In addition to our communal garden on the Centre’s premises, we have started vegetable gardens in the township. This helps transition some of the people away from the daily food program of bread and soup powder and create more of a self-sufficient environment for them. Many of the gardeners take their harvest home to their family while others produce enough donate to our Nutrition Unit. The gardeners are provided with their own garden plot, seeds, fertilizer, and the necessary tools and water to maintain the garden. The Community Gardens provide a wonderful opportunity for people of Missionvale to learn a new skill while producing a variety of vegetables. Just as we strive to give children the basic skills they’ll need to lift themselves out of this poverty, we also provide adult education and skills development programs including vegetable gardens and crafts unit. This gives an opportunity to individuals who did not have the chance to complete their schooling as children, to obtain their matric and become more employable. Normoyle Primary School is an independent community school that believes in teaching whole life education as a vehicle for community transformation and upliftment. This fosters a confident and inspired child via vocational training in small workshop environments, supervised sports, and exposure to the arts through drama and music. Our school incorporates the principles of an Academy into its curriculum and focuses beyond the academic phase by preparing the child for the world outside Missionvale. We believe that education is the only ticket out of poverty and community transformation. The Trust is registered in terms of South African Law as a Public Benefit Organization and as a Non Profit Organization. The Missionvale Care Centre Trust, made up of volunteer Trustees from the Nelson Mandela Metropole provides support and governance for the Care Centre. The Missionvale Care Centre operates in the extremely poor informal shackland township of Missionvale in Port Elizabeth, South Africa - part of the wider Nelson Mandela Metropole.

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