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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

Like plants that self-pollinate (maize) or spread throughout the whole garden, (mint), or grow a stem and then plant that stem in the ground by itself ( black berry bush), receiving a monetary gift from Rotary is a self-propagating venture and the benefits grow on their own in many un

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

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