1. Update on Training Rural People in Zimbabwe A team from Silicon Valley has just returned from Zimbabwe after training 22 rural people to can mangos, produce mango jam and mango chutney. They are now ready to preserve the guava crop that will soon be ripening.

2. 2014 Pilot Training Guava Jelly No canning jars were available, so guava jelly was made using drinking glasses and candle wax for sealing

3. 2015, Shipping a Pallet of Canning Jars Ordain Hove, a leader from the rural area is seen here supervising the shipment of 1050 canning jars from Cape Town, South Africa to Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.

4. The Pallet Was Transported 2,000 Miles by Truck From South Africa to Zimbabwe Cape Town, South Africa Mberengwa Zimbabwe Bulawayo 

5. 2015 Production Training Mango Products Twenty two trainees used the canning jars to bottle mangos and make mango jam and mango chutney.

6. Each Day the Women Brought Mangos and Firewood

7. Ripe Mangos Ready For Processing

8. Jo Ann Blum Getting The Training Started

9. Checking that the syrup is ready

10. Stainless Steel Cookers and Special Grips Were Used for The Processing

11. Mango Chutney The mango chutney was an outstanding success and was used immediately on the food.

12. Lunch With Mango Chutney

13. Ordain Hove, The Key Zimbabwean Contact Ordain works in Cape Town most of the year. He is in close contact by cell phone and iPad with Mike Blum in Silicon Valley

14. Playing With a New Toy

15. Back from school and working with the new art supplies.

16. A boy made this ball so that he could play soccer.

17. Happy to have a real soccer ball

18. The women enjoying the soccer ball. They would like to start a net ball (similar to basket ball) team.