Advanced Composting Seminar

On Saturday the HIC’s Energy Farming team held a public seminar titled “Advanced Composting.”  The event highlighted the kind of sustainable agricultural techniques that the School of Energy Farming will soon be bringing to hundreds of rural farmers.
Energy Farming consultant Luke Demuth discussed the nutritional and economical benefits of composting.  “Observing the local crops – [...]

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Preview: October 15, 2008

On October 15, 2008, the Himalayan Institute’s humanitarian blog will participate in Blog Action Day. Blog Action Day is an international event where thousands of blog writers from around the world spend the day writing about a single issue — This year the focus is poverty. Please join us on October 15th to share in [...]

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HIC Spotlight: Sylvia Sewong

In the midst of the Himalayan Institute Cameroon’s major humanitarian initiatives, the remarkable stories of those responsible often go unreported. This new section of the blog seeks to showcase the diverse range of backgrounds, talents, obstacles, and triumphs represented in our local staff and contacts.
Sylvia Sewong is employed as the prep cook at the [...]

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A Taste of Africa

Very special thanks to the Honesdale Rotary Club for hosting an event to raise awareness for the Kumbo Public Library Project which is a joint venture between the Himalayan Institute, Rotary Clubs, and the Kumbo Council that will establish the finest public library in Cameroon, West Africa.
Please join us for the event:

Himalayan Institute Blog contributors [...]

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A Living Fence

On Wednesday we drove to Wvem village to collect erythrina tree cuttings from the Sharon Farmers Group.  Erythrinas are squat thorny trees with wide leaves. These trees will be used to grow a live fence around the perimeter of our Energy Farming campus.
Boniface Litika of the Sharon Group offered to donate the cuttings on one [...]

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