Community gardening is an initiative that allows individuals to foster positive social experiences and improvements to well-being through interactions with nature. The team worked with the University of Namibia School of Medicine to investigate the feasibility of a community garden for the student body and address the mental health concerns on campus. We worked closely with the students and faculty at the Hage Geingob campus to provide fact sheets on hydroponics, green spaces, mental health, and a book exchange library. These deliverables will provide the students of UNAM with resources to improve their mental well-being and build their community on campus. We used archival research and conducted interviews and focus groups to create these deliverables. We recommend that our sponsors provide the students with more mental health resources.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Poulhazan, Alexandra
• Kumar, Nandita
• Ferreira, Guinevere

Subject

• Water
• Food
• Health
• Innovation
• Learning
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Well-Being
• Community
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 107651
• E-project-050223-064035

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Community
• Student Body
• Support
• Mental Health
• Gardening

Advisor

• Brown, Crystal
• Wittman, Amanda

Year

• 2023

Center

• Windhoek, Namibia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Dr. Quenton Wessels, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anatomy
• The University of Namibia School of Medicine

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 2 - Zero Hunger
• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2023-05-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050223-064035

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-16