Launch of the online Training of Trainers Course in partnership with the Water Research Commission
In a time when community interactions and traditional training and workshops have […]
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10, 2020
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07, 2020
Long time IBLN member makes Learning Network Proud
The IBLN is excited to announce the appointment of one of our members, Mrs. Busisiwe Mgangxela -Peter, as one of the new executive directors of the Movement in Africa NGO. Busi (East London) and Mercy Hombakazi Nqandeka (Transkei) were appointed this weekend as Executive directors ready to take forward many exciting projects within their greater […]
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05, 2020
Youth Permaculture Farmer Returning to His Roots
Ludwe Majiza is a talented young permaculture farmer who has moved back to his home village Mkhubiso, in the Amathole district Eastern Cape. We are lucky enough to have Ludwe as part of one of our agricultural Learning network. Read more about the wonderful work that Ludwe is doing in Mkhubiso in an article […]
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03, 2020
Mojo Journalism Workshop
March 2020, the Amanzi For Food Programme at Rhodes University in partnership with Media Academy South Africa launched a Mobile Journalism training short course at Mkhubiso Village, Kieskammahoek in Eastern Cape.
Prior to the event, Mama Nosiseko Giake (Ngqika) – wife of the late Chief Ngqika, gave us a warm welcome and shared the background history […]
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03, 2020
Start of 2020 for the Imvotho Bubomi Learning Network
On the 4th of February the Imvotho Bubomi Learning Network held their first meeting of 2020. Members from all over the Raymond Mhlaba District Municipality and beyond travelled to Mr and Mrs […]
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09, 2019
A Taste of the Agroecology Conference – Video
In February this year the Amanzi for Food team attended the Agroecology for the 21st Century Conference in Cape Town. This was a very fruitful conference that highlighted conversations around the developing Agroecology movement within Southern Africa.
The following video was created to share a small taste of what the conference had to offer.
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06, 2019
Mapping learning networks, sharing lessons
The Amanzi For Food programme has been working to share and develop effective rainwater harvesting and conservation approaches for five years now. A core component of this process has been to promote collaboration and learning through multi-stakeholder learning networks. Celebrating the fact that change is a collective process, researchers from the Environmental Learning […]
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04, 2019
Farewell Dear Tichaona
Dr Victor Tichaona Pesenayi passed away at his home in Makhanda last week surrounded by his wife and family. Tich’s passing came days after he graduated with a PhD from Rhodes University on 11 April 2019, to his family and friends delight. Tichaona (known to us all as Tich) was about to take up a post-doctoral […]
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04, 2019
First Imvotho Bubomi Learning Meeting of 2019
On the 7thMarch 2019, the Imvotho Bubomi Learning Network held their first meeting of the year. The meeting was attended by a large number of members including new and old from all over the Amatole district. There was a good mix of extension workers, farmers, lecturers, researchers and students who attended the discussion. The large […]
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10, 2018
Eastern Cape training of trainers graduation
Amanzi for Food, Eastern Cape training of trainers’ graduation was celebrated at Rhodes University on the 11th of October 2018. The graduation commemorated the successful completion of the Training of trainers’ course which was undertaken by farmers, extension workers and lecturers from agricultural colleges in Eastern Cape most of whom are part of the Imvotho […]