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SEEDS Chipata-The Ngoni Seed Bank & Trees for Elephants
May 09, 2018
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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
Read MoreFeeding Conservation Officers
Apr 12, 2018
In order to ensure that our wild animals are taken care of we need to feed the officers. By growing their own food, money saved on food to feed the officers will be money spent on other necessities to stop poachers from killing the animals in the parks. SEEDS is sending Non-GMO vegeta
Read MoreFarmers picking up seeds from SEEDS
Apr 01, 2018
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
Read MoreOur Future
Mar 15, 2018
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
Read MoreSEEDS Garage Sales Store has been open for 1 year!
Feb 27, 2018
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
Read MoreFredrick has planted several thousand trees so far!
Feb 19, 2018
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
Read MoreBendale B.T.I.-Saving seeds for Africa Initiative
Jan 25, 2018
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
Read MoreMerry Christmas 2017′ and Happy New Year-2018
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-
Read MoreWhat goes around, comes around and It’s Spreading!
Dec 16, 2017
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
Read MoreMaps
