Changa Manga silkworm eggs (about 3 million eggs) from France. To house the worms, he created long sheds from bamboo and dried grass. The worms’ feed consisted entirely of mulberry leaves obtained from felled trees in the forest. The worms fed on 70 hundredweights of leaves a day. In 1916, the Governor of Punjab Sir Michael O'Dwyer visited the silk experiment where the silkworms had started developing cocoons. The governor left pleased with Booth-Tucker’s work. The Salvation Army Silk Camp remained a sustainable venture for a year after the governor’s visit, although changes to the climate later led to its decline. The
Feed the Minds by the Prime Minister and the Queen Mother. Within two years, there were 235 Feed the Minds committees across the country. Soon afterwards, Feed the Minds became a registered charity. Almost 50 years later, Feed the Minds counts on the support of local groups and prominent individuals. They still distribute books in the Global South but significantly also run education programmes in partnership with local grassroots organisations (what they call the Education for Change programme). Each Education for Change project is different, depending on local circumstances. What unites them is the focus on adult literacy skills and partnership working (with