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JEMIMAS' AZOLLA CHOW DOWN
Every evening and every morning Aunty Isata (aka Mrs Amabest) lovingly prepares an Azolla and crushed corn feast for Jemima and her brood...
Mo Bangura
Jun 20, 2020


LUCKY DUCKY
Meet Lucky, one of Uncle Vidal's fine ducks from Freetown and proud mum to a bakers dozen of 13 newborn ducklings! Not destined for farm...
Mo Bangura
Jun 11, 2020


SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE
By the trampling of the Fulanese foot another fine batch of daub for Hope Sakuma's traditional hut is made mixing the long-horn cow dung...
Mo Bangura
May 6, 2020


A BIG PILE OF...
Let's call it Daub. Amabests face says it all as extremely dedicated volunteer Hassan ventures to the Wureh line to forage amoung the...
Mo Bangura
May 1, 2020


WEEK 8: DESTUMPING WITH A SMILE
Amabest strides purposefully forward leading our merry band of farmers back to farmer field school for more destumping, clearing Hope...
Mo Bangura
Apr 23, 2020


PASTORAL INTERLUDE: OUR SECOND BUNDINGS
Hope Sakuma's farmer field school briefly resumes with some top-notch bund construction - the first step to connect our water source to...
Mo Bangura
Apr 16, 2020


WELL, WELL, WELL
With dry season fast approaching the Makelekos All-Stars peel off from destumping to dig the first of three wells so there's water for...
Mo Bangura
Apr 1, 2020


WEEK SEVEN: SOMETHING'S COOKING
The Ladies are out in force cooking up rice and plassas at Hope Sakuma's first farm house ready to feed up the Manays and Makelekos...
Mo Bangura
Mar 29, 2020











































































