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Why we need to build a school in Luhombero
In this video, Father Placid explains why they need to build the three room school house in Luhombero. It will be called the Yosef Wosk School, named for a wonderful donor. Most schools are in…
Because of improved irrigation, agriculture is improved in the Village
Because of your donations, Placid has been able to install improved irrigation. Now they can plant a lot of maize (corn), melons, tomatoes and more. And they are even starting to raise pigs. There is…
Thank you for the car!
Father Placid thanks everyone for the donation of money that allowed him to purchase a new car (truck). With it, he can transport patients to hospital, get their spare produce to the market town and…
Working in the fields
Here is brief video of villagers helping with the harvest. In this video, they are growing seedlings that will be transplanted later, into the fields. In this video, Father Placid shows us the fields and…
Father Placid Helping Hoe the Maize Field
In this video, we see father placid and a group of his parishioners hoeing the maize, singing and laughing.
Placid thanks Michael Audain, Yosef Wosk, Alan Twigg and All Donors
Father Placid and the people of Luhombero are so deeply grateful for the incredible generosity of Canadians that is making their lives so much richer and more sustainable. They now have a village social hall,…
We are growing Mangoes!
Just a brief update. Thanks to the generosity of many, Placid’s food-growing plans are going great guns. They are now cultivating mangoes!
A Visit to Luhombero in January, 2018
Who do you think of when you think of a Renaissance man (or woman)? Leonardo da Vinci? Dude who painted the Mona Lisa and harnessed solar energy 450 years before green energy was cool. Ben…
Beekeeping comes to Luhombero
Donations from readers of the literary newspaper BC BookWorld in Vancouver, Canada, continue to make a huge difference to the lives of people in the remote village of Luhombero. Empowered to purchase extensive irrigation equipment,…