The SA Urban Food & Farming Trust is one of the founding members of the SA Early Years Climate Action Alliance, established on 26 June 2024 in Cape Town. The report from the Alliance launch features the work of the Trust, including a climate change adaptation programme the Trust will introduce as the summer season approaches. This new ‘Siesta Club’ programme will see farmers coordinating access by residents who are particularly vulnerable during extreme heat days to community food gardens that offer cooling stations as safe, green spaces providing relief from the heat.
The SA Early Years Climate Action Alliance is a network of diverse stakeholders dedicated to fostering a sustainable and resilient society by prioritising young children and families in climate adaptation strategies. Its establishment was supported by the Do More Foundation and Capita.
In addition to aligning with the Trust’s climate change adaptation programmes, the focus on young children builds on work the Trust has done with farmers targeting nutrition security in farmer households with children age 6 and under. It also aligns with the child-centred approach to understanding and addressing food security adopted in the provincial food and nutrition security strategy, Nourish to Flourish, which has Langa as one of its initial focus communities.
These overlapping and reinforcing thematic strands help the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust strengthen a fabric of resilience in the vulnerable communities we support.
Read the full launch report.
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