The Permafund 2024 grant round attracted a large number of applications from community organisations around the world including from Australia & seven other countries.
After the assessment process, these 15 applicants have been selected to receive seed funding of up to $,2000. They are listed in alphabetical order.
- Farm Sahel Inc. Manga, Burkina Faso
To train smallholder women farmers on climate-smart agricultural practices
- Farming and Health Education (FHE). Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
To create a model agricultural site to educate and empower refugee farmers on sustainable farming methods
- Faulu Productions. Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
To offer refugees training in composting, water conservation and soil improvement resources to create and maintain food gardens. .
- Fraternity Kivutian. South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
To encourage the use of permaculture practices to restore degraded landscapes and plant native and food-producing trees.
- Yuruwan Ltd To establish Growing on Country, an online course for anyone, of any age, in any field (from permaculture, regenerative agriculture, syntropics, horticulture, nursery work, to backyard pottering), who wants to be a better ally when growing, gardening, or engaging with Indigenous plants, people and communities on unceded Aboriginal land.
- Hope for Rural Women– HORUWO. Kasese District, Uganda
To train women farmers as Permaculture Community Knowledge Transfer Workers. (PCKTWs) to promote permaculture principles and practices in the local community.
- Kitgum Permaculture Practitioners Association. Kitgum, Uganda, A project to create kitchen gardens for the benefit of grandmothers in the community plus to offer training in planting windbreaks and fruit trees in food forests.
- Matungu Community Development Charity (MCDC). Mumias, Kenya.
For education on soil biota and earthworms and the uses of vermicompost to enhance soil structure and water retention for increased fertility for healthy food production.
- Mlatho Farms and Agri-learning Hub.Central District, Malawi
To provide youth training programs, which not only teach the principles of permaculture but
also provide hands-on experience in implementing these practices. Their goal is to instil a deep understanding of regenerative agriculture methods that prioritise environmental stewardship, biodiversity conservation, and resilience in the face of changing climates.
- Nanhkudwe Community Based Organisation (NCBO). Mwanza District, Malawi.
The proposed project will: i) strengthen cross-sectoral partnerships; ii) enhance market
incentives for Climate-Resilient, Regenerative Agriculture (CRRA; iii) provide training and support for farmers; and iv) implement robust monitoring and knowledge-sharing initiatives to support learning and adaptive implementation of CRRA. This project is aimed at having 4,000 beneficiaries.
- Organic Technology Extension and Promotion of Initiative Centre (OTEPIC) . Kenya
Provide training that enhances beekeeping skills and knowledge. And provide guidelines to the communities against threats to beekeeping like deforestation, varroa mite and other serious bee diseases.
- Plethora Social Initiative. Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
This project aims to provide permaculture training to refugees, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to establish sustainable livelihoods, enhance food security, and foster community resilience. By empowering refugees to cultivate their own food, regenerate soil, and create self-reliant ecosystems, they seek to alleviate poverty, mitigate environmental degradation, and promote social integration.
- Rainbow Region Community Farms Inc (Lismore Community Garden). Lismore, Post-flood re-establishment of an Australian Bush Food Garden. Creating a native bush food garden in the Northern Rivers to promote and share learning about Indigenous/permaculture-informed and climate-resilient design.
- Up with Community. Zanzibar, Tanzania
Up with Community will train 1000 youth on mangrove tree planting and start two permaculture clubs in Cheju secondary and primary schools..The project will address a cause of mangrove destruction by the community, through cutting and burning the trees for sale as charcoal, and instead will help them to develop permaculture activities for sustainable sources of income.
- Youth Empowerment for Development Initiative (YEDI). Zambia
This project is aimed at training young farmers based in rural communities in climate-smart agriculture in order for them to improve land, become more resilient and produce food sustainably. As well as the training they will set up a demonstration plot.
Permaculture Australia’s Permafund would like to thank all of the organisations that submitted applications to this grant round and the many supporters who raise funds, make donations and regularly tithe to support the Permafund grants program. News of the next grant round will appear on the Permaculture Australia website.
For more information please contact the Permafund committee at permafund@permacultureaustralia.org.au