November here in Canada means harvest, root vegetables, warm meals and hunkering down for the winter. November in Zambia means hot hot weather, hopefully the rains come and planting a lot of seeds. It is always a rush for me to get the pumpkin seeds dry so I can send them to Zambia. I

It was May 2011 when I started doing research about Zambia and it has been quite a journey! On October 29th, 2017 we will be starting our 5th year as a registered Canadian Charity and in May 2017 I started my 7th year doing what I love. I was told at the beginning of this journey that

Teachers Laurie Sanderson & Stephanie Reisler and their grade 3 students at Earl Haig Public School in Toronto created the film below with Planet in Focus,  http://planetinfocus.org/,   to educate adults and students on what Upcycling is and the benefits of doing so.  Laurie Sande

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