My name is Joshua and I work with S.A.L.V.E. International as a permaculture teacher. One evening my manager told me the good news that I would go on a permaculture training tour…
Read moreA Second Chance
Moses is a 14 years old who began living with his grandmother when his mother was unable to support him and his four siblings after his father abandoned them. However his grandmother still struggled…
Read moreRecruiting for a Permaculture Teacher
Do you believe that no young person should have to live and work on the streets?
Do you believe that children…
Read moreBelieving in Children
I am Peter, a permaculture teacher working in community empowerment at S.A.L.V.E. International. Our organisation gives choices to the children from the streets of Jinja. Where most people see them as useless and a…
Read moreThe Importance of Skilling Our Children
Learning Lifelong Skills
Teaching practical skills to the children undergoing rehabilitation is at the core of the Permaculture programme being run at S.A.L.V.E. International’s 5-acre site. Most of them have spent a long time…
Read moreEmpowering Farmers and Learning From Each Other
It’s always important to leave a lasting impact on the communities and families with whom we work. As an organisation, our main objective is to see to it that there is “no street called…
Read moreAhead of COP26, SALVE debates whether adapting farming systems is the way to tackle global world hunger
The past 18 months have put a once in a lifetime level of pressure on the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a global health crisis, disrupted global food systems, and reversed years… Read more
Change One Life at a Time
Effects of poverty on family
The effects of poverty develop differently among individual family members, and so a collective effort is needed to improve… Read more
11 reasons to be hopeful from S.A.L.V.E.
2020 was not the year any of us expected. We have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a multitude of ways, where our normal way of life was no longer… Read more