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The Grow it Global project

Grow it Global has taken thousands of children out of the classroom and onto UK farms for practical, fun sessions on sustainable development, food issues and climate change.

During their Grow it Global experience,children meet farmers and visiting African farmers on UK farms. The farmers demonstrate gardening techniques that are easy for children to adopt at school. Children also learn more at school which helps them understand about the lives of children in Uganda and Lesotho.

“Grow it Global is just the sort of educational project that children need. It gets them outdoors and growing vegetables, but with the wonderful added bonus that they are learning about food, climate change and poverty at the same time."

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Ongoing learning and support

After two successful years, and having expanded to include more farms and schools in the South West and Herefordshire, we are continuing to grow the project. In Spring 2011, we will be welcoming the next group of African farmers to the UK and hosting them on even more farms around the region.

Funded by DFID, the project is based around the themes of food production and security, sustainable development, climate change and the similarities and differences between the UK and African countries. Any school can run their own version of Grow it Global by following these themes, linking with a local farm and building their own African garden at school - find out how.

Grow it Global Schools News

Following another successful year of the project, we have had really great feedback from pupils and teachers alike, telling us how they learnt so much whilst on their visit and enthusing about how they will go on to get involved at school and at home.

The ongoing work done in schools is really inspiring, and those schools who received DEC visits will have seen even more impact in their school. All the resources and documents linked to the project for similar follow up work can be found on our resources page.

We are now recruiting schools to take part in the project in 2010/11. If you would like to find out more please email education@sendacow.org.uk.

Grow it Global Farms

We are currently working with the farms listed below, as well as recruiting new farms. Schools will be visiting these farms during the stay of our African farmers. If your school is nearby, and you would like to get involved, you can take part by linking with the farms below. Or if you are local to any of them, please arrange a visit and see their Ugandan Farmyard take shape.

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Zenah from Uganda

Some of our project partners