The Green Door Literacy & Creative Education Community Project is a registered Non-Profitable Organization (070-664 NPO) and Public Benefit Organization (9300537374) with a18A status and can supply Tax Certificates for financial support and any other qualifying donations. The objective of the Green Door Project is to enrich learners in the Jamestown community in need of learning support, as well as basic skill training for the youth and adults in Jamestown and surrounding farms in their new Green Door Garden shop to generate sustainable income. The slogan – Today a Learner, Tomorrow a Leader – encapsulates the vision of the Centre. The project’s vision is to ensure the development of a safe, healthy, and ‘proud of our roots’ Jamestown
community through addressing and promoting the importance of Literacy, Numeracy, Creativity, and GoGreen activities
The founder, Chanene van As, has a passion for children, Jamestown, and Education. She and her family have been proud residents of Jamestown for almost 19 years.Chanene is a qualified teacher with a Diploma in Senior Primary and Remedial Teaching and has more than20 years of experience in working with learners with special education needs. She started this journey with her family in 2014 to establish the first and only Learning Support Centre for girls (grade 1 – 10) from Weber Gedenk Primary school and Stellenzight High school in Jamestown. The Centre is an educational safe haven where the learners feel welcome, and loved, receive lunch, individual help with their specific educational needs, and have
some fun playtime. They focus on Literacy in Afrikaans and English, Numeracy, Creativity and Go Green. In the program, they are able to identify learners with learning disabilities and severe emotional trauma, and they can contact professional help suited to each l
earner’s needs. The Educators have seen a transformation throughout the past 8 years in the lives of these learners since their enrolment at the Centre because their aim is the wholeness of each girl’s wellbeing, rather than classroom-style education. Furthermore, the 2 educators, a cleaner and gardener from the Jamestowncommunity and understand household needs and challenges these girls encounter in their daily lives. The Green Door project is so much more than just a Learning Support Centre. It is also a safe haven and a house of Hospitality to the broader communities, situated in the main road of Jamestown. Feeding action: The Project also provides food on a weekly basis to
approximately 12 families staying in Jamestown. Parent/Child relationship: At the Centre, they are building a more personal relationship with the learner's parents/caretakers, as well as other woman in James
town and broader communities by hosting a monthly JustB Woman’s function in their colorful Rainbow Garden at the Centre. Function venue: The venue can be rented out for parties, baby showers, weddings, photoshoots, etc. as additional sustainable income for the Centre. They however require a manager to market the venue, as well as host the functions. Student enrichment opportunity: Primary and High School learners, as well as University students, volunteer at the Centre and share their time and talents with the girls. The Green Door Project wants to open and launch a Pop-up Garden shop in their Rainbow GardenattheLearningCentre in October 2022 during the Garden week thatStellenbosch Tourism hosts every year. ThisPop up shop can be open throughout the year every Friday and Saturday. Its address,67Webervalley road, the main street of Jamestown making it a perfect location for the Garden shop for Jamestown and broader communities to enjoy. The Garden shop will also be easily accessible forJamestowners and people from surrounding farms to get exposure, practical experience in product development, and an ideal place to sell their Garden decor. The Green Door project wants to generate sustainable income with the Go Green program project by selling plants, worm juice, bird feeders, and garden decor in their Pop up Garden shop every Friday and Saturday.
