers in June 2006, with nine facilitators trained at that time. Support visits were conducted in April 2007, October 2007 and in April 2008. The Siyazisiza facilitators have trained 147 food gardeners in rural KwaZulu-Natal (including, among other, the areas of Ulundi, Nongoma Jozini and Mahlabatini). Most of the projects have opened bank accounts and registered as cooperatives.Most of the projects produce crops on a regular basis, with many having secured formal markets for their produce. Projects now no longer depend on Siyazisiza for seedlings, but produce their own. A nursery was started at Ulundi to further provide seedlings to gardeners.

Funder:

Product:

Agri Planner

Location:

KwaZulu-Natal