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Herald Reporter
The Anglican Church has embarked on organic farming to improve household food security among child headed families and people living with HIV. The Anglican Diocese of Harare in the Church of the Province of Central Africa is spearheading the programme.“Most families in our communities are now child-headed as a result of the Aids pandemic. So we need to ensure that these children live healthy lives,” said Bishop Chad Gandiya.
“This is a noble concept for students and communities in the fight against HIV and Aids. This programme will ensure healthy lives to our communities especially the children who are our future leaders.”
The organic gardening programme, the bishop said, would enable child -headed households and people living with HIV to eat healthy and chemical free vegetables. The organic farming programme aimed to build awareness about organic and sustainable farming among child-headed households and people living with HIV.
An Anglican Church pastoral care co-ordinator Maud Marengekere said the organic farming practice promotes low cost agriculture technologies and inputs to enhance household food security and nutrition.
Organic garden farming avoids the use of chemical fertiliser and pesticides and aims to promote the maximum utilisation of waste matter. It encourages ecological initiatives such as household production of bio-fertilisers and community level production of bio-pesticides that reduce the damage to the environment.
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