"A Bottle Of" is a beautifully designed and exciting new line of bottled water. Heidi the amazing women behind the concept is promoting fws on every bottle AND giving funds from every bottle  sold.

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We are delighted to welcome Samwel Kimaro to our staff team in Tanzania.  Samwel has been employed as our Eco Farm manager to work along side Eve and also Elvis (Assistant farm manager) to implement and manage all of our environmental systems.  He has many years of experience in vegetable farming for export, livestock management (he has also completed veterinary training) and aquaculture so we are very lucky to have him, already the Enviro team have started getting our fishponds ready for the first fingerlings to go in before christmas.  Next they are going to tackle the shamba at the volunteer village, setting it up with fruit tree plantings, napier grass and leucaenas more ›

Our vegie gardens are loving our recent rains.  So much so that the mamas decided that we have too much food to eat it all ourselves.  House mama Elizabeth volunteered to take our excess vegies to the markets to sell so on Monday evening Elizabeth, her daughter Dativa, Eve and our day askaris Roger and Elias harvested Silverbeet, mchicha (local spinach), eggplants and tomatoes.  Early early on Tuesday morning Elizabeth caught a dala dala to the market with our lovely organic produce, arriving back at the shamba with the profits and a big, big smile by ten thirty and was, within minutes, back to work with the other mamas on the farm!   Nice job Eliza!
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The fws crew are very excited to welcome Karen, our new long term volunteer nurse who arrived from Australia yesterday to begin her 12 month position with fws.  Karen will be taking over the reins from Heather, who is going home in late December.  Already they have put their heads together planning lessons for their three week cross over and are, right at this very moment, teaching a HIV/AIDS awareness class to our mamas.
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Darren's cousin Joel has arrived to work alongside Daniel and Jay, and Daz's son Robbie to continue Darren's work building Kesho Leo childrens village.  An expert builder who owns and manages his own construction company back in Australia, Joel will be here until mid december constructing and putting up frames in the accomodation block, and generally helping Dan and the boys manage the build.  Welcome to Tanzania Joel, and a big thanks from all of us at fws.


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Corky (Fws Environmental Engineer) and his partner Erin (Teacher and gourmet cake chef!) have left us and headed to Egypt before making their way to America to spend some time with Erins family.  Corky reluctantly said goodbye to his baby, the Kesho Leo farm, after setting up all the major permaculture systems and, in a race to the finish line, putting up the frames for the livestock sheds. more ›

Mamas are busy preparing for the christmas fair this weekend in Arusha.  They have been working at Kesho Leo on our new sewing machines making doonas and cushion covers with gorgeous local fabrics.  Under the watchful eye of house mama Helena they have also been learning to make funky massai jewellery to sell at the fair.  Anne (one of the founders of fws) has arrived with her partner Pip and they have hit the ground running! Pip has been putting up shutters with Ben while Anne paints the banner for our stall at the christmas fair.  Phew.....so much happening! more ›

After about 6 weeks, Terry the builder, comedian and general all-rounder has headed off back to Australia back to his lovely family. During his time here Terry has been instrumental in helping Darren's family (Dan, Jay and Robbie) race through… more ›

A lot has been happening at Kesho Leo over the past few days: Darren's family & Terry have been racing ahead with the joists for the accommodation block, our biogas system is taking shape...
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We're in the final furlong with the finish-line in sight!  So here's how you can help fws get the mamas and kids into Kesho Leo by Christmas 2008… more ›

Wow!  Thanks to Man-U fws are auctioning a signed 2008 Manchester United shirt...
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Building is off and racing again.  The accommodation block has left the
ground, while the common building is getting the final touches to all
Daz's great work...
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Fundraising took on curves last month with the Sydney event 'Bare' for fws.

20 brave women bared all to outfit Kesho Leo Village, posing for life drawings created by celebrated Sydney artist Adrian Lockhart which raised over $25,000...

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fws is honoured to welcome Darren's brothers Daniel & Jason, son Robbie and great mate Terry to Kesho Leo in Tanzania...
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All glammed up and ready to hit the town, our mamas headed up to Arusha today with Kelsey and Fran to check out what's on offer at the tourist market...

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