Tag: permaculture

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…

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…

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…

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

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

Reaching the last mile is hard

Rural areas are often poor, especially in developing countries like Uganda. Rural people are highly affected by food insecurity, malnutrition and disease which… Read more

Vulnerable families in Uganda often find it hard to make ends meet. Many of the factors leading to this reality are self-made including laziness and alcoholism only to mention but a few, while others…

A friend of mine at work asked me about my favourite destinations on this planet, a question that triggered my mind and sent me on a voyage of thoughts about which answer I would…

The last week with S.A.L.V.E. teams and children was full of preparations to make sure that the work we have done together draws to a successful end. From seeds packs to a walk map…