Before We Can Teach Children to Learn, We Must Teach Them to Breathe: Meditation in Schools
Meditation can be used in many ways to deal with anxiety, frustration, and anger in school children. It’s been proven effective in reducing stress, improving focus, and helping students with emotional challenges become calmer and more able to concentrate — making it an invaluable tool in any school. What science is now confirming, ancestral traditions […]
Mr. Mbogo Cooked Porridge Every Morning: The Children of Nakuru, January 2022
In January 2022, Ubuntu Village and Mbogo’s Quality Farm Products found orphaned and unaccompanied children sleeping in culverts in Nakuru, Kenya. This is the record of what happened — and how a community moved before any organization did.
The East Came. The West Came. Africa Was Already Here.
The question of whether the East or West has been a hindrance or blessing for Africa contains its own problem: it assumes Africa is waiting for an outside verdict. Africa was not waiting. This is the conversation that question was trying not to have.
If You Welcome an Animal Into Your Home, Here Is What You Owe Them
Welcoming an animal into your home is a covenant, not a lifestyle choice. Ubuntu philosophy, ancestral traditions, trauma-informed care, and practical resources for doing right by the animal — and yourself.
We Should All Be At Least Vegetarians
What we eat is a political act. Plant-forward eating is not a trend — it is a reclamation of ancestral food knowledge, a form of land stewardship, and a thread in the longer work of food sovereignty.
The Hidden Life Beneath Our Feet: Soil Health, Ancestral Wisdom & the Ecosystem
Soil is not dirt. It is a living community — and African ancestors understood that long before modern science had language for it. Ubuntu Village explores the hidden life beneath our feet, the justice dimensions of soil degradation, and what reclaiming ancestral land knowledge means for our communities today.