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There’s a bit of a myth out there that you can tap water out of a baobab which is illustrated by this delightful cartoon. The truth is that a freshly felled baobab trunk weighs about 850kg per cubic meter. Once dried out, it weighs 200kg per cubic meter. This means that baobabs are able […]
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I was visiting a village in Venda the other day and needed to talk to the community about when I would be collecting baobab fruit. During the day people are scattered and busy with other chores so it’s difficult to get to speak to everybody at the same time. The headman’s wife was so excited […]
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The enrollment of 20 preschoolers to the first and only, brand-new crèche in the rural village of Dambale, caused a whole lot of excitement. Although the school-buildings were finished last year the process of getting a long list of basic equipment like tables, chairs, mattresses, cupboards and educational toys got a boost, thanks to funding […]
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