Wow! I can hardly believe it's happening. The seed of an idea was planted more than a year ago. It took root and now it is beginning to grow. Four students from Home of Hope Orphan Care Center in Malawi, Africa started The Seeds of Change permaculture program this week at Nature's Gift in the capital city of Lilongwe.
They will stay at Nature's Gift/ Kusumala Institute for the next six months where they will learn everything there is to know about permaculture. Then, they will return to Home of Hope to implement what they know. It's the beginning of a long-term project aimed at assisting HOH to grow a more diversified crop and to help them become a more self-reliant organization.
Here is a link to the most recent update from Kusumala: http://t.co/nxssKNCP
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Great to hear of this! We are halfway between Home of Hope in Mchinji and Nature's Gift Permaculture in Lilongwe. We are www.NeverEndingFood.org I'm not sure that we met when you were here?
ReplyDeleteThere are several Permaculture linkages to be made in Mchinji if you've not made them yet? COTN and the Methodist church are there, as well as MVP was getting interested.
Also, there is a Permaculture secondary school scholarship in Nkhata Bay where enthusiastic primary school students are sponsored for secondary school and they get their whole school understanding and apply Permaculture principles at school and at home.
Lastly, there is a Permaculture yahoo!group in Malawi to stay in touch with each other. Send a message with a note about who you are to: Permaculture-Malawi-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com