by kusamala | Sep 21, 2012 | Projects
The Apprentices are fully engaged in their Permaculture curriculum and have been putting what they are learning into practice around the farm. Biswick and Eston have been keeping them busy with lectures, practicals and group assignments that fill their days. Not...
by kusamala | Sep 20, 2012 | General
Marie attended an Agroecology Short Course at Bunda College in Lilongwe at the end of September. In a classroom of about 40 students, she was the only person representing an NGO. All other students were from various colleges and government departments. The class...
by kusamala | Aug 31, 2012 | Projects, Trainings
The forth day of staff training was jam-packed with both theoretical and practical lessons. Biswick started off the day discussing the transitions between the different zones and the importance of learning from nature when creating permaculture designs. He highlighted...
by kusamala | Aug 30, 2012 | Projects
Four new apprentices from the Home of Hope Orphanage in Mchinji have now safely arrived at Kusamala’s Permaculture Demonstration Centre. The apprentices are joining the Centre for a six-month, intensive permaculture training program sponsored by Seeds of Change, an...
by kusamala | Aug 21, 2012 | Projects
Chisomo, the centre’s new monitoring and evaluation specialist, and Marie headed out to Dowa district to deliver tubes and check on the progress being made in the tree nurseries for the JANEEMO project. With 2 bikes loaded on top of the car we were quite the...