No more window shopping…We are now making a real job of it!

Finally last Sunday we could do the first money transfer from Germany to Zambia. In our fundraising campaign around Christmas we collected around 3.500 Euros. The first 500 Euros now arrived in Zambia and I could buy some of the items on our wish list.

For now our priority is to protect the seedlings from too much sun. That is why we decided to first buy some shade nettings and poles to build a shelter.

Some poles

Shade netting

Since we are still waiting for Western Union to confirm the verification of the bank account holder we now use the time to build shelter. As soon as this is all through the remaining money will be transferred so that we can buy more things, like the much needed water pump and water tanks, as well as fences.

I already checked out those items in the stores 😉

Soon we will get the water pump 🙂

Next step is to buy tanks so we can actually keep some water for dry periods

Different wires and fences are still on our list

See all that? Soon…soon 😉

On a Mission for our Future

These days I travel around a lot. Destinations like Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana sound like a nice holiday. But I am on a mission. I am traveling the neighbouring countries to research the prices for all the items we need to plant a future. We need to find out how to get the most and best for the money we have. Thanks to all the donors who want to help us we already raised money and now it is up to me and the Planting A Future people to spend it responsibly.

Traveling the neighbouring countries to compare prices

Crossing waters for our cause...

(Xmas) Wish List

A “shopping list” of items we urgently need for the project:

• a 5000 l tank: 3.900 Kwacha ( ca. 490 Euros or 615 US Dollars)
• a 1000 l tank: 1.000 Kwacha ( ca. 130 Euros or 160 US Dollars)
• 2 box wires: 1.990 Kwacha ( ca. 250 Euros or 315 US Dollars)
• 1 water pump: 3.500 Kwacha ( ca. 440 Euros or 555 US Dollars)
• 2 wheelbarrows: 1.400 Kwacha ( ca. 180 Euros or 225 US Dollars)
• 2 shovels: 140 Kwacha (ca. 18 Euros or 22 US Dollars)
• 2 garden forks: 130 Kwacha ( ca. 17 Euros or 21 US Dollars)
• 2 rolls barbed wire: 1.590 Kwacha (ca. 200 Euros or 250 US Dollars)
• 2 pruning shears: 110 Kwacha (ca. 14 Euros or 18 US Dollars)
• 1 sprayer: 395 Kwacha ( ca. 50 Euros or 65 US Dollars)
• inlet pipes: 2.400 Kwacha ( ca. 305 Euros or 380 US Dollars)
• outlet pipes: 4.800 Kwacha ( ca. 610 Euros or 760 US Dollars)
• 2 shade clothes: 2.500 Kwacha ( ca. 315 Euros or 395 US Dollars)
• shade netting: 600 Kwacha ( ca. 75 Euros or 95 US Dollars)
• tankstand: 3.200 Kwacha (ca. 405 Euros or 505 US Dollars)

..and an old motorcycle for touring villages.

P.S. “Kwacha” in English means “sunrise”. So please help us making the sun rise and shine for Zambian people. We are happy about any kind of donations, tools or seeds as much as financial.

If you want to help us out to plant the future for Zambia, please don’t be shy and kindly donate to our bank account. We guarantee that every cent will only be used for the project.

Those are our bank details:

Account Holder: Brunhilde Friedrich

IBAN: DE55 2004 1111 0436 6464 00

BIC: COBADEHDXXX

Reference: Planting a Future Donation