SCHOOL YARD FARMING:
Everyone needs food to live long and health, everyone should know how to produce their own food from small scale to being commecial farmers
We work with schools and collages to train their students on gardening and farming skills, these skills will help them to manage food security activities in the future as work on supporting the process to help our country return to its bread busket of Southern Africa status and to make them able to produce their own food.
NHZ Trust has dedicated itself to creating healthier communities by teaching kids how to grow their own foord ,nutritious food that goes from their schoolyard to their plate.We do this by building mini-production farms on underused schoolyards that act as outdoor classrooms for the schools we serve.
The Need for Schoolyard Farms
School farms and gardens have proven to offer many benefits including, but not limited to: increased academic achievement; increased positive attitudes towards fruits and vegetables--resulting in healthier eating habits; increased self-esteem; increased sense of community; and access to fresh produce. In a time of vast social and economic inequities, school farms and gardens have the ability to increase students’ health and sense of community, and yet, most schools struggle to find the budget, staff or dedicated volunteers to maintain their garden and use it effectively.
How Much
$150 per term for each school or collage
We want every child to experience Schoolyard Farms training Camp, and are working on making scholarships available.
Please make a donation to help sponsor a child in need of a scholarship, you will be given the opportunity to do so when filling out the Registration Form.
What they are taught:
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Developing a School farm plan utilizing intensive, small plot growing techniques
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Managing backyard and schoolyard farms for production and educational purposes, working closely with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Agriculture.
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Engaging and represents SYF to the school and community at large
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
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Maintenance of accurate records of all farm activities
More Than a School Garden
Schoolyard Farms is your typical school garden. We started this project as means to make school gardens self-sustaining, when time-strapped teachers and dedicated parents are unable to manage a full-time, labor-intensive project in perpetuity. Schoolyard Farms is the only project by NHZ scaling-up a school garden to a school farm and growing food on a production level so it can be sold to the community, generating revenue to sustain the farm.
This model not only sustains the school farm, it generates urban farm jobs, feeds the community, and acts as an outdoor classroom and can be replicated at other schools. The support of Schoolyard Farms means the support of a healthier, more equitable food-system and a healthier, more equitable Zimbabwe.
In addition to farming underutilized schoolyards, Schoolyard Farms provides weekly garden-based lessons related to farming, health, nutrition and life science to all the students at the schools we serve. We also host a farm-based summer camp where children learn healthy living habits by learning where their food comes from and how to grow it and cook it through games, crafts, cooking lessons and more
Schoolyard Farms Camps
Camp kicks off every school holiday , children will experience a week-in-the-life of an urban production farm while exploring the schoolyard, performing farm tasks, preparing healthy snacks, and participating in farm arts and crafts activities, scientific inquiry, and active play. Outdoors all day!
By supporting Farm Camp you help us achieve our mission of creating sustainable food security for our nation ,increasing the health of our community by teaching kids how to grow nutritious food that goes from their schoolyard to their plate.
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Schoolyard Farm Camp
Do you want your child to be self sustanable, can you help them to produce their own food , we invite you to register them to come and learn to grow and cook it, too! Plant Whisperers (Rising 1-3rd grades) and Kitchen Magicians (Rising 4th-7th grades) will participate in farm tasks each day exploring the seeds, sprouts, stems and leaves, flowers, and fruits we’ll sprinkle into farm-fresh recipes and enjoy eating, right on site. A choice farm-to-fork experience for campers totally new to pulling carrots, young green thumbs, and seasoned food critics, too!
Habitat and Schoolyard Ecologists!
Schoolyard Ecologists (Rising 4th-7th grades) will explore a new corner of the schoolyard each day with observation skills and hand-built tools for uncovering Farm signs of life. A neighborhood nature experience for budding naturalists and green engineers from all levels of interest and experience in the field!
Who leads our camp Camp is taught by leaders in the outdoor education field.
Our educators are passionate farmers and teachers, alike. We come from several years of outdoor education experience, and are committed to providing campers with a safe and fun summer on the Farm.
When and Where
We will hold six week-long day camp sessions for all age groups any weekday . Camp is held on the Farm from 9:00am-3:00pm, Monday-Friday at Girl Child Network HQ 16352 Bazooka Crescent Zengeza Zimbabwe Mobile # + 263773107447
How Much
$50 per child for 2 weeks (Scholarships and drop-in days available)
Aftercare is available for an additional flat rate of $50 for the week.
We want every child to experience Schoolyard Farms training Camp, and are working on making scholarships available. Please indicate your interest in a camp scholarship during Online Registration. If you would like to make a donation to help sponsor a child in need of a scholarship, you will be given the opportunity to do so when filling out the Registration Form.
What Does My Child Need for Camp?
Every day of camp your child will need to bring: a lunch, water bottle, hat, sunscreen, and close-toed shoes. We recommend you label and pack camper items in a backpack or small bag. We ask that camper cell phones remain in camper backpacks during camp, and all other toys and electronic devices remain at home.
Schoolyard Farms will provide morning snack, afternoon snack, and water every day.