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Permaculture Fun(d)raising for Food Gardens

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Only 26 days left for our permaculture fun(d)raiser and to get ready to leave for Africa! Yellow fever jabs done, Naturopath’s first aid kit made, visas in process, oops – passports need updating!

Morag on ABC Radio today

This morning I had a great chat with Annie Gaffney , morning show host of ABC Radio, about our forthcoming journey to Uganda and Kenya. My daughter (12yo) and eldest son (10yo) are travelling with me. Annie and I chat about why we are going to East Africa, who we are working with, what we are doing there, and why I am asking for your help.

Here’s the 10 minute interview with Annie on ABC Sunshine Coast morning show. Please take a listen and share this blog.  Could you help us spread the word so we can reach our goal of $10,000?

Permaculture fun(d)raising tally

I have a big goal of raising $10K to take with us to give directly. 100% goes to local people doing local projects for local benefit. These are permaculture gardens and teacher trainings for schools and women’s self-help communities.

Fun(d)raising goal = $10k

Total raised so far = $845

Ethos Foundation – our registered permaculture charity

You can find out more about the programs we are volunteering with on the Ethos Foundation Website: https://ethosfoundation.org.au, and also at https://kwaya.org/permaculture. We have partnered with Kwaya Australia, a registered charity working directly with the African Children’s Choir, because we are going to be helping them to design an edible food garden on their half acre primary school site.

I have recently relaunched the Ethos Foundation. Previously I ran, a registered charity, that works in partnership with the Permaculture Education Institute. Ethos Foundation is run as a donation-based organisation – from community to community.  Ethos directly supports the the permaculture education programs we are volunteering with around the world, and offers scholarship places to enable local leaders to attend permaculture teacher courses . The funds that Ethos collects and distributes are used 100% for the local projects and people. We cover our own expenses and volunteer our time – this is our permaculture community service work – fair share!

A little Youtube Clip about the trip

Here is the little film that Maia and I made last week.

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Today are shout outs for …

  • Annie Gaffney of ABC Radio who welcomed me onto her morning show today
  • Frances Michaels of Green Harvest who has just offered donated seeds
  • Amanda Hogg has donated the use of her house, her time and music for the fun(d)raising House Concert on 18 November – please come along!
  • Hayden Hack, Jacinta Foale and Emma who have agreed to play at Jambo! Africa House Concert – it is going to be amazing.
  • Thanks too to everyone who has donated to the fund. I am grateful for any amount you can contribute.

Thanks everyone!!

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