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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

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

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

  SEEDS Garage Sales has a permanent home at 1 Browning Ave. Toronto We have moved in and have some great items for sale. We even take credit cards! Our Grand Opening is from 10am-3pm on Saturday March 4th, 2017 so drop by to have a look! All proceeds go to The Silozi Seed Bank &

  SEEDS Garage Sales has a permanent home at 1 Browning Ave. Toronto We are slowly moving in but feel free to drop by and have a look at our new items for sale before our Grand Opening on March 4th., 2017. Come & look through boxes, help us unpack and be first in line for tha

I have just finished reading ” The Lost World of the Kalahari” by Laurens Van der Post published in 1958. It is a story of a journey in a great wasteland and a search for some pure remnant of the unique and almost vanished First people of his native land, the Bushman of Af