Permafund News
Welcome to the new Permaculture Australia Board.
The Permaculture Australia 2025 Annual General Meeting covered a range of important topics, including the annual report, strategic planning, and governance discussions. The meeting also addressed financial matters, constitutional changes, and the election of new board...
Kenyan Regenerative Agriculture Project Report
Mkulima Sasa, a Syntropic Agroforestry education and demonstration centre near Lake Victoria, Kenya, has significantly expanded its impact thanks to an AUD$2000 grant from Permafund. This funding facilitated the growth of demonstration farms, enhanced training...
2025 Annual General Meeting
Dear Permaculture Australia member, As a current financial member, you are invited to the Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Sunday 6th April 2025, 1pm EST (Melbourne / Sydney Time) online via Zoom. Links for associated documents will be...
Permafund works with a mangrove restoration project in Zanzibar
Last year Permafund funded a project in Zanzibar, Tanzania that combined a permaculture course with a mangrove restoration project. The applicants, Up with Community, demonstrated a good understanding of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves (including erosion...
WOMENS PERMACULTURE FARM in KENYA – NOURISHES BODY AND SOUL
Article by John Champagne Domestic and sexual violence against women is a global scourge in every country and in places like Kenya, support networks can be difficult to find. Agatha Amani House is an NGO and Kenya’s first women and children’s safe house for those...
National New Zealand Permaculture Hui
8 - 10 November 2024 - Jed Walker As a returning Aotearoa resident from 40 years in Australia, I was delighted to find the equivalent of a Permaculture convergence was due to occur within two months and 10 km of where I’ve resettled in Taranaki - North Island, west...
GARDENS FOR GRANDMOTHERS IN UGANDA
SUPPORTED BY PERMAFUND’S DONORS Thanks to the generous contributions made to Permaculture Australia’s gift fund, Kitgum Permaculture Practitioners Association was one of the 20 organisations that received a Permafund grant in 2024. Their community is in the Alango...
Saving a cultural tuber in Zimbabwe
In the Eastern Highlands in the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe, cyclone Aida came through several years ago and destroyed much of the cropping varieties along the swamp drainage lines feeding local villages. One of these was the staple tuber known as...
Big Bang for the Buck in Malawi
One of Permafund’s assessment criteria for small grant applications is “Bang for the Buck”. Daniel Chibwe, a permie of great entrepreneurial spirit in Lilongwe, central Malawi, delivered 192 newly qualified farmers for the first stage of a newly funded project at...