Permaculture Design for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Programming

[Guest guest]

Permaculture Design for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programming

A promising development approach for addressing food and nutrition insecurity

for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is permaculture. In the context of OVC

programming, permaculture helps guide communities toward permanent solutions for

food and nutrition security, while ensuring that these options exist

harmoniously within their environment. The purpose of this technical brief is to

provide an overview of permaculture programming as a sustainable,

non-donor-dependent tool for improving the health, food, and nutrition security

and livelihoods of OVC and their families.

Specifically, this brief aims to:

- Define permaculture as a development approach and design process, and describe

some of its key concepts and principles

- Explain why permaculture is relevant to OVC programming, particularly in the

context of HIV, and list some of its benefits

- Explain the theory and step-by-step practice of applying permaculture design

in primary and secondary schools

- Delineate the costs of integrating permaculture into school curricula, and

into communities more generally

- Identify the implementation challenges and make recommendations on how to

overcome those challenges

- Provide brief summaries on the use of permaculture in schools in South Africa

and Malawi

- Offer a list of resources and networking opportunities to OVC programmers

interested in applying permaculture within their specific country contexts.

This technical brief is not intended to offer an exhaustive review of

permaculture's methodology. Instead, it serves as an introduction to its

principles, and provides initial guidance and examples on how it can be used to

benefit OVC and their families.

Read the technical brief on the AIDSTAR-One website:

http://www.aidstar-one.com/focus_areas/ovc/resources/technical_briefs/permacultu\

re_for_OVC?utm_source=blog & utm_medium=social & utm_content=PERMACULTURE & utm_campai\

gn=PARTKEN

Pearson, MPH IBCLC

M & E Officer, AIDSTAR-One

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[Guest guest]

Permaculture Design for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programming

A promising development approach for addressing food and nutrition insecurity

for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is permaculture. In the context of OVC

programming, permaculture helps guide communities toward permanent solutions for

food and nutrition security, while ensuring that these options exist

harmoniously within their environment. The purpose of this technical brief is to

provide an overview of permaculture programming as a sustainable,

non-donor-dependent tool for improving the health, food, and nutrition security

and livelihoods of OVC and their families.

Specifically, this brief aims to:

- Define permaculture as a development approach and design process, and describe

some of its key concepts and principles

- Explain why permaculture is relevant to OVC programming, particularly in the

context of HIV, and list some of its benefits

- Explain the theory and step-by-step practice of applying permaculture design

in primary and secondary schools

- Delineate the costs of integrating permaculture into school curricula, and

into communities more generally

- Identify the implementation challenges and make recommendations on how to

overcome those challenges

- Provide brief summaries on the use of permaculture in schools in South Africa

and Malawi

- Offer a list of resources and networking opportunities to OVC programmers

interested in applying permaculture within their specific country contexts.

This technical brief is not intended to offer an exhaustive review of

permaculture's methodology. Instead, it serves as an introduction to its

principles, and provides initial guidance and examples on how it can be used to

benefit OVC and their families.

Read the technical brief on the AIDSTAR-One website:

http://www.aidstar-one.com/focus_areas/ovc/resources/technical_briefs/permacultu\

re_for_OVC?utm_source=blog & utm_medium=social & utm_content=PERMACULTURE & utm_campai\

gn=PARTKEN

Pearson, MPH IBCLC

M & E Officer, AIDSTAR-One

Visit AIDSTAR-One http://www.aidstar-one.com

Follow AIDSTAR-One on Twitter www.twitter.com/AIDSTAROne

Like AIDSTAR-One on Facebook www.facebook.com/AIDSTAROne