Teddy was born in Sierra Leone and Steffi in Germany. Our life as a couple which started for 30 years ago finally brought us to Berlin, where we had the opportunity to witness the historical downfall of the Berlin Wall and the exciting time thereafter.  Of course during our time in Berlin we have been making different visits to Freetown but mainly as tourists.

During these years in Berlin we started to think about doing something special in Freetown. We thought about a lot of things until both of us saw a report about "Moringa Oleifera" on the TV. The report was so interesting and at this moment we knew that we would like to do somthing concerning "Moringa" in Freetown, Sierra Leone! Teddy took part in a vocational study program in nutritional consultation which he successfully ended. Through his geined knowledge in this course we were able to understand more about the positive elements of "Moringa Oleifera" and its importance for human beings.
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Simultaneously we talked with people In Freetown which helped us to take our next step to establish a production enterprise for the production of products like Moringa powder, Moringa tea and seeds. Our producing Equipments  like dryer and grinder were produced by Sierra Leone specialists.

Of course we needed „Moringa“ as raw material for our production. In this connection it was important that we do not only collect and buy “Moringa” from the farmers but we also wanted to explain to these people how important it is that they and their families start to use “Moringa “ on a daily basis as this will help to improve their resistance to the out break of sicknesses.

In this regard Teddy and Streffi decided to spent 4 weeks in Freetown, Sierra Leone where they could once again meet with the SERTA team and partner farmers with the aim of going through all the official formalities needed for the export of Dried Moringa Seeds from Sierra Leone to Berlin. It was of course not an easy challenge for them to go through all the needed formalities before the Dried Moringa Seeds were finally exported to Berlin. But the interest to once again meet with the SERTA team and partner farmers who have been doing a good work inorder to maintain a well conditioned Moringa farm inspired them to make this journey.
Of course the journey always starts at the Lungi airport where a known airport driver took them to the ferry terminal from where they travelled with the ferry unto Freetown. This welcome moments have always impressed Teddy and Steffi.
 Since this was the first time that Teddy and Steffi wanted to officially export Dried Moringa Seeds to Berlin they had to go through all the official channels needed for this action. The official channel are as follws:

• 1.       Republic of Sierra Leaone –Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Food Security, Crop Protection Services where they obtained the Phytosanitary Certiicate after a qualified and detailed examination of the dried Moringa seeds was carried out.
• 2.       The Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture where the Certificate of Origin for the Dried Moringa Seeds was obtained after going through all the needed formalities according to law.
• 3.       This Produce Monitoring Board where the finally quality control of the Dried Moringa Seeds was carried out inorder to prove that the cultivation of the seeds went through all the needed international organic standards before they are allowed to be exported. Here they obtained the Cetificate  to export the seeds.

After going through all these official formalities Teddy and Steffi had to make all the arrangements with a specialised air carrier company for the Dried Moringa Seeds to be transported to Berlin. 

After this summerised information about us, we hope that this will motivate all the readers of our Website to include the active usage of Moringa in their daily Lifestyle. 
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