Earth Centre Launch
Saturday saw the culmination of few hard, but exciting months of work. The day saw the launch of the Earth Centre at Backsberg. The centre is a collaboration between Backsberg and NGO Food and Trees for Africa.
The project started some time in June, when I spotted FTFA founder, Jeunesse Park, and my father sitting at a table at our restaurant, scheming. I was summoned over to the table with something of a nonchalant hand gesture- come hither dear child. FTFA is primarily based in Joburg, but they are doing more and more work in the Western Cape and as such required a base in the area. So, the Earth Centre was first rooted in the practical requirement for a home for FTFA in the Cape Town area. From there however, the concept developed tremendously. Back to my being summoned- I approached the table hesitantly, and sure enough Jeunesse and my dad had, in the course of lunch, conceptualised a whole new project, and had appointed yours truly as the ‘delagatee’, proceeding to rattle of a rather intimidating to-do list.
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