2008 September « Wells for Zoë

Archive for September, 2008

There is great hope for the world

• September 17, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Southern Africa, Water, Wells for Zoe, Women of Malawi, ultimate greed
Tags: AIG, Bear Sterns, Fremont, Gerrd versus generosity, Goldman Sachs, Leaman Brothers, Merill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Stock market, The Fed, Wall St

Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success

• September 16, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Alternative food crops, Artificial fertiliser, Business in Africa, Malaria, Malawi, Malawi elactions 2009, Millenium Goals, Native African seeds, Organic Farming, Pesticides, Seed banks, Sinead O'Connor, Southern Africa, Starvation, agriculture, biodiversity, compost, education, hunger, patented seeds
Tags: Buy local food, Can Malawians copy Cubans?, Cuba stands on it's own two feet, Cuba's Urban Farming, Growing food, Local food, Profitable farming, What food Crisis?

What about Cuba?

• September 15, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Alternative food crops, Artificial fertiliser, Environment, Green revolution, Land Ownership, Native African seeds, agriculture, aid bureaucrats, biodiversity
Tags: Cuba has done it, Gandhi's plan., Low input farming, Post hydrocarbon farming, Sustainable agriculture, Your food when the oil is gone

Lusangazi Farm

• September 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative food crops, Blogroll, Canzee Pump, Clean drinking water, Global health, Green revolution, Malawi, NEW, Seed banks, Seeds, Southern Africa, Starvation, Trees, Women of Malawi, Zero interest rate, agriculture, biodiversity, clean water, compost, education, press, support
Tags: Add new tag, Aids in Malawi, Anti retroviral drugs, Community gardens, food without fear, free fruit trees, free seedlings, free seeds, Fruit production, Fruit without pesticides

Kasando; the beginning

• September 8, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NEW
Tags: hungry ans starving, Is hunger inevitable, Malawi's poorest, subsistence farmers

Six weeks of Learning

• September 8, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aid, Aids, Artificial fertiliser, Big Challenge, Blackrock College, Canzee Pump, Clean drinking water, Co Op, Common sense, DIT, Fertilizer scandal, Friends, Green revolution, Handouts, Land Ownership, Malawi, Malawi teachers wages, NEW, Seed banks, Seeds, Southern Africa, Starvation, Wells for Zoe, Women of Malawi, Zero interest rate, agriculture, biodiversity, clean water, compost, dignity of ownership, education, fish tanks, hunger, support

Wells for Zoë

Wells for Zoë is a small Irish humanitarian organisation. At present we are involved in wells and pumps for safe drinking water, rainwater harvesting, and small dams for water storage, in four rural areas of Malawi (see map). Set up in 2005, Wells for Zoë concentrates on low cost, small scale, appropriate and sustainable water technology.

Our aims are to:

Establish a competence in well drilling and pump installation;
Promote water storage in its many forms, by advising on simple technologies, in association with local Government staff, and providing low cost credit (or grants, when there is no other way forward);
Facilitate the local manufacture of the pumps, by building and equipping a small factory at SJOG, Mzuzu;
Train the local people, men and women, some of whom are clients of St. John of God's, in the manufacture and maintenance of the pumps;
Promote the use of alternative irrigation methods and a better range of crops;
Empower people to help themselves, by using sample gardens in lands provided by the Chiefs;
Organise all projects within a local village management structure

e-mail, for further details and please sign the GUESTBOOK.

Please DONATE to Wells for Zoë - Water for Life.