Ngoma Dolce Music Academy The program at Ngoma Dolce is going full steam ahead. Through the scholarship program there have been numerous workshops with the teachers at the Academy, as well as with visiting professors. Students from Kamulanga, a highschool Ngoma Dolce is working with, bus in over an hour each way to attend … Read More
Malambo Grassroots Zambia
Bees love their caffeine !
Bees have their ‘Starbucks’ too. It seems that bees are affected by caffeine and this may be used by plants to help them pollinate. Geraldine Wright and colleagues at the University of Newcastle, UK have shown that bees are more likely to remember the presence of sugary water presented to them if the water is … Read More
A GranFondo ride for Zambia
Dear Friends and Supporters of Malambo Grassroots, While this time of year we often contact you about our annual Scrabble/Bridge fundraising event, this year, we are doing something different! One of our supporters, Geoff Cross, has offered to ride for Malambo Grassroots at this year Levi’s GranFondo cycling event, to raise money for our … Read More
Bees, Honey and Zambia
The Honeyguide In Zambia there is a fabulous bird called the Honeyguide. This smart little bird guides people to bee colonies. As a thank you for this you are supposed to leave the grubs behind for the Honeyguide. Malambo Grassroots is hoping to start up a bee farming project for subsistence farmers in the … Read More
Mirriam’s Story
Malambo Grassroots Community Support For years Mirriam, in her 80’s, invited us around to see her house – and it’s growing problems. It was falling down around her and in the end ‘shifted’ in the night when there was heavy rain. The bedroom had been almost totally filled in by a giant termite mound. Like … Read More
Malambo supports Zambian Schools
I drive through Fishing Camp, Zambia, taking someone to hospital. The streets are filled with children. I ask “are all these children going to school?” “No, many never go to school” “Why?” There are many reasons, ranging from cost to beliefs: parents cannot afford the needed supplies, education is undervalued, the closest school is too … Read More
Rose Charities Celebrates…
Rose Charities Celebrates International Women’s Day ! Rose Charities has many projects aimed specifically at women. Often women are the most overlooked group when it comes to international aid projects, but we feel that any project aimed at women has a far reaching effect throughout the community. From women’s support groups to vocational training, we … Read More
Letter from a Malambo Volunteer
Hi there everyone, Happy New Year ! It’s been good to be here. I’m a bit split between Monze and Siavonga – the reality of trying to get on our financial feet here in Zambia as well as roll on with our projects. The first part has not happened – so far we just spend … Read More
Heidi Krutzen – Music and Malambo
Two of Heidi’s available CD’s Heidi Krutzen , co-founder of the the wonderful Malambo Grassroots Zambia program in Canada , is also one of Canada’s leading harpists and Prinicpal Harp of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra Heidi’s glowing musical background and history are well documented. In short she has played, taught masterclasses, recorded, premiered new works and performed … Read More
Keep kids in school (Zambia) !..
LET’S KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL… from Jocelyn (Malambograssroots) In Praise of Education – we are drumming up funds to add to our scholarship program and I found this comment in the Zambian Economist which directly illustrates the positive impact of keeping kids in school. “South Korea calculated that the economy grew by 6% for … Read More
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