In January we sponsored two women to take part in Anamed’s week long training of Natural Medicine in the Tropics. The training took part in Ndola, Zambia and is available in many other parts of Africa. For more information check www.anamed.net. In Zambia, as in so many African countries, doctors and clinics are often far away and too expensive for much of the population. There are many plants in their near vicinity though, that … Read more
marianne Africa, Current Projects, Zambia
Robert and I have been back in Canada for some weeks now. Time to report on what is going on in Zambia, where we were for three months again.We’re happy to report that the small farmer project is doing well and growing. It is no longer just the Mpongwe project, but has branched out to Serenje. While in Zambia from mid February to end April, we spent time in both areas – visiting the … Read more
marianne Africa, Current Projects, Zambia
Greetings from Peru
We have returned from our little holiday to Cusco and Machu Picchu where the weather was Mucho Frio especially after we had been used to nice hot weather in Trujillo. However the sights were spectacular. Amazing to see how the Incas built these huge structures without the benefit of modern equipment and tools. The Temple of the Three Windows has three trapezoidal windows (hmmm imagine that). The windows catch the light from the … Read more
johanna Current Projects, Trujillo, Peru
We are almost half way through our stay in Peru and as on our other trips the time seems to speed up the longer we are here. At first you think three months is a long time but now we are beginning to wonder if we will get done all the things we were hoping to do.
The accounting program working well and we have entered all the January data and taken all the reports … Read more
johanna Current Projects, South America, Trujillo, Peru
After 4 weeks in Peru we are beginning to feel at home. We have our routines and have figured out where to buy groceries and how to get around. Almost everyone travels by taxi or the buses. Buses come in two sizes the middle sized “Micro” which is bigger than the van sized small bus but not as large as a Greyhound type bus that goes between Lima and Trujillo. We mostly travel by taxi … Read more
johanna Current Projects
We have been in Peru for just over a week now and so some things are becoming familiar. Every morning between 7 and 8 AM we walk around “Le Parque Grande” (we are up to 6 times around now!) and see many of the same people every morning. This morning a lady that we have begun to recognize said “Good Morning” so on the next lap around we stopped to talk to her but soon … Read more
johanna Current Projects, Trujillo, Peru
We have arrived in Peru! Our flights went well and we have all of our luggage. Bonus! Peru is a very beautiful country. We took a bus (8 hours) from Lima to Trujillo and saw a lot of country. Desert on one side the coast with ocean, beaches and rocks on the other. In the valleys there were many green fields where they irrigated (usually with flood irrigation although we did see one field with … Read more
johanna Current Projects, Trujillo, Peru
Harold & Johanna Huising are off to Peru to help out in the Children’s Home through an American Mission organization called Inca Link. You can check out their website at incalink.org.… Read more
johanna Current Projects, South America, Trujillo, Peru
In January 2005, Harold and Johanna Huising went with us (Robert and Marianne Stamm) to Zambia to install the irrigation system for a new banana plantation for the mission station of Heart of Africa Mission, near Kitwe, Zambia. The mission had planted one half hectare to bananas for commercial production. The goal was to enable the Bible college to be self sufficient so they didn’t have to rely on outside funds. It was also to … Read more
marianne Africa, Current Projects, Zambia
Mpongwe is a rural farming district in North Central Zambia – called the Copperbelt because of the many copper mines in the area. Mpongwe is one of the best farming districts of Zambia due to its fertile soils and plentiful rains. There are some large commercial farms there but most of the land belongs to small scale farmers who work with either a hoe or oxen. Most of the people in the area live in … Read more
marianne Africa, Current Projects, Zambia
