November 11, 2015
Clean Water in the Doroba area
11th November 2015 The team were in the Doroba area today installing more pumps: Area: Doroba Village: Selemani GVH: Nyirenda Pump Length: 2.70 meters Users: 192
September 30, 2014
It’s the season
30th September 2014: At this time of year, in Malawi, the water tables are lower and its the time to begin pump installation. Alepher writes: DATE: 30/09/2014 PUMP INSTALLATION The pump team made slabs and installed one pump and the following are the details: Area: DOROBA Well depth: 2.80 m Pump depth: 2.60
June 22, 2013
Arriving with water
22nd June 2013: Another new well today in Doroba. The picture shows three little ones arriving from the new pumps with water on their heads. They seem happy with themselves as they have come about 400 metres instead of a long 2 Km to the river. Lives have
June 18, 2013
Ukani Preschool Foundation
18th June 2013: Casca was on his bike today, meeting more villagers in Doroba. He writes: MEETING WITH CAREGIVERS G.V.H DIKA MHLANGA IN UKANI PRESCHOOL Casca is writing to inform you about the meeting in Ukani preschool today. The meeting was concerning the caregivers and G.V.H Dika. (Group Village
June 15, 2013
Beehives
15th June 2013: This is Oswald, our beekeeper bringing beehives to a village in Doroba. He makes, then installs them, and does training with the villagers. This report came from Robert our head of farms, as well, so I've added it now (Monday morning) Hi John Here is our weekly
March 15, 2013
Irish Aid lauds our farm
15th March 2013: Maybe Irish Aid didn't know it, but this is our farm. We bought it about this time last year for a group of amazing women to become a commercial, co-operative model farm. It is now run by 16 women and 6 men with the
February 20, 2013
A newly formed Preschool
20th February 2013: Not much but it's a big leap for them! Children in this area of Malawi go to Primary School at the age of 6, like elsewhere in Malawi. But the problem is that by then boys may be doing a full day's work making
January 31, 2013
Happy village
31st January 2013: Another 225 villagers with clean, safe drinking water. I don't know this area with a different arrangement for thatched roofs. Part of every installation is beginning to teach the women to maintain their pump. Refresher courses are done regularly. If you look at the woman's tongue,
January 24, 2013
Doroba Farm
24th January 2013: This is the Doroba Do-operative, Commercial, Model farm run by 16 women and 6 men. We facilitated the purchase of 22 acres of land early last year and by the year end about 25% of the loan had been paid off. This shown lemon
January 6, 2013
Transplanting lemon seedlings
6th January 2013: This is Robert and Benidicto transplanting lemon seedlings grown on the co-operative farm in Doroba. We gave the women there a contract to grow 3000 for us to enable them to pay back their loan on the 22 acre farm that we bought
November 30, 2012
Peaches
30th November 2012: These are seeds from local peach trees. The fruit is very small and so we need to improve the variety and produce big fruit. We will plant these seeds now and hope to have about 1,000 improved variety seedlings in 2013, to add to
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