It is wonderful having Arron a Masters student from Swansea University, help us build a community cooker. Partly funded by the Princes Foundation, this new development burns waste at over 800 degrees and turns to power. The community use it for cooking. This is a great opportunity to develop technology that can really help some of the poorest. Once this…
Archive for November, 2018
Educational Gardens and Selling Plants
9th November 2018 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogOne of the beautiful Destiny Village developments is a lovely educational garden. We have a vision for children to learn about plants and the environment, so we have grown thousands of plants with a large cross-section of amazing smells and beauty. In addition to village planting, these are now also for sale, and we had had a steady stream of…
Education and a new school for Sierra Leone
7th November 2018 | Posted in Nigel's BlogWalking around the new school buildings in Destiny Village gives a real buzz. BuildAid from Norway has just agreed to fund an administration building alongside the first 4 classrooms they wonderfully sponsored. Meal a Day and CRY have both provided classrooms, and we have asked and also seek others to help us get more of the facilities in place. We…
Bakery Coming to Destiny Village
5th November 2018 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogNigel Taylor, who attends the Trent Vineyard in Nottingham, has been in country for the last 7 weeks. A former baker, he has helped us find equipment and design a bakery, alongside our in country business manager and baker, Godwin Pessima. We have built a business plan and with wonderful funding from Meal a Day, the bakery now has an…
Residents take up first leases
4th November 2018 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogIn writing the Home Leone story, 1 November 2018 is a key date. The first residents formally took up their leases and moved in to Homes. We have learned so much on the journey as we re-examine our family recruitment and selection approach to provide opportunities for families leaving the slums to take up new opportunities. Sanpha noted the families…