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Mo Bangura
Oct 20, 2019
SLUM DUCK MILLIONAIRE!
Meet our newest family members, as dedicated volunteer, Hope Sakuma's esteemed Duck Director and duck dad, Vidal, introduces the ducks!...
Mo Bangura
Oct 19, 2019
AZOLLA MULCHING VEGETABLES
Chief Mohammed Lamin wades in to harvest the first pans of Azolla from our rice paddies to mulch Hope Sakuma's newly planted vegetable...
Mo Bangura
Oct 13, 2019
A SCENIC SAKUMA SOJOURN
Just six short months on from the start of the project with our IVS mapping survey, this land's been cleared, bunds and paddys...
Mo Bangura
Oct 6, 2019
AZOLLA & RICE - A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
Mama Mayila and the Hope team - dedicated volunteers, Uncles Williams, Mohammed, Hassan and Musa and Aunty Zainab - are crossing the...
Mo Bangura
Sep 25, 2019
A SUSTAINABLE SANDA, A SUSTAINABLE SIERRA LEONE?
The first rice ripens in our first paddy, planted with Azolla from Njala, turning golden, pregnant with a “full belly” as our farmers say...
Mo Bangura
Sep 21, 2019
PRECISION BED-MAKING FOR FARMER FIELD SCHOOL!
Now that's what we call precision bed-making! Engineer Amabest and the Makelekos All-Stars do a sterling job turning vision into reality...
Mo Bangura
Sep 18, 2019
SEED PLANTING DRY RUN
In advance of Hope Sakumas farmer field school, project cordinator Amabest enjoys a first dry run demonstrating to the Makelekos...
Mo Bangura
Aug 6, 2019
AZOLLA TO REDUCE SUBSISTENCE FARMER COSTS IN SIERRA LEONE
Time to catch up with the Makelekos All-Stars seen clearing and planting our third IVS rice paddy, while Engineer Amara checks on our...