Gaea Seychelles

28/09/2026

So, What Can We Do?

We can protect our rivers while still allowing our communities to grow.

🌱 Protect natural riverbanks and green spaces.
🌳 Keep vegetation along rivers to prevent erosion.
👷 Train maintenance teams to protect river habitats.
🪰 Use species like mayflies to monitor water quality.
🐟 Prevent invasive fish from entering our streams.
🏗️ Make sure new developments consider the health of our rivers.

💧Healthy rivers. Safer communities. A stronger Seychelles.

25/08/2026

Featured in Seychelles Nation 📰

We’re proud to share our story and the work behind this initiative. Read the full article in Seychelles Nation to learn more.
Seychelles Nation Newspaper

19/08/2026

Heavy dependence on food imports? Climate change impacting local ecosystems? Bel-Ombre has an answer!
We are incredibly proud to highlight Green Harvest, an exciting community initiative led by Gaea Seychelles.
What started as the ‘Zarden Zanfan’ youth patch is now a thriving eco-hub.
How it’s making a difference:
• Empowering Kids: Children build leadership skills and positive behaviours through nature connection.
• Building Business Skills: Youth harvest crops produced naturally, sell them to local shops, and learn real financial independence.
• Uniting the Neighbourhood: Parents, elders, and volunteers are coming together to grow local food.
This amazing work is made possible through incredible local teamwork and support from global partners like the British High Commission, Chevening Alumni, and Rotary Club Horizon Luxembourg.
The ultimate goal? Scaling this proof-of-concept into a national movement so every district can grow its own food.

Want to help? You can volunteer with the kids, donate, or spread the word!

10/08/2026

BEL-OMBRE COMMUNITIES RALLY AROUND ‘GREEN HARVEST’ TO EMPOWER YOUTH AND BOOST FOOD SECURITY

BEL-OMBRE, SEYCHELLES — Local NGO Gaea Seychelles, in partnership with the Bel-Ombre District Administration, has successfully scaled up ‘Green Harvest’, an innovative community-based initiative tackling climate change, food security, and youth development.
What began as a small youth vegetable garden called ‘Zarden Zanfan’ has transformed into a fully operational site naturally producing food. The project integrates a greenhouse, irrigation, organic waste composting, to teach sustainable living.
Beyond environmental benefits, the project reports significant personal improvements and character building among local youth. By selling harvested crops at local shops, participating children are also gaining critical entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills.
Supported internationally by the Rotary Club Horizon Luxembourg, the Chevening Alumni Fund Programme, and the British High Commission, Green Harvest serves as a national pilot model. Gaea Seychelles aims to eventually replicate this community-led food security framework across every district in the Seychelles.

05/07/2026

Removing stones and bottle caps from soil helps young plants put down healthy roots. Today’s lesson: clean soil, healthy plants.
With Dr. Elvina Henriette.

Coco Farm Seychelles in collaboration with Rotary club horizon Luxembourg, Consul of Seychelles in Luxembourg and the Chevening Alumni Fund Programme.

05/07/2026

Cardboard, coconut husk, and a little garden magic 🌱

Coco Farm Seychelles
In collaboration with Rotary club horizon Luxembourg, Consul of Seychelles in Luxembourg and the Chevening Alumni Fund Programme.

25/06/2026

Students from Tropical Kids Holiday Adventures discovered that using cardboard and coconut husk effectively controls weeds while working in the Bel Ombre Green Harvest community garden. Many thanks to Coco Farm for donating the coconut husk and to Michel Amelie for providing no-cost transportation!

Many thanks to Coco Farm Seychelles, Rotary Club horizon Luxembourg, Consul of Seychelles in Luxembourg and the Chevening Alumni Fund Programme.

09/06/2026