By Rosemary Morrow We found surprising outcomes from permaculture projects initiated in refugee camps and settlements following PDC trainings there in 2019. We expected to report only on: how many gardens were made and that peoples’ diets improved, however, this was too hard as the project spread too widely and too fast and we weren’t … Read more
New P4R Booklet by Rosemary Morrow with Ruth Harvey “Teaching Permaculture to Refugees in Camps“ It is with pleasure that we, Permaculture For Refugees (P4R), bring you the latest booklet in our series on teaching permaculture in refugee situations. It is based on our first-hand experience of trialing permaculture courses in camps and settlements in 2019/20. … Read more
To test our theory that permaculture will be an effective tool towards working together with refugees towards places of hope and transformation, this year we held a series of six Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) courses for refugees and camp managers in Bangladesh, Turkey, Greece and courses for Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) in the Philippines. These … Read more
In this brief report Rowe Morrow reviews the year 2019 just gone by, in the light of the activities in which we got involved. It has been a quite intense year for us at P4R, as you will read through. Hope you find it inspiring. Read on (pdf)…
In this document, experienced permaculture teacher Rowe Morrow tells the story of a PDC she was invited to teach in 2016, in the Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul to young people from 15 to 30 years old. There are many insights and lessons about how teaching permaculture in places where the local culture and the circumstances … Read more