Dip tank construction – combined effort for majority benefit
The inconsistent peak and lean hunger seasons have had an impact on fully healthy developed livestock due to unavailability of grazing lands in regards to translating it to food and or money for numerous reasons in Matabeleland on average. Lupane district in the Northern part of Matabeleland is no exception. The better part of the [...]
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ENRICH THE PITS AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE – Conservation Farming in Lupane
The majority of farmers in Zimbabwe depend on rains for their agricultural activities. Should the rains be inadequate crops fail and harvest dwindles. Lupane District in Matabeleland North province is no exception. The province lies in the Agro- economic region IV which receives low to medium rains during the farming season. Farmers have had to [...]
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Dip Tank Construction Saves Community from Doldrums
By Qonda Moyo “Since the late 1970s, this community has been trying to build a cattle dip tank and each time facing enormous hurdles that have made it impossible to construct the structure”, says the enthusiastic A . Ndlovu an elderly man in Kwarayi village in Jotsholo ward, Lupane District in Matabeleland North Province of [...]
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Graduation January to June 2012
Hlekweni has yet achieved another milestone .64 trainees has graduated in various disciplines that encompasses Building, Agriculture, Early Childhood Development, Plumbing and Carpentry. Present stakeholders including government departments, Non governmental organasations, children’s homes and ministry of youth and indegenisation. Among the graduands are the 15 trainees that were Quaker sponsored.
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New chicken shed built
Three groups of trainees teamed up to build a new addition to the broiler chicken production scheme. Agriculture students, carpentry students and building students all put their skills to work to complete a third chicken house for the broiler production scheme. Agricultural students tend the chickens day to day, supplying them with food and water and [...]
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New Mural for the Directors Office
New Zealand volunteers Amanda Armstrong and Malcolm Rutherford came for three weeks to help out with some IT work in the offices, and to provide a little bit of basic IT skills for some of the trainees. During their stay they completed a mural based on the google-earth view of Hlekweni and the surrounding countryside. [...]
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Building Trainees construct new entrance way
The building and construction trainees tried out their skills in stone-wall building. They have constructed a 1.8 metre tall entranceway into Valindre farm/Hlekweni training centre. Building tutor, Mr. Johnson B Sibanda, aims to give trainees as wide a range of experience as possible working with different materials. Pictured here the building and construction trainees [...]
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Hlekweni Film 2012
Welcome to our new video – a 5 minute film shot in one day at Hlekweni, with a soundtrack by our trainees. Enjoy!
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Hlekweni Graduate opens her own Pre-school
Connie Nkiwane (pictured in red) graduated in Early Childhood Development from Hlekweni in December 2011. Since then she has been busy with her daughter, Cleo, preparing to open her own pre school in Bulawayo. ‘The Discovery Centre’ opened in January 2011 and she has a growing number of children coming from 7am until 4pm each [...]
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Bumper crop of tomatoes
Mid February brought Hlekweni its first crop from the drip irrigation scheme. The harvested tomatoes provide extra food for the kitchen and are also being put on sale locally. This marks the beginning of income generation from the drip irrigation fields.
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