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The United Nations has marked 21st of September as the International Day of Peace. It is observed in all the nations all over the world and the practice began in 1981 with the sole aim of promoting peace in the world. The UN Secretary General strikes the Peace Bell to signal the commencement of the… Continue reading At peace with oneself
Most innovations have come out of cheap alternatives when people worked under great resource constraints but had to innovate to come out of trying situations. This is known as jugaad and is now accepted as a promising alternative which is also cost effective and works well in Indian situations. In the West, scientists sit in… Continue reading The spirit of Jugaad
My team went to plant 450 trees in various schools in Kibigori area. We donated 450 trees to Oroba Primary school, Wook Primary school, Minyange Primary school and Waware primary schools. We also donated some trees to Miranga Dispensary in Milani. These indigenous trees A lot of thanks to donor of these trees. My team… Continue reading Tree planting at various schools in Kibigori
Ancient Aryans worshipped nature and that included trees, plants and other elements. They preserved water bodies and held every aspect of nature in great reverence. In India there is a tradition of creating figures of gods and goddesses with mud and clay especially from that which is got from the river bank. These idols are… Continue reading Nurture Nature
Kenya Vegclub contributed to the course material launched by Lake Basin College today at Ketitu center near Kisumu. The course is called Vegetable Nutrition Science. It is designed to educate farmers on how to grow vegetables organically and scientifically. The material is jointly written by Vaishali Shah and Prof Jack Kamiruka of Lake Basin College.… Continue reading KVC designs Course Material
The team of volunteers from Kenya Vegetarian Club moved to yet another village, this time to Kosogo, which is situated close to Ketito in Kisumu County. It was heartening to see over 170 farmers come forward to support this unique initiative of planting trees out of the seeds donated by our club. This mission meets… Continue reading Seed Donation at Kosogo
I love ice creams. Rich, creamy, heavenly, delicious --oh well I could go on and on just thinking of the dollops of ice cream that come in all kinds of flavors, colors and textures in the market. I know all of you are already creating mental images of the last time you had an ice… Continue reading Use and do not throw please
Kenya Vegetarian Club continued with the program of seed donation to farmers near Ketitu village near Kisumu today. The club donated more than 2000 seeds to local farmers who already have farms to plant Muringa trees. I am proud of my team which is helping me to reach out to people in different corners of… Continue reading Seed Donation at Ketitu
Recently there was a discourse series at Pushti Marg Haveli in Nairobi. I was very fortunate to attend these lectures. The theme was the love of the gopis for Krushn in Gopi Geet. Pujya Jejeshree conducted the discourses and in his usual style explained so beautifully all the verses and dwelt at length on the… Continue reading The Bhakthi of the Gopis
The dictionary meaning for assertive is self-confident, self-assured, confident, firm as also forceful, forward, pushy and aggressive. We do not want to sound forceful or pushy. Without meaning to be offensive, I have always wanted to ask this question, why is it that we always shy away from revealing our eating choices. We need to… Continue reading The Rise of the Assertive Vegetarian
My team carried out my work of seed donation to the farmers in Onjiko kobongo,secondary school,Nyando county last week. More than hundred farmers got muringa seeds from my team. They have initiated the movement of planting the muringa seeds in their region.
Kenya veg club donated seeds to the farmers of Nyahera village on 11th August. Wherein more than fifty farmers from various small villages were gathered to understand the importance of muringa seeds and promised them to grow for personal as well as commercial purpose.
With the arrival of the festive season, it is raining discounts and bargains everywhere. Festivals are no longer quiet affairs celebrated with close family and friends. Rather it has now become a season to look forward to what the malls and hypermarkets can offer. I feel using festivals to make quick sales is a marketing… Continue reading Declutter and Detox
Sikkim is a tiny state tucked in Northeast India. It has achieved a great milestone as it has become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land. This was achieved over a period of 12 years as it was in 2003 that the government decided to make… Continue reading Let’s go organic
It was an interesting interview taken by Obat Masira who wrote about Kenya Vegetarian Club and its activities in detail. It is always a delight to get interviewed about my favorite subject in such a great depth.
Vaishali K. Shah 