Focus Area 4: Enhanced community resilience to the effects of climate change and variability.
CSP Strategic Framework 2017-2022
Climate change is not a theory, but a reality that Malawians see in their increasingly unpredictable weather and in crops and livelihoods ruined by flood and drought. Working with communities to build resilience is imperative if they are not only to survive, but thrive.
Projects in this area
Against the Odds: How MTM Communities Fight to Protect Forests
The boat pitched violently against the waves of Lake Malawi, and Ellas Kondowe gripped the edge, trying to keep his balance. “Some days, the lake feels like it’s testing us,” she laughs nervously. “But we cannot stay home. These trees are our future.” Kondowe is one of many residents along
From forest committees to Self-Help Groups: How MTM Communities continue to transform lives in Rumphi!
In the village of Nkhozi, a small group of women gathers every week under the shade of a large baobab tree. They meet not only to plan forest conservation activities, but also to manage savings and loans that help improve their families’ livelihoods. What started as a forest management initiative
Self Help Group Approach
Since 1st March, 2014, Church and Society Programme, with funding from KNH through the facilitation of Deloitte, has been implementing an empowerment project using Self Help Group Approach (SHGA) in the area of Chief Principal Group Village Headman Jalira and other surrounding areas that include Chanyoli, Bowe and Matunkha in
