INMED South Africa

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We held a training course for teachers from Diepsloot Primary, Pudomo and Laerskool Kempton Park which included an introduction to aquaponics, insect infestations & cures, & plant disease & cures. Keeping our schools up to date with training is key to the success of our projects.

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20 excited young people from Kroonstad are ready to participate in their six-month training programme in agriculture thanks to the generous support of Woolworths.

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Rising costs make it really difficult for many families to eat as many fresh vegetables as they would like. Whether you live in a house with enough garden to plant, a townhouse, or even an apartment without good sunlight, there are options for growing your own veggies at home.

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Moving hearing-impaired candidates from job seekers to job creators – INMED South Africa partnered with the Deaf Empowerment Firm to host its first aquaponics training workshop for a group of individuals with hearing impairments at the INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise.

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Aquaponics partnership yields tons of veg and fish – INMED South Africa and Mondelēz International Foundation. The pandemic highlighted how many were struggling to feed their families, putting the focus on achieving food security and sustainable income generation for the future.

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INMED South Africa was selected from more than 500 applicants to participate in the first international Food Systems Game Changers Lab. We were honoured to work alongside some of the world’s brightest minds in food systems sustainability.
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@AfricanBank and INMED South Africa launched a collaborative Seeds for Life project during the year to benefit communities in Graaff-Reinet. “Home & community gardens improve access to nutritious food,” says Dr Sandra Pretorius, Programme Manager for INMED’s Health in Action.

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Many vulnerable families are struggling to manage one meal on a plate per day, and the aquaponics facility in Mzimhlophe is providing an oasis of hope under the watchful eye of Mooketsi “Max” Nkwane with funding from the Mondelēz International Foundation.

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While many South Africans have faced food insecurity, malnutrition and rising obesity rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of teachers and school staff members have improved their health via INMED South Africa’s Health in Action Programme.

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With the support of Ramizone, a subsidiary of BTE Renewables, we plan to further develop our female-owned food garden co-operative in Pella into a sustainable commercial agricultural enterprise and launch it as a satellite for the INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise (INMED ASE).

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INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise (INMED ASE) appointed Kara Mashava as Farm Manager for the @INMEDASE and the farm has flourished. Karah says: “The produce is selling so well. Plans to start distributing nationally are underway.”

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In March this year, INMED announced the launch of its first INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise (@INMEDASE) in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. It has the ability to transform struggling communities into thriving climate-smart hubs of self-reliance.

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As we approach the holiday season we are reminded that, at INMED, we have so much to be grateful for. INMED South Africa Director, Unathi Sihlahla: “So much has happened this year & I am grateful to my team & funders who made it possible to roll out our programmes for the year.”

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Sustainability is what the project is all about, enabling these co-op members to supply larger, more distant and commercial markets.

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The water-conserving adaptive agricultural technologies and techniques introduced by INMED are a revolutionary approach to the interrelated issues of poverty, food security, nutrition and economic development in the Free State.

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Transforming the lives of nearly 100 disabled farmers in the Free State thanks to INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise.

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Be a World Champion this #GivingTuesday by supporting the INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise to transition vulnerable populations from poverty to self-reliance. 
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Want to learn more about the INMED ASE? Visit our website: https://t.co/iOrzLesOhN

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Mikaar Sewkuran, inspiring other young people to have a love and appreciation for a better environment.

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Our Seeds for Life project is ongoing and we supplied all of our Health In Action schools with seeds. We were also able to supply seeds to household gardens in vulnerable communities around Gqeberha. They can now start planting these seeds as the rainy season has started.

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At Imbasa Primary, INMED SA's Health in Action Break Time Buddy, Siphosethu, with the grade 5 learners (15) harvested some vegetables including kale, spinach, carrots and beetroot and gave them to our food handlers so that they could prepare a meal for the rest of the school.