MARMBA NEWS
Dear Friends,
Clement Shehiza is very proud of his demonstration permaculture garden which has now expanded into a small farm. We have received many photographs of very
healthy-looking crops and I guess the enterprise is now returning a good profit. This garden was originally established about three years ago to teach the local residents how to grow their own food crops when Tenbury provided some financial help to get it started. The photograph shows a group of mainly ladies who have spent the day at the farm having gathered some of the produce to take home.
There is to be a Tanzanian meeting in Hereford Cathedral in two days’ time when all the links meet to compare notes on their progress and any problems that arise. I am very pleased that Helen Gould is taking a keen interest in the Tenbury link but unfortunately, she won’t be able to attend this meeting as she is on an adventurous sailing holiday following the Denmark Strait which lies between Greenland and Iceland! She is planning to visit Tanzania in January 2026 and will be making trips to Maramba, Muheza and Buhuri. It is in Buhuri where the dam that provided water for the Livestock Training Institute collapsed, and Helen has managed to persuade the authorities to dig a borehole rather than reconstruct the dam. The two areas that would benefit are livestock and tree nursery development.
The total cost could be up £10,000 but there is already £4,600 being held in the LITI account so there is clearly a need for further fundraising.
I’m still having difficulty transferring money to Maramba via World Remit but I understand other links are having problems too so there is to be a discussion on this subject at the meeting.
Peter Metcalfe.
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