John Wilson

There is a good profile of John here on the Ashoka Website

John was born and grew up in Zimbabwe. He spent a number of years in the 70s in exile in Europe, away from the war and compulsory army call up. Returning to Zimbabwe soon after Independence in 1980 he continued to cultivate an interest in organic/sustainable farming and for a time ran a smallholding while helping to establish a new rural day school. In 1987 he attended Bill Mollison’s first Permaculture Design Course in Africa in Botswana and then, with others, set up Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre, which became a pioneer in promoting Permaculture and sustainable agriculture in Zimbabwe and southern Africa.

For the last nine years, John has been working as a freerange facilitator with organizations across east and southern Africa and in Ghana, in a variety of ways including carrying out ILUD processes with groups, mentoring services, facilitation of sharing and learning events, and evaluation exercises.