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  Below is a Crop Calendar to know when to plant and to expect your harvest in the areas we work in Zambia. Have a look at the calendar below to plan when you will plant your next crop. The upper part of the chart is for Chipata & Katete, the middle and lower sections of the

I met the three beauties, Zambezi, Nkala & Musilalli who are now at The Lilayi Elephant Nursery in Lusaka Zambia. I am so pleased to hear, after their amazing care at Lilayi,  the older two Njanji And Kakaro have been released into a wild heard. Here is the story from Game Rangers

Have you ever imagined having to sleep on a raised platform with a mosquito net so you could scare elephants away from your crops during the night? It is quite a common practice that farmers in Africa will have plots of land quite far from where they live with their families. In Afric

Thanks in part to Bendale B.T.I , on June 8, 2018, approximately 112,380 Non-GMO fruit and vegetable seeds arrived in two cities in Zambia. The Silozi Seed Bank and Trees for Elephants in Mongu, the most western part of the country and The Ngoni Seed Bank And Trees for Elephants in Ch

Every $1 donated* to our charity IN JUNE earns our organization a chance to win a $10,000 donation (minimum $3 donation required). The challenge begins June 1, 2018 at midnight Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) and ends on June 30, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The

Our newest location is up and planting! It is wonderful how life goes and the connections we make. I met Paul, our manager at SEEDS Chipata-The Ngoni Seed Bank & Trees For Elephants back in 2014. I had seen his family in a documentary while watching TV here in Canada and contacted

Our manager in Kalabo told me in 2017 that farmers would walk for 9 hours to come and pick up a bushel of his tomatoes. Mualuka had over 3000 tomatoes plants. Can you imagine walking 9 hours there and 9 hours home to get a bushel of tomatoes so you could have some thing to eat and see

Fredrick,  our manager in Mongu and I laugh as we occasionally have to remind each other of things we have forgotten or done since 2011 when we first met. Fredrick is 62 years old now and I am 60 and even though we keep the best records we can,  we some times have to ask each other to

We are pleased to announce our first anniversary on Feb. 6, 2018. What a great year we have had! From Feb.6th, 2017 to Feb.8th, 2018 SEEDS Garage Sales has made $13680.81, minus our rent and a few expenses. Therefore 94% of what we collect goes directly to our projects, The Silozi See

To be quite honest we have lost count but Fredrick our manager at SEEDS Mongu has planted over 900 in January 2018 alone.These are the trees he has planted so far in January 2018. 180 Marula tree seeds- Elephants love them too! Marula is a medium sized tree belonging to the Brachysteg