Kastom Gaden Association

KGA trains women in simple technology to reduce fire wood use in cooking

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by roselynk.

Those changes give better changes in your life and help to keep your environment. You might think that you need money to pay materials to make stove. No, you don’t need any money. Materials can be collected around you. So you just get ready to work.

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Artificial Islanders Learn New Ways To Grow Vegetables

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by clementh.

Despite the onslaught of sea level rise due to climate change that is slowly eating away parts of the shore lines of our beautiful islands, the artificial islanders of Taluabu are adamant and determined to stay on in their ancestral man-made beautiful islands.

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Organic Backyard Garden (Sup Sup Garden) Training For ‘West Are Are’ Women

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by clementh.

Rokotanikeni Women’s Association members in ‘West Are Are’ villages of Harimou and Komuhaoru had learned new skills on how to make organic vegetable gardens around their backyard (homes).

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Nana Womens Learn New Cooking Methods

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by clementh.

Nana community is comprised of a number of small villages and is situated on the eastern part of Makira Island, and it is one of the most isolated places in the Solomons.

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Sasamuqa Hospital re-establishes hospital garden for patients

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by tonyj.

Kastom Gaden is working again with Sasamuqa Hospital as one of its key rural partners.

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‘Go Local’ Banana Diversity Workshop

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by clementh.

As a result of the work done by Graham Lyons, Lois Englberger and Jeff Daniells when they did the banana and sweet potato nutritional awareness workshops in the Solomons (Makira)…

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Rice Risk: Eating More Rice Can Cause Diabetes

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by clementh.

This article was extracted from Solomon Star.

SOLOMON Islanders love having a bowl of rice on their tables during meal times, but an overseas study has warned that too much of it contributes to diabetes.

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