Curry at Bonningtons

On Monday 1st March one of South London's best kept secrets, the Bonnington Cafe, hosted a day of good food and fun to raise funds for our important work in rural India and Malawi.

The Bonnington Cafe, which is a co-operatively run vegetarian and vegan restaurant in Vauxhall, offers food that is cheap, eco friendly and wholesome.

Visit the Bonnington Cafe website to read more.

Two of the Cafe's own chefs, Kamila and Ana, cooked up a fantastic three course feast - there was a delicious roasted pepper and tomato soup for starters, followed by a choice between moroccan aubergine bake and sweet potato and chick pea curry...and between a mascapone berry tart and a pear crumble to round it all off.

Altogether the evening raised a fantastic £522.10. This could do all of the following:

• train a member of a Malawian community to act as a lead farmer in their community, enabling them to teach 20 fellow farmers sustainable farming techniques that will improve their harvests AND

• provide training, tools and support for 40 people in India to set up small businesses using indigenous skills such as bamboo work. This will enable them to earn a sustainable income for themselves and their families AND

• buy a treadle pump so that 20 Malawian farmers can irrigate their land and grow crops all year round AND

• provide long-term training and support to 15 Indian women, empowering them to transform their communities by accessing basic government services such as clean water, education and healthcare.

A massive thank you to the Bonnington Cafe and particularly to Kamila and Ana for hosting the event. And thank you to everyone who came and made it such a fun evening!