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January 2012
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Our first harvest is profitable!!! Zion has secured a weekly standing produce order from a local backpacking hostel and is on the verge of securing a second account with the Nkhata Bay hospital!! As we wait for our first soy harvest that will help feed the Chihame Nursery School, proceeds will go towards helping the nursery purchase a morning meal for the children and expanding the garden to grow more profits. Progress! ! Help maintain and support new garden locations by purchasing supplies!
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December 2011
| Chief Kamoza offers GV and Zion land under the condition that garden profits go towards schools in Chihame Village, located in the Nkhata Bay District. |
| Malawian partners and GV shift garden resources from Chikale to the Chihame Village garden location. The latter area is more conducive to garden expansion and has more fertile soil to ensure maximum vegetation quality. |
| GV, Zion and local farmers, Elton and Obvious, plant 1.5 acres in Chihame. Vegetables include: beans, bonoyme, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber, potatoes, lettuce, okra, pumpkin, radish, rape, red onion, swiss chard, tomatoes, watermelon, white onion. |
| One additional acre of land is cleared for cultivating soybeans. |
| GV scouts two new garden spots, referred to as Kakumbi and Downtown. |
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Project North Carolina raises an additional $6000 for DANA Services over the holiday season, bringing the total to $12,000. Thank You! Help make this donation stronger by gifting the hard working ladies of DANA!
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November 2011
| Mel visits Chikale Primary School Garden. Discovers a portion of the garden stunted due to prior pesticide use in the soil. GV considers options for relocating. |
| Together with Zion Kennedy Phillips, GV meets with Chief Kamoza of Chihame Village to discuss possible allocation of land for new vegetable garden. |
| Funding for GV’s permanent facility for DANA reaches $600. |
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October 2011
| Mel preps for her trip to Malawi to focus on the Chikale Primary School testing garden and researches alternate locations for a larger, more profitable garden. |
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August 2011
| Mel preps for her trip to Malawi to focus on the Chikale Primary School testing garden and researches alternate locations for a larger, more profitable garden. |
| Mel preps for her trip to Malawi to focus on the Chikale Primary School testing garden and researches alternate locations for a larger, more profitable garden. |
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May 2011
| Mel, Quinn and Lindsay research GV's third project in Alberta, Canada. |
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April 2011
| Mel & Quinn personally deliver second round of 315 story & information books to schools in Nkhata Bay |
| Mel, Quinn & Zion purchase 600 dollars worth of school supplies from local venders as requested by GV donors |
| Mel & Quinn sit with schoolteachers from Chikale Primary School in Nkhata Bay and formulate a plan to develop a sustainable garden that would go into maintaining school needs |
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