Food For Life - Scouts in Africa

The human race and our environment are at war. Our population is increasing, the pressure on natural resources is increasing and the most influential environmental power of modern times – climate change – is altering the way we think, the way we live and the way we grow.

These pressures are producing more droughts, floods and famine in communities around the world and unless we begin to prepare for the future, it’s a situation that is only going to worsen.

But here Scouts of Tsumeb, Namibia, and Scouts across the whole of Africa in fact are – to quote an infamous Scouting motto – being prepared.

They are leading communities to take social action through the Scout project Food For Life, by preparing young people across the continent to grow their own food, be independent and develop skills that will last a lifetime whilst learning how to provide food for their communities in times of need. It is a project that it sowing the seeds of knowledge.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Maimonides