Uncategorized - Lifeworks Global https://lifeworks.global Empowering communities with low-cost, sustainable agricultural techniques Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:04:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Supporting Farmers in Tamil Nadu, India https://lifeworks.global/blog/2021/01/20/supporting-farmers-tamil-nadu-india/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:28:53 +0000 https://lifeworks.global/?p=2046 During 2008-09 Lifeworks Global were lucky enough to work alongside an Indian NGO, SCAD (Social change and Development), based in Tamil Nadu, which supports 550 villages and marginalised communities.

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]]> Building on success in Rwanda https://lifeworks.global/blog/2021/01/17/building-on-success-rwanda/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:59:05 +0000 https://lifeworks.global/?p=2146 Patrick Tuyishimire first bought a pig with the profits from his increased yield following a Lifeworks Training. Now he is building a house.

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]]> Resilience to climate change in Kenya https://lifeworks.global/blog/2021/01/14/resilience-to-climate-change-kenya/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:17:20 +0000 https://lifeworks.global/?p=2016 Augustus Barasa's neighbours in Western Kenya are asking what he has done to his fields. Compared to theirs, his are flourishing. Augustus is now passing on what he learned at a Lifeworks training about building resilience to torrential rains.

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]]> Giving prisoners a future in Zambia https://lifeworks.global/blog/2021/01/14/giving-prisoners-future-zambia/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:01:08 +0000 https://lifeworks.global/?p=2005 Christopher Chiluba is Regional Commander Western Zambia's prison service. He and seven colleagues attended our training in Kaoma, Zambia, in September 2020. He was so inspired that he committed to rolling out the Lifeworks method to inmates across the six correctional facilities he oversees, and to support them after their release.

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]]> Agent of change in Rwanda https://lifeworks.global/blog/2021/01/13/clementine-murakatete-agent-of-change-rwanda/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:59:51 +0000 https://lifeworks.global/?p=1940 In just nine months after her own training, Clementine Murakatete went on to train nearly 500 farmers in her community, through a network of women's and farming groups. She has a small plot, farming maize and potatoes in Eastern Rwanda.

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