Dad's and Lad's Weekend at the Social Hub

A great weekend. See more...

Addressing Climate Change

Installing water harvesting system. Next step is to start "re-using and recirculating" the very scarece water resource. See more...

Jojo Tanks being delivered

Food Security

A "floating food forest" brings New Yorkers free produce and models urban

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An artistic rendering shows the Swale barge floating on a New York City waterway. (Rendering courtesy of Mary Mattingly)

How to take initaitive!

Renewable Energy: Wind Power

Pilot Herb Garden

Drought leads to innovation

With the current drought, innovation - technology - systems and good common sense will have to be the order of the day. We are pilot this herb garden using high quality soils, gutters to contain the growth medium and also to be able to recirculate the very scarce water resource. Once this has been perfected we will replicate and scale-out at the Farm. See more...

Solar Program - Prize Giving

AFSD Partners with SolarWorks

AFSD and SolarWorks partnered to bring solar training to Dayspring Children's Village in Maanhaarrand. The prize giving was an amazing success. Several home systems were also installed in the surrounding community to bring some respite to the high costs of lighting. See more...

Solar Program - Learner Training

AFSD Partners with SolarWorks

AFSD and SolarWorks partnered to bring solar training to Dayspring Children's Village in Maanhaarrand. Competitions were held and the best results were rewarded with solar lights. Several home systems were also installed in the surrounding community to bring some respite to the high costs of lighting. See more...

An evening with Natie at the Farm

A great event followed by an evening around the fire

A great evening at the Farm with Natie. See more...

Craft beer just around the corner...

Amaphisi Herb Farmers

A great day spent with amazing farmers

Natie arranged the meeting with these amazing farmers. See more...

The Tiny Home Movement

The tiny home movement: a creative response to the US homelessness crisis

Gregory Kloehn likes to challenge people’s ideas of home. Since 2010, the Oakland, Californian artist, whose “dumpster house” was featured on the Rachel Ray show in 2012, has been photographing and studying all different kinds of homes. Kloehn is particularly fascinated by structures made out of simple tarps and cardboard boxes. So, a few years ago, he decided to try his hand at building a home out of other people’s trash. Read more...

The tiny house village in Seattle. The structures, which are funded by a variety of donors, cost about $2,300 to build, and the labor is often provided free of charge by students at local trade schools. Photograph: Courtesy of LIHI

Solar Market Gardens

Solar Market Gardens in Benin

In Benin, a six-month dry season makes it difficult for women farmers to grow food. But thanks to an innovative project developed by the Solar Electric Light Fund, a nonprofit that designs and delivers creative solar solutions to fight energy poverty, year-round food production is now possible in Benin’s remote villages. Read more...

AFSD Team Building

AFSD Team building in Maputo

What a trip. See more...

Mozambique and South Africa joining hands in Matola

Futures Summit

Futures Summit arranged by Prof. Chris Adendorff at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Business School

World renown Futureist, Prof Sohail Inayatullah. See more...

You can also find them directly on YouTube:

1. Part 1: https://youtu.be/L5vS9iFHppM
2. Part 2: https://youtu.be/-X-2bN9pW0s 
3. Part 3: https://youtu.be/_PrZpVXYiTw 
4. Part 4: https://youtu.be/vYWydBLWA_A 

https://duanduanhsieh.com/future/

http://www.nmbfuturessummit.co.za/programme/

Biogas Project

Site visit to Maputo University's
Biogas Project

A very innovative project using the waste vegetables from the kitchen to produce biogas. 
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Paris Agreement

How do you practically respond to the Paris Agreement?

It all starts with the capacity development at learner level, as well as ensuring that the necessary tools and supporting infrastructure is in place. For this project the objective was to change the behaviour of the learners towards solar energy and to drive an adoption for the use thereof. The younger learners had to colour in a picture depicting solar energy, while the older learners had to write a motivation which they then had to recite. The best entrants then won a solar light, this life changing device could then provide those learners who are still studying by candle light a safer and healthier alternative to lighting generated by fossil fuels. The other great benefit was that they could now charge their mobile phones. See more...https://www.facebook.com/Africa-Foundation-for-Sustainable-Development-189191697787967/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1305300902843702

The Beneficiaries, our Learners

Learner reciting her wining composition

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Grade 3 Q&A 

Grade 7 Composition

Grade 1 interpretation of solar energy

Grade R

Electricity Cost Savings

A grid-tied solar system was also installed at the Science Laboratory. In addition, this reduced the monthly electricity account and assisted the school to drive down monthly operating costs. This project was made possible by the Global Environmental Facility's Small Grants Program and administered by the UNDP.

The Partnerships that made this project possible

Ph.D Research Topic: Economic Empowerment of Women in the Renewable Energy Sector

Our MD registers for a Ph.D with the Dept. of Development Studies at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

His research topic: The Development of a Socio-Economic Model to Promote Women Empowerment Initiatives in the Renewable Energy Sectors of South Africa. Read more...

Research Framework

Source: Researchers own construction

Proposed Socio-Economic Model

Source: Researcher’s own construction

How can we implement AgriParks in South Africa?

Success = Communities + Farmers + Innovation + Support

1. This is what a successful Agricultural Centre of Excellence might look like: See more...
2. Meet the man, Mr Martin Burt...
3. See an Agricultural Centre of Excellence  that AFSD has implemented, "Jobs in a Box". See more...
4. See a study conducted for the provincial co-operative strategy. Read more...
5. Conduct a Community Needs Analysis that takes cognisance of what the community "wants" and refine this to what the community "needs". Respect the community structures that are in place, even if you do not agree with the leadership. Dispense with the "divide and rule" approach,it only succeeds to increase the complexity of dispute resolution. Bring the communities along, it is their project. Contact AFSD is you'd like more information regarding community needs analysis frameworks.
6. AFSD believes that the greatest catalyst to the sustainable socio-economic upliftment of communities is energy, and in particular, biogas. Read more...
7. Ensure that we mainstream gender, women are the greatest asset.

In order to develop the teachers, artisans, doctors, lawyers, engineers – we have to change the paradigm at the stage of early childhood development