Food Security during the Pandemic Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a particularly severe drought. Many of those we work with had very limited access to food this year as their crops had not been able to give proper yields without rains. Thanks to your donations, we were able to provide emergency food aid … Read More
We continue to donate instruments and many replacement strings to the Academy! This year we received a lovely oboe, amongst other instruments, which means we are close to donating an entire orchestra of instruments to the Academy….we are just missing harp and bassoon! The music scholarship program continues to thrive. We have six scholars this … Read More
St. Vincent de Paul Community School Our special relationship with St. Vincent de Paul Community School in Monze and head teacher Sr. Lontia continues to flourish. At the start of the year, there were significant concerns about food security. We sent over extra funding this year to ensure that Sr Lontia could continue to offer … Read More
Our university scholars have graduated! A huge congratulations to them on their wonderful achievements: Chimuka Ngilazi graduated with a Secondary Diploma in Religious Education, Civic Education and Guidance and Counselling at Technical Vocational Training College. He has now been accepted into the BA program at the same school and hopes to continue his studies. Coreen Mweetwa … Read More
Hello to all! We think about how different the world is from our last update to you, and hope all are healthy and well in these challenging times. Covid-19 is affecting us all, including our friends in Zambia. We have stories of the challenges from this past year, and also many great stories of positivity … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
