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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

We at SEEDS have the pleasure of working with the staff,  students and Student Advisory Council from Bendale B.T.I. within their Sustainability and the Environment project. This project is a Save seeds for Africa initiative, and we at SEEDS have the pleasure of being the recipient of

Here is our Merry Christmas 2017′ video from Lucas in Canada to Nabita in Barotseland. I was unable to load this video directly to the page so click here to view the short 1.27 minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9QbtXXLokc   Here are the wishes back from Nabita-

In my last blog, you may read here if you missed it,  http://sendseedstoafrica.org/pickering-rotary-all-givers/ , I explained how we used the money donated to SEEDS from the Rotary Club of Pickering in 2016.  In this blog I will be explaining how we have spent the monies so kindly don