Bongekile Ndima a group member from the Nkande zone in Nquthu joined the programme in 2023.

Bongekile Ndima, a group member from the Nkande zone in Nquthu, joined the programme in 2023. She says she joined because she was tired of buying vegetables from the market. She had asked another ACAT group member who she had seen was planting vegetables all year round to help her to start a vegetable garden. The G5 briefed her on how to plant, but also told her to join a group of 5 in order to get support from other group members.

Bongekile then joined the Khabindlala group and started growing her own vegetables. Her garden is now doing so well that she is able to sell the surplus to the community. She is very proud of her achievement and feels so grateful to the group member who that influenced her to join. Beside growing vegetables, Bongekile is also enjoying the benefits of being a member of the savings and loans group, where she saves her profits and then takes out loans to upgrade her homestead.