Nursery Gardens
Priscilla in her group nursery by Lake Victoria. Priscilla is one of the ladies from ECCA who has more recently joined as a contact person. She already has a group of women she works with and has this tree nursery with them. We have introduced her to Natural Medicines and she is working with her […]
Fish Pond in the REAP Garden
This is the pond that we have recently dug at the bottom of the garden in Kajulu, and stocked with ‘fingerlings’ in April. George dug the pond in the semi-swampy portion of the REAP garden in Kajulu in March 2012. George constructed a compost frame in the REAP pond. Tilapia fish feed mainly off algae. […]
Vetiver Grass
Here is a good example of the soil wash that Vetiver grass is designed to prevent. This photo was taken (May 23, 2012) at a farm in Kajulu two days after a very heavy downfall. The farmer has recently planted a Vetiver nursery so that he will have grass to protect his soil in the […]
Moringa Trees
In this photo, is Sam teaching a farmer (pastor) about pruning Moringa trees. Pastor Joel Owano is a pastor in the same church as Rosalia (ECCA – Evangelical Christ Church in Africa). His wife, Grace, learnt about Moringa at a workshop with another NGO and later from Rosalia in the church. She and her husband […]