Nourish: Earth Body & Soul

I just felt like I should write a short entry about the lovely Sarah and the work she is doing at Nourish; the company she founded a year ago.

Nourish is an NPO that helps within rural communities to uplift its people while promoting social responsibility and encouraging environmental education. We were lucky enough to be invited along with her for the day to see what Nourish is all about and it certainly exceeded my expectations I can tell you that for sure. Sarah is only 24 but in my mind she epitomises the perfect person for this job; she has a wonderful attitude, bags of charisma and a wealth of knowledge that is essential for a successful business like Nourish.

We tagged along to a tree planting and educational environmental talk, a wonderful grade R hand knitted dolly donation and to a school uniform distribution in 2 primary schools. The expression on the children’s faces when they were presented with a brand spanking new uniform was magical to watch and it was moving to see just how proud they were. A lot of pictures were taken and a lot of smiles were smiled. It was a truly memorable day and Rog and I feel privileged to have been a part of it.

I wish Sarah all the luck in the world and my fingers are firmly crossed for her that Nourish will continue to flourish.

For more information, please visit the Nourish website and help Sarah in any way you can:

www.nourish.org.za

4 months down...

So where did the idea of this blog come about? Well, I was driving down one of South Africa's notorious dusty and pot hole ridden gravel roads when it occurred to me how seldom this would be the reality in England, specifically London for that matter. I'm sure a lot of you are thinking, 'right, so this girl is going to compare England and SA, two countries that couldn't be more different, great'...and fair enough to you. But in the past 4 months living in South Africa, I have encountered countless weird and wonderful differences. From customs and food to expressions and sayings, I'm hoping will make at least a few of you chuckle. 

I adore England and it will be always be my home but Africa captured a place in my heart from the first time I visited 5 years ago and the love affair is only growing stronger. I am learning to adore South Africa with it's culture so opposing to what I have been used to for 23 years. I love to find inspiration from one culture and integrate into my own, so you can expect to find South African inspired recipes, photographs and descriptions of my daily exploits as I progress through my journey.

So whether you are English living in South Africa, South African living in England or just about anyone really, I hope you will enjoy my humble attempt of comparing these magnificent places.