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Monthly Archives: December 2021

21 Dec 2021

Sweet potato plantation in Malanti

posted in: Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini |

The women in charge of the Malanti garden have planted sweet potato crops. These are traditionally used on sloping land to avoid drainage and to cover areas that are difficult to cultivate as long plots, because of the presence of … Read More

20 Dec 2021

The Garden of Skills offers a typical Eswatini landscape

posted in: Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini |

The Malanti garden has a rather exceptional view of a valley in an area where the indigenous vegetation has been preserved from the intensive eucalyptus cultivation that is a threat to biodiversity in other parts of the country.

18 Dec 2021

Planting maize using the “Zaï” technique in Malanti, Eswatini

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The women in charge of the Garden of Skills in Malanti have planted corn. To do this, they followed the curve of the land without clearing it all, using the Zaï technique, which consists of digging basins 20 to 40 … Read More

17 Dec 2021

First planting beds in the Garden of Skills, Malanti

posted in: Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini |

The first cultivation beds have been set up at the Malanti knowledge garden in Eswatini by the women in charge of the garden. These beds are cultivated strips that follow the slope of the land and are 1m/1m20 wide. Onions, … Read More

16 Dec 2021

Development of the Garden of Skills, Malanti (Eswatini)

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The mountainous terrain of Malanti has necessitated the digging of an access road to reach the top of the garden. Before the heavy summer rains arrive, a long cemented gully has been dug along the path, with drainage systems running … Read More

16 Dec 2021

Daily meal distribution in Roosboom, Kwazulu Natal

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Every day of the week, the 3 coordinators of the Half Way House in Silethithemba prepare and distribute a hot meal to the orphaned children of the disadvantaged township of Roosboom. This house was set up 11 years ago by … Read More

15 Dec 2021

Making an Aromatic Plants Garden in Malanti (Eswatini)

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At the Garden of Skills in Malanti – Eswatini, the women in charge of the garden improvised a spiral garden using stones from the garden. They used the stones that are naturally present in this very mountainous region of Eswatini, … Read More

14 Dec 2021

The Mandala of the Garden of Skills at Malanti, Eswatini

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The women in charge of the Garden of Skills in Eswatini have created a mandala, a garden in the shape of flowers with cultivation plots in shape of petals. This mandala forms a roundabout at the top of the access … Read More

11 Dec 2021

Designing Hope’s office at Piggs Peak Hospital, Eswatini

posted in: Activities Malanti, Food Parcels PPK, Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini |

The new office built by Designing Hope at Pigg’s Peak Hospital, next to the VCT, is composed of 3 rooms: – 2 consultation rooms for the 250 young HIV positive patients treated at Piggs Peak. – On the other side, … Read More

4 Dec 2021

Painting workshop of replica flowers in Roosboom

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Wooden cut-out flowers, based on the silhouette of the flower designed by Thebe Magugu for the Porte-Bonheurs project presented at Le Bon Marché, have been entrusted to the children of Roosboom in South Africa, so that they can decorate them … Read More

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