Posts by kelly

How After-school Meals Help Children Thrive Full Plates, Full Potential At three o’clock in the afternoon, as the African sun begins its final dip into the far horizon, the homework tables begin to fill up. The smell of stew drifts in from the kitchen. Laughter spills through the doorway.  This is one of Karongwe’s after-school…

How Baby Corn and Spinach Sparked a Local Food Revolution From Seed to Supper It started with a taste test. In Karongwe’s kitchens, chefs placed two plates side by side — one with baby corn and spinach that had travelled nearly 1,000 kilometres to and back from the Johannesburg fruit & veg market, the other…

Cheetah Conservation in South Africa Three New Spots On a late summer morning, three tiny shapes appeared in the tall grass – new life flickering in the shadows. These cubs, barely a few weeks old, joined Karongwe’s resident cheetah family, adding three more individuals to a global population of only 6,000.  For the reserve team,…