Food security
Environmental Centre
A practical hub for climate-resilient growing, greenhouse production and home-garden learning.
View the projectA seed of hope in the Namib Desert
Growing food. Sharing skills. Strengthening communities.
Hanan Green Acres is developing a practical Environmental Centre where children, families and community leaders learn to grow food, conserve water and build resilient gardens.
408,000people projected in IPC Phase 3 or worse
40 + 4planned learners and teacher capacity
24+practical workshops targeted
150+home or school gardens supported
Why Hanan matters
Practical knowledge grows beyond one garden
A child discovers how soil, water and a seed can become food. A household gains the confidence to start a garden. A community becomes more resilient and less dependent.
Food parcels help today. Food-growing skills can help a family again and again.
Our story
Our programme
From a productive garden to a learning campus
Existing greenhouse activity and olive cultivation have proved that determined people can grow food in a demanding desert environment. The next phase expands that living model.
Skills
Education & Training
Hands-on workshops in soil preparation, composting, planting, irrigation and garden planning.
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Water = Life
WaterSafe Namibia
Safer water transport, hygienic storage and community education delivered with Lions and Leos.
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Lions club partnership
€45 a month can grow a lasting legacy
Participating clubs support project activities, WaterSafe, Erongo service programmes and transparent donor reporting. Each club will have an olive tree carrying its name, with regular growth updates on the website.
Leos and Lions in action
Service that grows skills, dignity and hope
Hanan Green Acres offers Lions and Leo clubs a practical platform to advance hunger relief, environmental action, youth development and safe-water education.
- Serve: join hands-on environmental and community projects.
- Learn: give young people leadership and agricultural experience.
- Partner: sponsor training, WaterSafe outreach or a named olive tree.
People behind the mission
Community-led governance
Eight directors bring leadership across training, agriculture, governance, partnerships, investment and special projects.
Meet the directors