by kusamala | Jul 16, 2012 | General
In the Chitedze community Never Ending Food has been working for over 10 years to promote permaculture at the household level. Researcher Abby Conrad, who has been living and working at the Centre for the past 9 months, has found that their work has had a strong...
by kusamala | Jul 13, 2012 | General
Yesterday a group of Kusamala staff and interns went to USAID’s Feed the Future kick off party. The main attraction for most of us was the anticipation of seeing President Joyce Banda, one of only two African heads of state. As close neighbors of the statehouse, we...
by kusamala | Jul 10, 2012 | General, Projects
As a part of our JANEEMO project, as well as the Centre’s general commitment to reforestation efforts, we began constructing a new and improved tree nursery this past May. We have spent the past two months leveling the ground in the nursery area and learning about...
by kusamala | Jul 9, 2012 | General
Every fifth Wednesday Centre staff and interns join our gardening team for a big planting day in the Kusamala Market Garden. We spend the day watering, seeding, and transplanting from the nursery. By the end of the day we have planted 25 of the 100 beds in our market...
by kusamala | Jul 3, 2012 | General
In March of this year the Kusamala Demonstration Centre welcomed its first apprentices, Edward Nkhata and Joseph Kaipa, sent to us by the Methodist Church. They have spent the past four months at the Centre, working side by side with our staff, learning from our...
by kusamala | Jun 21, 2012 | General
It’s with a heavy heart that the staff at Kusamala said goodbye to Carol Mgala and Macoco Mwale last month. Carol has been an essential part of the Centre’s food and nutrition team since its inception in 2009. She has played an integral role in the success...