Out of the garden – onto the plate

For Usthi, education and health are closely linked. A new school garden at the Penthakata School combines the two pillars of our work and ensures that the school children grow up healthy and educated.

Lunch is an integral part of the project at the Penthakata School. Every day, fresh food is prepared in the kitchen for all of the school’s nearly 400 students. After all, it’s hard to learn with an empty stomach.

A vegetable patch was recently set up on the school’s campus. The growing tomatoes, spinach, chili and beans can be freshly harvested from the school garden from now on. This means that the ingredients get fresh from the patch onto the school children’s plates and ensure a balanced nutrition that many families in the area cannot afford.

In addition, the school garden will be used to teach the children about organic gardening and to awaken their interest in it. The kitchen team has also created its own compost, the soil of which can later again be used for the garden.

Thus, the new school garden at the Penthakata School is not only in line with Usthi’s guiding principle, but also with our objective to make the projects sustainable in all aspects.

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