Socio-Economic and Environmental Development Solutions (Seeds)

socio-economic and environmental development solutions (seeds) is a canadian registered charity # 80157 2736rr0001 operating solely with volunteers. we work in mongu and kalabo, western province zambia, an area which has very little commerce and lacks viable seed varieties to sustain the population. to help alleviate some of the food insecurity in the area due to these high levels of poverty, we collect non-gmo vegetable seeds in toronto canada, from student volunteers at bendale b.t.i, an organic grocery store - the big carrot, and others. the seeds are then dried, packaged and sent to the silozi seed bank in mongu and kalabo, where they are distributed to locals for planting. in exchange, these local partners gather fallen tree seeds for the tree and fruit tree nursery that is a budding enterprise at the silozi seed bank. these trees are then planted in communities by our local staff and through our voluntourism tree planting initiative. surplus seedlings are also sold to private gam