Special Projects
Construction Projects
We have a lot of construction activity going on at the moment. We have begun some major construction on a water tower, a dormitory building and a classroom as part of the funding we have received from Samaritan's Purse. We will be a bit short on the finishing of the dorm so your help in this area will be greatly appreciated.
Beef Cattle
Help us fatten some beef for income generation. Each animal costs us about $400 to purchase. For a more detailed brochure, click here. Thanks for your help.Our latest from Twitter....
- Seeded about 25,000 okra today in our new nursery for our first drip irrigation crop! http://t.co/1DnKPc7f
- Signed an MOU ystrday with Israeli embassy. Looking forward to the partnership. Today they sent out a tech for our drip irrigation install
- First week of literacy training for some of our guys. http://t.co/EssUlQCK
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Agriculture Archive
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Where’s the Beef?
Our beef stable is finally complete and in full operation. During the first week of May.... -
Training and Practicum
During the week of January 17-21, several of us Beer-Sheba guys took part in some appropriate training that was being offered in Thies. Claude Eric-Robert from Switzerland was in town to enlighten us all on haying techniques and cattle raising here in the semi-arid region we live in. Claude is the founder of the Jethro [...] -
News Update // Visit from the Israeli Embassy and more…
There has been a flurry of activity surrounding Beer-Sheba in the past few weeks and some more exciting developments in the next couple of days that... -
Can drip irrigation break Africa’s hunger cycles?
A family member sent me an interesting article regarding drip irrigation in West Africa and specifically efforts of the Israeli initiative, African Market Garden. This is the type of system we... -
FMNR in practice
This past weekend, we had 5 guys get together and we headed out of Dakar to the Project for a weekend of camping, relaxing, reflecting, and practicing some FMNR. It was a very.... -
TIPA Irrigation Field Trip
Today we went to visit a TIPA project near Beer-Sheba. TIPA is an acronym for Techno-Agriculture Innovation for Poverty Alleviation and is funded through....