Community action/Malawi
Malawi community action
The wildlife of Malawi is composed of the flora and fauna of the country. Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, with Lake Malawi taking up about a third of the country's area. It has around 187 species of mammal, some 648 species of birds have been recorded in the country and around 500 species of fish, many of them endemic, are found in its lakes and rivers. About 20% of the country has been set aside as national parks and game and forest reserves.
William Kamkwamba (born 5 August 1987) is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other wind turbines, the tallest standing at 12 meters (39 ft), and has built two more, including one in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi.
African Moringa and Permaculture Project - Soils, Food and Healthy Communities
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2021
New Global Coalition launched to address impacts of Climate Change, Jan 25 [1] Developed by the UK in partnership with Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations, this new Coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities.
2019
Solar project has 'life changing' impact in rural Malawi, Jan 21 [2]
2017
Malawian NGO Community Energy to install 45KW solar energy grid for villages in Mchinji, Aug 18 [3]
2016
How Solar power is bringing food security to Africa, Nov 25 [4]
Low-tech solar tent boosts Malawi’s dried fish industry, Jun 15 [5]
2015
Building resilience to climate change in rural Malawi, December 7 [6]
Malawi's solar power revolution starts by bringing schoolchildren out of the dark, August 11 [7]
Permaculture in Malawi: using food forests to prevent floods and hunger, April 20 [8]
Sustainable agriculture in Malawi: a desperate struggle, April 17 [9]
2014
Klem project enables Malawians to make their own shoes, January 22 [10]
2009
2009 SEED Award Winners: Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: "Sunny Money - solar micro-franchising".
International NGOs and community-based organisations in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia have created a micro-franchise named Sunny Money, which recruits, trains and supports a growing network of solar entrepreneurs in East Africa, especially deaf and disabled people, helping them build and sell solar kits to power lights, radios and mobile phones. [11] May 12, 2009