Human Health Development Foundation

We have now the HHDF Rope Pump for testing in the HHDF Pilot Village Dumisa in Chinyaku Chiefdom. It is much more effective way of drawing water compared to using a bucket as what was used; the efficiency rises from 5 liters per minute to about 80 liters per minute.

Through the Technical Officer Bodika Shawa we have now got our production of HHDF RopePump running. The first Pilot sample is being tested and works outstandingly.

HHDF has today received the donation of a Multi use ogre from FairLife Sweden, www.fairlife.se
This tool has been tested and proven to work properly for making wells, planting trees and for digging toilets in rural areas. This donation will be highly usable and will serve as model for production of Zambian made HHDF MultiOgres for HHDF Rural Industrial Business Development.

 

HHDF Experiment Farm Nursery is fully operating. HHDF Camp Manager Sax Botha is bringing up various indigenous and alien species for managing a new era of cash crops in Zambia.

The initiation of rural business and industries is the 5th step of the HHDF 5 Step program creating Future by business made from the knowledge that is available in the local traditions, environmentally given and cared for – business driven cash crops from the local agriculture based on nutritious crops grown using Hi-Tech underground irrigation systems. This is now taking place in the HHDF Experiment Farm that we operate in cooperation with Chief Chinyaku.

This experiment farm project will look at three different parts:

1.       The Environment of the Eastern Province: Here we will consider the typography, soil quality, precipitation and climate of the region as well as taking into consideration the natural habitats and the area. We address the fact that natural and agriculturally imposed erosion is depleting the nutrient content of the very soils and hence the crops that are taken from the land. We also regard the fact that Eastern province has an extremely high precipitation that due to high erosion can easily harm this fragile environment if the bio systems in this area. We intend to avoid further depletion of the soils through erosion and hence the crops. We address the threat that is constituted by very low micro nutrient levels in the food, resulting in a weak immune system and serious health deficiency for the population. Using trees as cash crops this is avoided. We are looking at using trees that create erosion control and also lucrative cash crops. We look at making tests on the environmental and economical function of Olives, Macadamia, Moringa, Mango, Charcoal production and the ground covering herb Pumpkin providing the highly nutritious pumpkin seeds.

2.       Irrigation: Eastern Province has an extremely high precipitation that, taken seriously, will deliver water to overcome dry spells instead of causing erosion; hence we can create food security for the people of the province. Used throughout the year the irrigation system will create 2 – 3 crops per year forming a new basis for health- and economy development. The irrigation will be made as an underground gravity driven catchment supporting basin that will water feed the cash crops on the hill area by underground irrigation made on different depths depending on the crop. This is made in order to completely avoid dangerous salinization the environment. The cash crops will be nurtured in accordance with organically standards using fully decomposed green manure through the irrigation system. In the dimba garden irrigation will be made by using rope pumps that through tube systems deliver water to seedling nurseries and Mango fields.

3.       Industrial business invention: The different cash crops will be refined locally through rural industry carrying each cash crop to its full potential. Olives to bottled extra virgin olive oil, Macadamia to present packed chocolate macadamia dessert candy, Moringa for freeze dried food supplement and fortifier for poor and sick people, Mango to jam and dried fruit for organic export to Europe and pumpkin seeds, organically grown for export and domestic sales regarding the extreme content of protein, zinc and slowly metabolized energy contribution. The full nutritional value of this food is especially important for people with HIV/AIDS and people suffering from starvation.

In this work we are looking at cooperation with World Agroforestry Center and the Ministry of Agriculture in order to better be able to find the very best ways for implementation of different species of cash crops and methods of agricultural practices. In this work we are happy to present from our side of the cooperation our in-house personnel: Program Manager HHDF, Mr. Daniel Jinnefält – Masters of Environmental Science, Vice President HHDF, Mr. Charlton Phiri – Principal Technical Officer MACO, HHDF Camp Manager Mr. Sax Botha – Volunteer Facilitator Kaioozi Camp MACO and special advisor Mr. Michael Segerroos – Agricultural Support Program/SIDA.

For the future HHDF look at the 3^rd step of our 3 step program. After providing Pure Water Nutritious Food as Step 1 and income generating Rural Agroforestry Industrial Business as Step 2 HHDF for the future initiate economically sustainable social welfare initiatives towards society by income generation from the Rural Agroforestry Industrial Business for securing a good life for those who are our Future - the children, and for taking care of those who have helped to build this country by building their future.Since bad water and malnutrition has brought immune system inefficiency in the past, many people have died in diseases that are related to those problems, and now Zambia is facing a very high percentage of children that have no parents of relatives to turn to. This is a disaster both in the short and the long term perspective. Short term this means that hundreds of thousands - 100 000s - of children in Zambia have become so called street kids in towns and cities. There they are sexually abused, drugged and turned into thieves by elder street adults and generally die at a very low age. This despair is unfortunately only the beginning of the crisis. When these children grow up it has been noticed that they lack education and know no other way to survive than to become even harder criminals than before. This is what has been announced by the Zambian Parliament as a Time Bomb and is the topic of the time in towns. The situation cannot be unnoticed by anyone since begging street kids are found everywhere but where children are supposed to be - in a home. This is why HHDF look at the future by setting up Orphanages Support Groups. The HHDF Orphanage Support Groups look at seeing to letting an Agogo, an elder woman, to take care of and educate the children in their traditions and culture and to look after the welfare of the children, raising them to marry and have their own families. Also the Agogo herself through the knowledge of high income generation production of seedlings sold through the marketing outputs of HHDF taking care of the Agogo at her elder period of life since she do not have to work hard in the fields that otherwise is what means of living that is available since mostly the grown up children have died in HIV/AIDS or Malaria. For any individual and society education is of paramount importance. A modern living demands possibility to understand the surrounding world and how to relate to the personal development and at the society at large. By learning to read and write, new horizons of opportunities open up, and with basic numeracy, literacy and English language new found relations to the modern society give the people new areas to grow. It is the intention that by setting up ambulating HHDF Adult Schools we focus on the profound importance of the basic abilities of interacting in a modern society. Also the understanding of the importance of Health is on the schedule - in order to thoroughly give this, the most important of, understanding on how a strong society can be built. Development starts with good health. The HHDF Adult Schools see a possibility to form a real future through the advancements of education for children and adults living in remote rural villages. The people working in HHDF Agroforestry Inventions and Dumisa Industries are given Adult Education as part of the daily work; one hour a day of the working time is dedicated to literacy, numeracy and English for those who are in need of this education. HHDF also offer Adult education to everyone, also outside the employed at HHDF, that is interested in developing their knowledge by investing in themselves for the future. In order to keep the HHDF Adult School economically sustainable the Adults interested in educating themselves pay the yearly charge of 20.000 ZKW - $5 US. This cost guarantees that the program will be continuing independently from donors and therefore is engineered by Zambians for Zambians making the whole of society coming into development independently.

Agroforestry Business Invention setting up Rural Industries is the 2^nd step of the HHDF 3 Step program creating future by business made from the knowledge that is available in the local traditions, environmentally given and cared for - business driven tree cash crops industrially refined locally for commercial marketing nationally and globally. This includes the setting up of the HHDF experiment farm project and the introduction of the HHDF Industries.  In this setup we look at the Economical Sustainability of the HHDF program. By creating a self sustainable economy for the Organization HHDF live as we teach - instead of bringing help to people we bring knowledge on how to help one self. In this we set up Agroforestry farms that produce raw material for refinement in HHDF Industries in the very rural area in order to create employment were people live. This way we want to contribute to people to remain with the traditional way of life and to stay away from the disadvantages of living in metropolitan areas regarding the environmental and social circumstances while enjoying the economical development of implementing Rural Commercial Industry as refinement of Agroforestry Business. In order to fully take advantage of the unique values of the Eastern Province of Zambia, HHDF introduce the program pilot looking at three different parts that gives this area compatible advantage and strengthThe Environment of the Eastern Province: Here we consider the typography, soil quality, precipitation and climate of the region as well as taking into consideration the natural habitats and the area. We address the fact that natural and agriculturally imposed erosion is depleting the nutrient content of the very soils and hence the crops that are taken from the land. We also regard the fact that Eastern Province of Zambia has an extremely high precipitation that, causing high erosion, can easily harm the fragile environment of the bio systems in this area. We look at avoiding further depletion of the soils and the crops taken from the land. We address the threat that is constituted by very low micro nutrient levels in the food, resulting in weak immune system and serious health deficiency for the population. By using the ground covering permacrop system in combination with trees as cash crops erosion is avoided and good soil quality is maintained. We implement draught resitant trees that create erosion control and lucrative cash crops to the Zambian agricultural practices. We will look at making tests on the environmental and economical function of Mango, Papaya and Avacado plus Olives, Moringa, and Coconut production for long term investments and the ground covering Pumpkin and Cow Peas as permacrops providing the highly nutritious pumpkin seeds for fast income generation.Irrigation: Eastern Province has an extremely high precipitation that, taken seriously, will deliver water to overcome dry spells instead of causing erosion; hence, using the precipitation wisely, we can create food security for the people in the rural areas. Used throughout the year the irrigation system will not only be able to create food security but can also create 2 - 3 crops per year forming a new basis for health- and economy development. The cash crops are nurtured in accordance with organically standards using fully decomposed green manure in growing pits and through the uphill irrigation system. Industrial business invention: The pumpkin and tree cash crops will be refined locally through the invention of rural industry, carrying each cash crop to its full potential. Organic Mango,Papaya and Avacado for production of jam, juice, dried fruit and fodder for domestic sales and export, Olives and Coconut to bottled Extra Virgin oil, Moringa for dried food supplement and fortifier for poor and sick people, and pumpkin seeds, organically grown for export and domestic sales regarding the extreme content of protein, zinc and slowly metabolized energy contribution. This full nutritional value is especially important for people with HIV/AIDS and people suffering from starvation.