We all know what it is like when we meet a genuinely nice person person! Ebrahim is one of those people. I met Ebrahim four years ago when I needed new eye glasses. When you speak with Ebrahim he is modest, patient and caring. He is not pushy or, like some, just out to make a buck. Eb
What a lovely surprise it was to receive these pictures from Matindo & Njamba just before Valentines Day. These two bright, ambitious young men have completed Grade 12 and are now, with help from SEEDS, obtaining more specialized training in Agriculture, Carpentry, Masonry and Lif
For those of you who don’t know of Njamba, he is the young man that Joanne sponsored for six years through World Vision and the reason SEEDS was born. I met him when he was 16 years old in 2011 and have visited him 4 times since then. He has graduated from grade 12 and grown int
Thank you so much to the students at Bendale B.T.I. and their teacher Mr. Darren Beer for saving the seeds when they prepared food for their school cafeteria. We sent the seeds from this huge sunflower I got in Campbellford, Ontario in the fall, and our volunteer Crystal helped us tak
Thank you to all who helped make the video and posed for all of the pictures! You are great! We recorded this in August 2015 to be ready for Christmas. I hope you like it! These are the children of the village where SEEDS is located in Mongu, Barotseland. They are eating
Hey Everyone! We just created a crowdfunding campaign for GivingTuesday called “The Silozi Seed Bank” and I think you’d be interested in checking it out. GivingTuesday is a national day of giving that takes place each year after Cyber Monday. Thi
Even in North America there are many people who have not heard of “Adopt A Road” but we are going to start the program in Barotseland Africa. In August 2015 Socio-Economic And Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS) authorized staff to organize and implement an
Dear SEEDS Followers, We’re thrilled to announce that Socio-Economic And Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS) is now a partner of ChangeIt®, an exciting new way to donate while making everyday purchases using your BMO® and RBC® Credit Cards or select Credit Union
When traveling to a new country, even if their official language is your own mother tongue, it is still a blessing to have an interpreter in a country where there are 10 indigenous languages (or language groups) spoken as a mother tongue by more than 1% of the population, four
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