Just six short months on from the start of the project with our IVS mapping survey, this land's been cleared, bunds and paddys...

Mama Mayila and the Hope team - dedicated volunteers, Uncles Williams, Mohammed, Hassan and Musa and Aunty Zainab - are crossing the...

The Makelekos All-Stars don't know it yet but they're soon to be environmental warriors leading the charge for sustainability and battle...

The first rice ripens in our first paddy, planted with Azolla from Njala, turning golden, pregnant with a “full belly” as our farmers say...

Now that's what we call precision bed-making! Engineer Amabest and the Makelekos All-Stars do a sterling job turning vision into reality...

In advance of Hope Sakumas farmer field school, project cordinator Amabest enjoys a first dry run demonstrating to the Makelekos...

Time to catch up with the Makelekos All-Stars seen clearing and planting our third IVS rice paddy, while Engineer Amara checks on our...

Well, if not exactly a gala opening - we're saving that for later in the year when Mama Mayila's around - then a very successful first...