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| SCA Environmental Education Grant Lessons in Sustainability: Learn, Practice, Teach & Share: Two Years Later. |
Having recently returned from Uganda, I wanted to just share this photo and update you on the garden that you helped make possible with our Environmental Education Grant from 2014 entitled “Lessons in Sustainability: Learn, Practice, Teach & Share.” The grant gave Radnor students an opportunity to learn about sustainable gardening and best practices while our partner school in Uganda was able to apply similar lessons through the installation of a school garden. I am happy to report that the garden SCA made possible at Buppala Primary School has been transformative. As a result of this garden, the school is sustaining a lunch delivery program to the 600 pupils in and immediately surrounding the school, and this past season they generated a profit from the apple-banana crop (pictured in the photo), providing funds to pay for laborers to help weed, and to reinvest in the development of the maize, cassava & bean portion of the garden. As you can see, the plants are thriving. It is mind-blowing to recall the bare stalks that we planted less than two years ago that are now producing abundant hands of bananas to nourish the school and replenish the garden. While the pineapple crops did not fare as well, the school is expanding the banana crop, and the student population is clearly benefiting from our investment.
My most recent trip to Buppala included the delivery of 50 goats to students in our sister school. Hopefully, this will continue to improve the health and well-being of the children in this remote village. It is our intention to monitor the progress and measure the impact of our investment. I am grateful to SCA for having made this worthy investment and I hope we have an opportunity to collaborate again in the future. Thank you for caring about kids and for your generosity towards Radnor Middle School and Buppala Primary School
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