Plan Africa is a new entity established to represent the dire need for sustainable design and livelihoods for Africa. Our long term goals are food security and strong regional economies on the continent. One of the ways in which we aim to achieve this is through this website and database detailing organic farming and permaculture projects; which is easily accessible for information or contacts, for people to ask for help, or simply to connect with other like-minded people and organisations. We are also attempting to create and map the continent’s sustainable development and farming projects in order to create a comprehensive geographical picture that details each project found in an area and its aims, objectives, production, methodologies and available resources. This website and database is a non profit initiative designed to gather collate and share information on sustainable development in Africa and is not for financial gain for any party. It aims to allow people working in sustainable development and livelihoods opportunities to be aware of other initiatives and to provide assistance and support to each other and to enable us to identify what resources projects need in order to achieve our dream of a sustainable and abundant Africa.
We are a growing network of Permaculture design practitioners throughout Africa and are open to anyone who:
- has completed their Permaculture Design Course (PDC),
- has not completed their PDC but has practiced permaculture for more than two years,
- is a practitioner of sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years,
- is a practitioner of Holistic Management (HM) for more than 2 years or is a practitioner of Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) for more than 2 years
- is a member of PELUM.
- is part of a school food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture
- has completed the Integrated land use design (ILUD) course under RESCOPE or SCOPE
THE STEERING COMMITTEE
J J Nzira – South Africa/Zimbabwe
M W Nyika – Malawi/Zimbabwe
N P Heinamann – South Africa
B O’Connor – Zimbabwe/Zambia
K L Mashingakize – Zimbabwe
C A Manjate – Mozambique
A Sharif – Iran