by kusamala | Jun 21, 2012 | General
The past two months have seen a host of changes in the Kusamala management team. Olli and Alex have moved on to new countries and new experiences – Olli is spending the summer in France while Alex has accepted a position with USAID in Cambodia. While we are sad...
by kusamala | Feb 6, 2012 | General
The end of 2011, beginning of 2012 season has been a busy one for the Kusamala Commercial Garden. In November we were sad to say goodbye to our garden manager, Charlie, who has moved on to continue spreading organic farming practices in other parts Malawi. We wish her...
by kusamala | Dec 2, 2011 | General
Hello from Nature’s Gift Permaculture Centre. We thought we should provide you all with an update of some of the things that have been going on since June, when Oliver Wootton replaced our much-loved founder Hope Thornton as Executive Director. The centre still...
by kusamala | Jan 12, 2011 | General
After a long and participatory process with all of our staff, not all of whom speak English or even Chichewa as their first language, we have all agreed on the following Vision and Mission. Comments welcome! Many thanks to SIT Graduate Institute Intern Adam Goldberg...
by kusamala | Jan 12, 2011 | General
Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to Afshan Omar who has dedicated the past six months to helping us develop an organic market garden as well as run an incredibly successful Green Camp. Afshan will begin the new year by leading the operations team at NGP as our new...
by kusamala | Nov 18, 2010 | General
With the rains blowing closer every day, it seems there is almost no time for good old-fashioned ‘paper work’ – or the odd blog update! The days at NGP have barely been getting longer (we have about 1 hour extra in the summer time!) but we are trying...