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November 20/21 was huge for us. For the first time, Zeph and Dan split up and did concurrent trainings. Zeph went to his home town, Ingwavuma, near the Swaziland border. He did a 2-day introduction to Farming God’s Way there. It was attended by over 50 people, and by all accounts was very successful. We […]
We’ve seen some amazing transformation in the sewing area at Seed of Hope. The bright red walls and inviting atmosphere are witnesses to the growth in the women and program. For the last 6 years Kerry has had the incredible privilege of working alongside Ernestina Hlophe to develop the program. A deep friendship has flourished […]
I have a great story to tell…we have 2 new fitness instructors in Bhekulwandle. Mbali and Mandisa have been attending my aerobics class at Seed of Hope for almost 2 years. The two of them were some of the most faithful attenders and so I started to plant the idea in their minds about becoming […]
You may recall that, just over a year ago, Zeph and I were in Zambia, near Livingstone, for our annual Farming God’s Way “in-field mentoring.” This is an annual gathering designed to hone our training skills, move the up-and-comers through the steps required for training accreditation, and to strongly support the efforts of local trainers […]
Earlier this year, we were finding the Farming God’s Way group gardens in Itshehlophe were substandard – beds not laid out properly, veg seedlings planted in wavy rows (or just wherever), and the seedlings being planted far too close, or with way too much space between, or most often with no discernible order at all. […]
South Africa is broken. Everyone is talking about it: Corrupt government, soaring crime rates, high unemployment, the erosion of the rule of law. Xenophobic attacks erupted again in the major cities, and especially here in KwaZulu-Natal. Eskom, the national electricity supplier, is struggling to keep the lights on. “Load shedding,” controlled and rolling blackouts are […]
Emmanuel Sithole and Tescma Marcus are 2 names that I did not know before this week of Xenophobic violence in South Africa. Emmanuel, a Mozambican man, was living in Alexandra township in Johannesburg. Tescma, an Ethiopian who had only been in South Africa for 4 months, was running a spaza shop in Umlazi township in […]
Growing mixed vegetables requires extra care, and especially more nutrients, as compared to growing field crops. For that reason, we will sometimes run a course focusing on how to prepare, plant and grow mixed vegetables. We ran such a course in November last year, after our demo field was planted and most of the mulching […]
The community of Bhekulwandle celebrated the life of Grace Shozi on October 19. A blue and white tent was set up for her funeral outside the window of her bedroom where she spent the last year and a half of her life, blind and bedridden. The funeral tent full of people was such a contrast […]