The primary intention of HPSA is to commit to helping end hunger and poverty in South Africa.
There are several tools and resources the organisation provides local poor and vulnerable communities in an attempt to create a future that is free from poverty and hunger.
These include providing local farmers and communities with livestock, clean water, sustainable farming education, training techniques and community growth and asset development.
HPSA provides rural communities with livestock such as goats, dairy cows, bees, pigs, sheeps and chickens. These animals form the backbone of the organisation’s work as they produce life-sustaining products for the local farmers such as milk, eggs, meat and honey. Recipients of the livestock HPSA provides, agree to donate the offspring of the animals to other people in need. HPSA exists to aid families and create this cycle of positive change.
The organisation also assists families and communities to access clean water resources by installing manual boreholes and jojo tanks. HPSA then educates communities about managing water resources and practising water conservation in consumption and for agricultural uses. HPSA’s education also extends to extensive training for local farmers about animal health and how to care for and feed animals before they are given an HPSA animal.
Communities and sustainable community development are the foundations of all HPSA projects and the aim behind the organisation’s work and service to help marginalised communities who lack access to resources, tools, skills and opportunities. The resources HPSA provides impoverished communities are intended for long community and asset development.
For instance the development of technical skills for farming and managing resources builds a community of leadership and structure. This later develops in an institutional asset. Accessible food becomes a nutritional asset. Increased family income becomes an economic asset and that influences social assets such as children affording educational opportunities.
Smallish pens and handling facilities allow for easier handling of the goats rather than trying to work with them in a large camp....