Monthly Archives: April 2010

The ‘board room’ under the spreading branches of a huge indigenous tree seems a fitting place to discuss carbon credits for planting trees and forests. Nick O’Connor operates Rainland Timbers, a medium sized sawmill enterprise about 15 kilometers outside Kitwe, … Continue reading →

The rough brick walls vibrate with the buzz of voices; dark heads close together as they discuss the exercise – a budget for a business using 500,000 kwacha ($110). Seeing the excitement of these Mpongwe village people as they learn … Continue reading →

I’m surprised at the feeling of coming home. I didn’t realize I missed it – the sight of big wide fields spreading over gentle hills and valleys. We’ve spent the last two months working with small scale farmers here in … Continue reading →

I slept with the heaviness of Susan’s AIDS sentence on me. I was so happy to hear that she finally agreed to go for testing; now she’ll have access to the ARV drugs that will save her life. But hearing … Continue reading →

“There’s no hunger in our people anymore since we started the farming projects with the churches,” Pastor Jessy tells us. I can’t quite comprehend that – the plots are too small to feed any amount of people. He explains: as … Continue reading →