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
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
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
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
Welcome to SEEDS B&B, Mongu- Mulopo Flats! Barotseland, Western Province, Zambia. We have just opened on Limulunga Rd. a five minute walk north of Liseli Lodge. The Limulunga Palace is approximately 10km north of us. There is a quiet, clean, comfortable two bedroom flat and two p