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By integrating indigenous knowledge with modern agricultural practices.<\/p>\n<h2>Equiping Farmers with skills<\/h2>\n<p>Ndlebenkomo Academy equips farmers with the skills required to improve productivity, enhance food security, and build sustainable livelihoods. With the economy and modern living being so demanding one does need versatility and the ability to be pro active and react accordingly to the rising tide of Global food insecurity.<\/p>\n<h4>Operations?<\/h4> <p>The Academy operates through well-equipped, community-based training facilities established by rehabilitating abandoned schools in remote rural areas.<\/p>\n<h4>Using schools?<\/h4> <p>These schools are transformed into fully functional agricultural training centres, with surrounding land utilized for hands-on farming activities which will empower the community especially the youth and everyone interested in these empowering initiatives.<\/p>\n<h4>A hands on approach<\/h4> <p>This integrated \u201clearn-and-produce\u201d model ensures that training, demonstration, and production take place in one location, creating a practical learning environment that directly responds to the realities of rural life..<\/p>\n<h4>Grooming the young<\/h4> <p>We have a vested interest in grooming the youth and enabling them access to very important skills so that they are able to use the land and a way that yields it's proper fruit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n\n<h4>What you will get<\/h4> <p>What we teach are important skills that will enable one to be fully independant outside of the tech savy environment that the majority of the world finds itself being squeezed in. Ndlebenkomo Academy does take seriously the vacant gap that exists in farming opportunities and seeks to close that gap by availing opportunities to the youth and those who are willing to learn and grow in various kinds farming <\/p>\n<svg> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke-width=\"3\"\/> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke=\"#0a4200\" stroke-width=\"3\" data-progress=\"100\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> <em style=\"color:#0a4200\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-cogs\" xlink:href=\"#tf-fas-cogs\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Making progress <\/h3> <p>Creating a generation of highly skilled individuals who will keep food security<\/p>\n<svg> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke-width=\"3\"\/> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke=\"#0a4200\" stroke-width=\"3\" data-progress=\"100\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> <em style=\"color:#0a4200\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-users\" xlink:href=\"#tf-fas-users\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Access to Community <\/h3> <p>The community has to have these farming programs presented to them so that food security issues are taken care of<\/p>\n<svg> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke-width=\"3\"\/> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke=\"#0a4200\" stroke-width=\"3\" data-progress=\"100\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> <em style=\"color:#0a4200\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-mobile\" xlink:href=\"#tf-fas-mobile\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Students <\/h3> <p>The youth are the lifeblood of any nation and as we empower the youth we are sustaining the future strength of the nation <\/p>\n<svg> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke-width=\"3\"\/> <circle r=\"calc(50% - 1.50px)\" cx=\"50%\" cy=\"50%\" stroke=\"#0a4200\" stroke-width=\"3\" data-progress=\"100\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> <em style=\"color:#0a4200\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-puzzle-piece\" xlink:href=\"#tf-fas-puzzle-piece\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Quality outcome <\/h3> <p>What you learn from us will give you a broader understanding of farming <\/p>\n<h3>Keeping up with the times<\/h3> <p>As the world swiftly moves at a fast technological pace we as a social enterprise have taken it upon ourselves to engage in modern initiatives aimed at food security without the damaging chemicals that some methods lead to when allowed to be implemented on farm land and animals. <\/p>\n\n<h3>Business Hours<\/h3>\n<p>Mon - Fri\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09:00 - 20:00<\/p> <p>Saturday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9:00 - 17:00<\/p> <p>Sunday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09:00 - 18:00<\/p> <p>Always availing ourselves to help you.<\/p>\n<h3>Ways to reach us<\/h3>\n<em style=\"color:#ffffff\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-comments\" xlink:href=\"#tf-ti-comments\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Email adress <\/h3> <p>info@ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za<\/p>\n<em style=\"color:#ffffff\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-headphone-alt\" xlink:href=\"#tf-ti-headphone-alt\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Phone number <\/h3> <p>074 893 4371<\/p>\n<em style=\"color:#ffffff\"><svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-direction-alt\" xlink:href=\"#tf-ti-direction-alt\"><\/use><\/svg><\/em> \n <h3> Address <\/h3> <p>Oyemeni Rural Food Hub<br>Oyemeni Reserve<br>Mtunzini<br>3867<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndlebenkomoacademy.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}