Teaching Preserving in Malawi, Africa

Reader Contribution by Sherri Brooks Vinton
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The amazing story below (told through a letter to our author Sherri Brooks Vinton) is a good reminder that in so many places in the world people really do feed themselves without having money or access to stores. We have seen this in the Amazon basin in Peru and in Africa — people who live miles from any civilization and grow or forage everything they eat. Having them be able to preserve food to last until the next harvest is wonderful.

Dear Sherri Brooks Vinton,

I am taking a moment to tell you the story and send you pictures regarding the book on preserving called Put ’em Up. My husband and I traveled to Malawi, Africa, in Oct 2010. I had the opportunity to go for teaching as a nurse. I met a woman called Mable while visiting a church. Mable started an organization for widows & their children called “Women of Action Ministries,” and she expressed the desire to learn how to preserve food. My heart was stirred.

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