To facilitate holistic community development in the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Southern Africa, empowering them to be better able to reach their full potential, to identify and help meet their needs, and to participate more fully in society. To enable churches and other community groups to do the same, thus ensuring that the work is sustainable.
The SEED Project works primarily in communities where unemployment, ill health and hunger are high, and opportunities, hope and education are low. Our focus is on empowerment rather than aid and our aim is for the long-term sustainability of these communities (i.e. reducing dependency on national and/or international donors).
We partner with local groups to identify needs and dreams within communities and then to facilitate the meeting of those needs and the realisation of those dreams. Our skills development programme covers various trades and public services. Skills taught have included carpentry, electronics, welding, banking, basket weaving, bicycle servicing, and shoe repair. Training includes basic business and finance skills, enabling trainees to develop their own businesses.
