VUSUMNOTFO - Parenting for a Sustainable Future

The Problem - Eswatini has a high prevalence of high blood pressure, affecting 43% to 47% of adults, with higher rates among females.

The rate of diabetes in the adult population is 7.9% with many more people not knowing they are in the prediabetes stage.

As these are “family cooking pot” issues, it follows that youth obesity is a rapidly growing, critical health issue, driven by a "nutrition transition" from traditional foods to processed diets and low physical activity, placing children at risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.

The Solution - Eswatini is gifted with a year round growing season. Literally “things just grow” i.e. mango pits thrown out will start sprouting.

Because nutrition is key to health and health is key to family and community development, across all our activities we:

1. Raise awareness on chronic diseases linked to eating habits.
2. Train in water wise gardening practices (including promotion of indigenous foods).
3. Demonstrate healthy eating from the garden (including the use of herbs to reduce sugar & salt).
4. Provide information and plant propagation material to get people started at home.

Your continued support helps us motivate people to see that the solution is within their reach.

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2.  Livelihood Training Programme - to improve financial and nutrition practices at family level:

Activity 2.2. Perma-gardening for nutrition - 1/train in perma-gardening practices for nutrition, ii) provide information and plant propogation material 

Activity 2.3. - Demonstrate - the use of permaculture practices throughout Vusumnotfo operations to promote sustainable living