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
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
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
Like plants that self-pollinate (maize) or spread throughout the whole garden, (mint), or grow a stem and then plant that stem in the ground by itself ( black berry bush), receiving a monetary gift from Rotary is a self-propagating venture and the benefits grow on their own in many un
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
It was May 2011 when I started doing research about Zambia and it has been quite a journey! On October 29th, 2017 we will be starting our 5th year as a registered Canadian Charity and in May 2017 I started my 7th year doing what I love. I was told at the beginning of this journey that
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
As I always say, this charity is taking me for a ride. It has a life of it’s own. I am just the facilitator of all the good that comes to us. When doing a Seedy Saturday in Parkdale, a woman named Stephanie saw our Silozi Seed Bank sign. She asked” Is that the language Sil
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