Moringa Trees

 

Last year at the Orphan Summit in Florida, I met a family that is involved with ministry in Zambia.  One of the daughters has started a ministry called "Stop the Spread" - STS.  They make a couple of trips a year to Zambia.  Jim, her father, has studied about the moringa trees and is working to bring seeds and seedlings to places in Zambia.  Last year he gave us about 70 seedlings, but because our irrigation was not yet in place, they didn't survive. 

 

Last night the team of 9 from STS stopped on their way to the copper belt.  We had dinner together, and all but 2 kept traveling.  Jim and Pastor Joseph from the north, spent the night.  This morning they worked with Mr. Banda who is now overseeing our gardens. 

 

It is very interesting that these trees grow in areas of the world where there is great starvation, lack of good nutrition and not the means to deal with the problem.  These trees are super nutritious and have all kinds of vitamins in the leaves.  So you dry the leaves, make them into a powder and add them to food or drink.  More Vitamin C than an orange, more Vitamin A than carrots, more calcium than milk, etc. 

 

So we will be planting these trees.  I even want to put a few around our house.  Hopefully in a year we will be able to use this with the children as well as sell it at the market.