AFRICASGIFT.ORG
WELCOME TO AFRICA’S GIFT
Africa’s Gift is a charity registered in England. Our work has had charitable status since 2008 and more recently we have the validation of becoming an Environmental Partner of the 1% For Planet ……. Wording approved by the branding guidelines!
We are a charity that puts education for sustainable development into practical action. Growing food and medicinal plants through regenerative farming, Enabling community members to make nutritious meals with heat retentive cook bags and capturing water via permaculture and restorative planting are what makes us smile.
We work collaboratively in the joyous Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho and throughout Southern Africa. We have a powerful connection in Uganda and are developing new partnerships elsewhere.
We actively encourage community members from the Global North to come with us and immerse themselves within our wonderfully welcoming communities. Volunteers return with what we call Africa’s Gift – an overwhelming sense of humanity, community and priority! Not all the changing of lives happens to those in the Global South- we can learn a great deal about ourselves from a sensitive interaction in Africa!
Ken Dunn MBE
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
Lesotho, the breathtaking landlocked Kingdom encircled by South Africa, is a country of resilience and beauty. Yet today, over 30% of its population suffer from physical and cognitive stunting caused by daily exposure to smoke from cooking over open fires using fuel wood. With the Basotho ( the people of Lesotho) we are seeking to change this narrative.
In Uganda, we invite you to be part of a unique initiative blending conservation, anthropology, and community empowerment. We’re expanding our pocket forest pharmacy and coffee agroforestry project by reclaiming overused eucalyptus plantations and transforming them into productive, healing landscapes.
In the stunning country of South Africa we are partnering with communities to bring practical solutions to the heavy issues of food insecurity and dangerous cooking. Two examples of this are in Hammanskraal near Pretoria where we are working with Charl (Maredi) Pretorius and in the Hanover area of the Karoo with PC Ferreira, both of whom are inspirational community champions!