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GQEBERHA –<\/strong> Learners at Kama Primary School in New Brighton will now benefit from a vegetable and fruit garden was launched on Monday, May 26, as part of Kellogg\u2019s South Africa\u2019s Better Days Gardens programme, an initiative aimed at improving access to food in vulnerable communities across the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First launched in Gauteng in 2024, the Better Days Gardens initiative has supported more than 2,400 learners while also promoting nutrition education, agricultural skills development and water-efficient gardening practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eastern Cape expansion will see the establishment of five new school food gardens, reaching approximately 2,400 learners in identified food-insecure communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to the media, Kellogg\u2019s South Africa General Manager Philip Nieman said the initiative is aimed at creating future leaders in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern Cape Department of Education NSNP Director Pumla Gxuluwe, Kellogg\u2019s South Africa General Manager Philip Nieman, Suraya Hamdulay and Kama Primary School principal Armstrong Funde at the launch of the Better Days Gardens programme in New Brighton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou cannot do that by having children at school who are not fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to be fed, you need to have satiety to be able to concentrate and learn, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do, create that capacity for our children to become the future leaders in South Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that Kellogg\u2019s South Africa works closely with the Department of Basic Education to identify schools most in need and ensure that school leadership is invested in the programme to make it sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do it for one year and then it falls over,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kama Primary School principal Armstrong Mfunda said he was excited about the fruit and vegetable garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m speechless simply because the new baby is already walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt took us two months to initiate the programme, and now I want to make sure we sustain it, especially for the community I live in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eastern Cape National School Nutrition Programme Director Pumla Gxuluwe said the department values its partnership with Kellogg\u2019s South Africa, as it assists in addressing food insecurity among learners in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are currently feeding almost 1.6 million learners through the National School Nutrition Programme, and it has been a wonderful programme since its inception,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She noted that the department mainly supports learners from quintile 1 to 3 schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you look at the criteria for selecting these schools, they are schools where learners come from communities with very high unemployment rates, and it is possible for these learners to go to school on empty stomachs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt really touches us because you see that many of them rely on this as their only meal. Some cannot even afford Kellogg\u2019s products at home, so when they receive them at school, it really warms our hearts as the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really appreciate the partnership with Kellogg\u2019s because they are providing something that some of our learners would otherwise not have access to,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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