Development

The end of development has many diverse and even opposing connotations.     
In order to steer our efforts in the right direction, we need to have an idea of what we are aiming at.
True development would result when a series of the right principles are implemented consistently over a long period of time. In history, there are examples when this has happened in varying degrees. To achieve it 100%, would mean a perfect world, where even death will be no more. Some would scoff at such an idea- but even though perfection may be a long shot- it is still the right standard to hold up in order to achieve the best results possible, until such a time when all things will be made new.

So our idea of development is rooted in the belief that it is our given responsibility to apply ourselves to understand our world and apply our knowledge as best we can in order to achieve it. 
First, we need to establish that we can know what is right and just and that if we do that, the results are good.

Development

Addressing the roots of poverty. Culture is the sum of human behaviour, springing from particular beliefs. Some cultures kill their twin babies out of a belief that they are from the evil spirits, others belief women are only good for housework. Some belief that success in life depends on luck, which can be manipulated by bribing. Many cultures believe that there is only one big pie of ‘blessings’ or wealth, and development in such a culture is achieved by redistributing wealth, in other words taxing the rich and giving it to the poor.

These beliefs determine how people look at issues and how they then behave towards them. The sum of these beliefs can be called a worldview. Everyone has them, but these beliefs are often not true, and consequently do not produce development.  

It is a fact that our continent has received lots of financial aid, apparently more than any other.

1. •    The bucket with holes … doing the same thing and expecting different results
2.       ignoring the holes won’t stop their effect
3. •    Worldview: how beliefs shape societies. “It’s all in the mind”
4. •    Roots of poverty
5. •    Truth sets people free to develop themselves- addressing the lies that enslave people
6. •    Healthy people create healthy societies (a healthy mind for a happy life)

More about Lichinga

Lichinga is the capital city of the Niassa Province and home to 3 main people groups. The Yao, Macua and Nyanja people. Although the Province has rich soil, a good climate range that allows cultivation of apples and peaches, to papaya and avocado, a wide variety of wildlife including lion and elephant, and the beautiful shores of lake Niassa(Malawi) with a relatively low population- its people live a short hard life. Illiteracy is high, child mortality is high, easily preventable deseases account for many deaths. The economy largely depends on foreign aid, and there is basically no Mozambican commercial farming or industry. The systems of government are not yet facilitating entrepreneurs, but that is a process we can participate in.    

Challenges

Our herd has struggled to grow with losses due mainly to plastic bags that are left in the field by people cutting thatch grass, which get stuck in their gut and kills them. Fences and education are making a safer environment.
The Municipality does not yet have an organised dumping system, and rubbish dumped by the truckload next to rivers, in the forest, or anywhere   

Goals

Mentor young Mozambican farmers in dairy management and possibly supply dairy animals from South Africa or our own herd once it is big enough.

Participate and support wholesome education and work towards setting up an educational institution to facilitate passing on of knowledge and skills  

1. What we do

2. •    Cindimba Dairy
3. •    The Cindimba Carpentry Shop
4. •    Education- discovering, applying & sharing knowledge for ‘better life for all’
5. •    Creamery

1. •    Carpentry
2. •    Fruit & Veg processing
3. •    Science & Technology : wind & water power, construction, packaging etc.
4. •    Husbandry & Agriculture(fruit, veg, crops etc.)

Idea

Running modular training schools:

Volunteer program
Invest your knowledge to enable people improve their own communities

1. •    construction
2. •    plumbing
3. •    bricklaying
4. •    cooking & baking
5. •    house keeping
6. •    irrigation
7. •    technical drawing
8. •    welding/metal work
9. •    leather tanning
10. •    business management
11. •    project planning/leadership
12. •    grafting and seed propagation
13. •    meat processing
14. •    Land & Development

Owning land is the building block for creating wealth

A healthy nation (a developed nation) would be one in which the land is privately owned by the majority of the population. In other words, the ownership and control of the land is in not in the hands of a few individuals nor the government. The land is widely distributed among its citizins who are able to freely create wealth for their families who make up the nation. The land is passed on to the next generation and cannot be/must not be taxed. This will allow the citisins to exercise their economic activities with fervour and consequently, they will be able to contribute to national treasury/development much better.    

1. •    stewardship
2. •    building for future generations
3. •    conservation

People who are not free do not function well.

Cindimba is introducing the concept of private land ownership and encourages communities & individuals to pursue just division and distribution of land to family units.

1. •    family structures need to adapt to ensure the passing on of possessions and land to the next generation to promote
        the creation of wealth
2. •    Title deeds need to be drawn up with the cooperation of the government and traditional village leadership.