by Tiwonge Nkosi | Jun 16, 2015 | General
Contributed by Molly Cheatum The Sizinda Community is located 19 kilometers from Victoria Falls with a total area of 1,769 hectares and a population size of 510. Prior to visiting the community, Jody Butterfield presented to our group about the Community Facilitator’s...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | May 28, 2015 | General
Contributed by Molly Cheatum Kusamala participated in a 10-day workshop at the African Centre for Holistic Management in the beginning of May. This workshop was facilitated by the Savory Institute as part of Kusamala’s training process towards becoming an accredited...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | May 11, 2015 | General
Contributed by Alexandra Valla For the past 3 weeks, Kusamala was happy to have Benjamin Nyaru, Field Operations Director at The Red Soil Project, back at Kusamala. Benjamin’s first visit was in 2012. At that time, he trained Kusamala staff in permaculture techniques,...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | Apr 29, 2015 | General
Kusamala participated in the South and Eastern Africa Agroecology Knowledge and Skills Sharing Workshop which was held from April 20th to 24th at Kasisi Retreat House in Lusaka, Zambia. Both Chisomo Kamchacha and Luwayo Biswick represented Kusamala in such an...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | Apr 25, 2015 | General
Contributed by Molly Cheatum If you lose your way, go back to where you started and pick up the trail from there. – Senegalese saying introduced by Tony Rinaudo at the Beating Famine conference. When Kusamala visits our farmers in the field to share permaculture...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | Feb 2, 2015 | General
While this year’s rainy season has been marked by devastating floods in the Lower Shire Valley in the Southern region of the country, here in Lilongwe the rains have been much less destructive and have generally brought a wealth of new growth. Kusamala’s staple field...
