Life continues in Goma as the Eastbrook team prepares to head back to Milwaukee. My roommate left yesterday and there is another person leaving on Saturday. I'm staying down here for at least a year, and then there are two people staying till around December, one staying a couple more months, and a couple people coming back that were gone in the states for a while. It is an ever changing landscape and there is always someone interesting to talk to.
The moringa planting has started. We are doing some trials of different things at Mawe Hai and will see what works the best. We have one trial that soaked the seeds overnight to speed germination, and the other trial just used dry seeds. Then we have each of those trials in soil and in pots to see which one grows best. All together there are close to 800 Moringa seeds planted. We also planted branches of Moringa to see what happens. The cuttings of the Moringa tree (from the guesthouse) are 50 cm long and we just stuck them into the ground and they are supposed to grow. I guess its called the Miracle Tree for a reason. That sounds pretty amazing to me.
Jo and Lyn will be leaving for the month of October, so while they're gone I'll be working on the Moringa project, the two other medicinal plants, and working on proposals for other projects, so it will be a good month I think. This next month might set up what I do for the rest of my time here, so I'm excited to see what happens.
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I have not heard of the moringa plant, but the willow and poplar will do the same thing. Take cuttings (even leave them for months or more in a cooler) and then just stick them in the ground. Voila! They also grow very quickly. Indeed, it does seem miraculous.
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