God Bless our manager Fredrick in Mongu. Fredrick speaks 4 languages and understands 5 so I am sure it is hard to keep them all straight when writing. I received some pictures of the 10 new banana trees he planted  and as our only way, yet again- as the Internet is so slow it is painf

SEEDS Mongu had a surprise visit from a group called Mother Earth. They brought various local tree seeds and offered to work together to share some knowledge of these trees and the wonderful Moringa tree. They were the lead farmers from Kaande, Itema, Mweke, Ilundu and Maowa which are

In my last post, Kuomboka In A Canoe,  I mentioned washing our legs and here is what happened! We finally started paddling through the tall grasses to our first stop which was the village that our manager Fredrick was born in 61 years ago in the middle of the Barotse Flood Plain. As t

I was finally able to witness the Kuomboka Ceremony in Mongu, Barotseland and had the pleasure of sharing the experience with my friends from Australia, Chloe & Luke and our SEEDS manager Fredrick.I have been to Zambia 5 times now and this is the first time I was there when on Apr

As I always say, this charity is taking me for a ride. It has a life of it’s own. I am just the facilitator of all the good that comes to us. When doing a Seedy Saturday in Parkdale, a woman named Stephanie saw our Silozi Seed Bank sign. She asked” Is that the language Sil

My husband Carl and I have been blessed by meeting a lot of wonderful people on our travels but I think this couple is at the top of our list! Even though they are upside down in the next picture. Meet Chloe & Luke! Young, vivacious, hard working, smart, courageous, kind, and very

There were so many great things that happened on this, my fifth trip to Zambia in Mar/Apr.2017. As always, seeing this young man, is a joy and highlight of my trips, but this was a very special visit. For those of you ( like you Debs), who have read all of my medwoman.wordpress.com bl

Welcome to SEEDS B&B, Mongu- Mulopo Flats! Barotseland, Western Province, Zambia. We have just opened on Limulunga Rd. a five minute walk north of Liseli Lodge.  The Limulunga Palace is approximately 10km north of us. There is a quiet, clean, comfortable two bedroom flat and two p

I am so excited to be going to Zambia again from March 28th-April 19th, 2017! Each time I go, I have a mission. This time is to renovate some Flats and open SEEDS B&B Mongu. I was fortunate to have had Shaun Clever take a suitcase with 50lbs of things I will need to open this bed