Our Apprenticeship Programme offers young Malawians the opportunity to live, learn, and work at Nature’s Gift Permaculture Centre for 6-months. This experience culminates with a Design Certificate and a specifically tailored management plan.
The apprentices follow a 24 week schedule, with 2 weeks vacation over the course of 6-months
- Week 1: Orientation: Introduction to Permaculutre, Agro-ecology, and community-based food environment, food and nutrition security
- Week 2: Soil Management: Soil Health, Compost Making
- Week 3: Water Management: Water Harvesting, Contour Planting, Aquifer Basics
- Week 4: Orchards and ‘Food Forests’: Guilds, Applied Ecology, Fruit Production
- Week 5: Staples and Pulses: ‘Munda’ Design and Care, Alternative Grains, Transition from Chemical Fertilizers to Organic Production
- Weeks 6-20: Commercial Vegetable Production: Designing, Maintaining and Caring for a large-scale organic horticultural system for income and health
- Weeks 21-23: Design Process for Project Site
- Week 24: Final Presentations and Graduation
The end result is a comprehensive management plan, specifically tailored to the organization they will return to and general knowledge in community based environment, food, and nutrition security.
The course schedule can be tailored to suit the needs of the project.
For more information
- Email: education@naturesgift.org
- Phone: +265 (0) 999 727 164
