Farewells to Project Rx (hopefully only for now...)

The introduction of Project Rx to community leaders.

It has been a tremendous time working for Project Rx, after over a year of hard work with the strong and capable Mozambican participants, Project Rx can call itself a success.

We have brought our farming education to hundreds, hoping they will, in turn, share their knowledge unto the masses. The words to describe the experience does no justice. The lives we have encountered, the adversity, the successes, the days of rain and days of sun.

Teaching session about how to plan, grow and treat a vegetable garden.

As Project Rx leaves Mozambique (hopefully only to plan another return), we leave behind education for the masses. We have made our information available to all those interested in farming from square one.

Together the community leaders and I remove the weeds and grass from the area in which we would like our farm to be.

We have proven that when everyone gets together and is willing to learn, we can create an entire farm that can feed a small family in just one day. It's not brain surgery, it's not the reinvention of the wheel. It's simply getting the information that has only been available to farmers, to those who want to grow food for their families.

I get everyone started on how to plant the seeds and space between seeds.

Then they take over, each taking a turn to plant seeds. :)

Although the means are humble, the gratefulness of those Project Rx has encountered humble us all the more. Again, there is no way to describe the magic of Mozambique and the unbearable beauty of the people and the culture. There are always ups and downs, but the heart remembers the good.

The community members held a special song and dance session to thank us for our presence.

I'd like to give a huge thanks to Orlando Fumbanhane at Mozal's Community Development sector for philanthropic projects. He helped orchestrate Project Rx's presence with the Association of Community Leaders for Development in Matola.

Thank you all for the continued support. Our impact would have been impossible without you. :)

Advocacy at Work!

"We have our hands, but until we connect our minds to tell our hands what to do, our hands cannot reach their full potential." - Representative of Matola district

Tremendous successes today with the President and representatives of the Association of Community and Social Development of Matola and surrounding districts. Today we connected the 33 represented districts through the Association to Project Rx and our agricultural education. The feedback from these representatives was of overwhelming gratitude and excitement about introducing the Project Rx farming program into the villages they represent.

Several of their comments were of thanks that there is finally a guide that can teach their people how to grow in a more organized manor. They are well aware that Mozambique has the utmost potential for farming due to the vast amounts of water and arable land. They are very eager to learn our permaculture gardening ways and educate their villages.

Next week Tuesday we have an official training together. We will get down and dirty together, planting food for the future. I'm so pleased that we can do this just before I hop a plane back home. :) Wish me luck!