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Obtain Community Hours before Giving Tuesday Dec.1st, 2020
Nov 01, 2020
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During these even harder times, people can help themselves if they have food to eat. In these times when we are trying NOT to spread Covid-19, I would ask you TO spread the word to help those less fortunate and earn Community hours while you are spreading! LOL. Please help us before G
Read MoreThe Hidden Life of Trees
by Peter Wohlleben If you are into trees, or just want a good read where you will learn some thing, I highly recommend this book! It is enjoyable to read as Peter has a great sense of humour and clears up a lot of things we thought we knew about trees, many years ago, but now science
Read More7 Natural ways to kill Cockroaches in your home.
Thank you to Adrian Valles from, Pest Control Geek for this article written by Vinci Palad about naturally killing cockroaches. I know they are a pest in African homes so give one of these methods a try but remember it is not a good idea for children, pets or any animals you may have,
Read MorePurchase seeds and get a tax receipt
Aug 15, 2020
My very first boyfriend from many years ago, Mike Campbell, so generously purchased some of the vegetable seeds that we have trouble getting in Canada from a seed supplier and donated them to SEEDS. We will issue an income tax receipt to Mike for his 2020 tax return before the end of
Read MoreHow one gift leads to another
Our charity is in Zambia but poor leadership and corruption has reduced a once booming country into a shell of poverty. Zimbabweans are now running to neighboring countries to scratch for a living. Women are surviving on prostitution in countries like Zambia, Botswana, South Africa an
Read MoreCleaning up the village
I am so thankful that COVID-19 has not reached Mongu even though there are over 800,000 cases in Africa. I hope it is not that people in Mongu are not able to get tested for what ever reason. Let’s hope it is one of the advantages to living in a remote community and there truly
Read MoreGreat Canadian Giving Challenge
Support us through these challenging times. Help us win $20,000. Please Help our Charity Win $20,000 Every $1 you donate to our charity in June via GivingChallenge.ca counts as a ballot to help us win $20,000. Please donate today – we really appreciate your help! Donate to help
Read MoreEmmanuel & Covid-19
Paul is our manager at SEEDS Chipata-The Ngoni Seed Bank and Trees For Elephants and Emmanuel is his, just turned, 6 year old son. Paul and Emmanuel sent me a message on Facebook inviting me to come and visit them in Zambia and then realized that I cannot due to Covid-19. Listen to hi
Read MoreWhere to donate in Toronto!
Unfortunately we are still unable to accept donations at SEEDS Garage Sales store as we are not open yet and Diabetes Canada is not able to empty our bin. Please respect the many signs posted and do not leave donations in front of our store. Some people are not doing so and have left
Read MoreMaps
