TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITY
We are a non-profit rural community development organisation working with local landowners in our community to establish economically sustainable agriculture enterprises on their underutilized land together with equipping unemployed youth with agriculture and business skills to enable them to either be gainfully employed in the agriculture sector or start their own agriculture related businesses.
Taking a line out of John Perkins’ book “With justice for All”
we agree that
“The poor need something more than handouts. They need the means to build a better life for themselves. We must bring into the poor community the basic education the people need we must teach them the vocational and management skills required to start community based economic enterprises”
(pp. 153-156).
Our Vision is to Transform Vastfontein and the surrounding communities’ agriculture small holdings into a competitive and inclusive agribusiness sector that creates wealth, improves lives and maintains the environment. Our Holistic Approach is based on uncompromised Christian values and Biblical principles which include addressing physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, relational, social and economic sustainability needs.
Closing the poverty gap
Through
Agriculture Land Restoration
and
Business Development for
Land Owner Empowerment
Closing the poverty gap
Through
Youth Empowerment
in
Agriculture skills development Leaderships
Closing the poverty gap
Through
Quality Education
Supporting children in their development
from pre-school to final exit year
B-BBEE Level 1 Certified
As an organisation committed to closing the poverty gap in South Africa, Vastfontein Community Transformation is a B-BBEE Level 1 contributor with Art18A status. As we serve our community we are constantly seeking to identify potential partnerships and to collaborate with like-minded individuals and organisations to find effective ways to maximise our vision and contribute to sustainable impact in our surrounding rural small-holder communities.