There are 93 projects that match your search.
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation
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2023
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46,752.00
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OP7 Y3 (July 22-June 23)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/CW/2022/01 |
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The project responds to serious natural resource degradation in Ndirande hills. Deforestation in the hill is undeniable truth that has fallen upon the residents in the township and other surrounding communities. The once evergreen Ndirande hill is ( ... )
as bare as soccer field. The mountain has for long being illegally used as a source of firewood for either cooking or burning bricks by the surrounding communities which negatively affect its ecosystem and turned the area into a desert. Forestry experts say out of 700 hectares of the hill, more than 500 hectares have been encroached by people doing farming, firewood and constructing houses. As if
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2023
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42,782.77
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OP7 Y4 (July 23-June 24)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2022/02 |
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Kabwafu area, located cloase to Vwaza Marsh and Nyika National Park and faces serious deforestation with resultant loss of biodiversity ecosystem services. Approved by the National Steering Committee (NSC) on 11th November 2022, the Enhancing ( ... )
Environmental-Sustainability Through Fighting Climate-Change-Impact with Total Community Engagement project (Project number: MLW/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2022/02), implemented by the SFS aims to provide sustainable markets and interventions to natural resources management that give rise to regenerative and restorative land use systems and ensure overall positive results and sustainability in Kabwafu,
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2023
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43,270.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2022/05 |
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Problem exist analysis: Degradation of land and natural resources in Nyika National Park and Vwaza MarshGame Reserve is highly influenced due poverty, charcoal, flue curing, firewood, harmful bush fires and tobacco growing as the major causes to ( ... )
f biodiversity in the area. Almost 85% of the people within the border zones of Nyika and Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve sorely depend on agriculture. The population grows at 2.9% per year and this, combined with rural-to-rural migration from densely to sparsely populated areas, means farmers often have no way to tackle their food insecurity and expand their operations except to cut woodland on
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2023
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49,993.61
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OP7 Y6 (July 25-June 26)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/CW/2022/04 |
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The project responds to the climate change by addresing factors that underly Malawi's vulnerability ti to calimate change. Malawi is one of the most climate fragile countries in the world, this has had adverse impact on the majority of people ( ... )
ally youth who make up over half of the population. In recent years, low-income countries like Malawi have experienced serious and unprecedented floods and droughts on account of climate change which is exacerbated by poor solid waste management despite producing less waste than wealthier nations with consequent effects on key socio-economic sectors and consequently on the economy.
Malawi is
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Malawi
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CapDev
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2022
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25,000.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y7/CORE/CPS/2021/01 |
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Overall objective / activities to be implemented under the grant:?A key element of SGP?s implementation in OP7 is the development of landscape/seascape approaches within countries to better focus grant-making and promote strategic programming and ( ... )
ring of small grant projects with the aim to achieve greater impact and lead to synergies and opportunities for scaling up. This process is to undertake a preparatory process to develop its strategy for OP7. The key steps in this preparatory process and the key deliverables expected are:
Step 1. OP7 Country Programme Strategy consultations and Scoping exercise
This process will include
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2018
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/2018/02 |
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Following the discovery of Kaziwiziwi-Mchenga Chiweta Coalmines in 1984 in Rumphi district, these areas have heavily experienced the loss of natural resources due to poor settlements within landscape/seascape of the protected areas of Phwezi, ( ... )
, Boliboli and Chiweta. Such settlements have contributed to the loss of vegetation for farming and housing hence the influence of land degradation and poor forests management and among others. The situation is pathetic because a number of forests reserves in the area have been depleted resulting into low ecosystem and ecological interactions and this problem has also affected the aquatic lives
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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40,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2018/04 |
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The fisheries sector in Malawi supports many population with food as a nutrient source as well as economically. However, fisheries are in a state of decline due to climate variability and change. Again, post-harvest loss is reported to be ( ... )
read on the major fisheries sites and aquaculture (Russell et al, 2008). In Malawi, losses are estimated to be as high as 30% during rainy seasons especially due to inadequate processing facilities which consequently lead to low incomes. In addition, fish processors resort to using technologies that result to products of shorter shelf life with heavy contamination or those that use a lot of fuel
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Malawi
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CapDev
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2018
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40,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CD/2018/03 |
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The situation analysis done by FEDOMA in 2016 revealed that persons with disabilities face multiple barriers and numerous obstacles that hinder their full and equal participation in environmental initiatives. Despite the existence of disability ( ... )
frameworks such as the Disability Act and the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, gaps between policy and practice, as well as challenges in mainstreaming efforts remain. Disability has been largely invisible in the major international and national interventions/programs targeting the general population in most Malawian communities mainly in the area of environmental
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2018/01 |
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Karonga is one of the districts in Malawi which is prone to floods, earthquakes and strong winds. After a thorough research conducted by Mzuzu university urban ark research project in Karonga district, floods occur due to careless cutting down of ( ... )
by indigenous people for fish drying as Karonga is a lakeshore district, charcoal burning as many rely on it for income and cooking as many have no access to electricity or have no alternative to the use of firewood energy. These reasons encourage people to embark on cutting down of trees without necessarily being conscious of the impact
Many households use three stone stoves for cooking and
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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40,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2018/05 |
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Lack of electricity is one of the biggest issues facing the world?s poor, with over 1.6 billion left in the dark globally. The vast majorities of these people live in rural areas of developing countries because they are too poor and may be in too ( ... )
a location to be reached by the national grid.
For their lightning needs they rely on candles, kerosene lanterns and firewood. This results in a daily expense which is very expensive in the long run. Furthermore, this type of indoor lightning causes indoor pollution and chronic lung problems. Long term solar energy is the most practical and economic way of bringing power to poor and remote
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2018
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2018/06 |
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Salima District can potentially produce at least 3,500 liters unprocessed milk in a day from its three milk bulking groups (MBG), which are affiliated to Central Region Milk Producers Association (CREMPA). Milk and milk products are essential part ( ... )
ealthy diet and the availability of these products should be widely supported to improve nutritional imbalances mostly in Malawi where 48 % of the children under 5 are stunted in their development according to a UN report. However, to produce high quality milk and milk products, unprocessed milk need to be stored at 4-5 oC before it is collected for further processing.
Albeit the importance of
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2017
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30,000.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/LD/2017/04 |
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Deforestation and land degradation are the major environmental challenges facing the local communities in Bale area in Traditional Authority Mwankhunikira in Rumphi district along the shores of Lake Malawi where this project will be implemented. ( ... )
s mainly situated along the borders of South Rukuru River that drains in Lake Malawi. Meanwhile, the area is seriously degraded due to massive deforestation by the surrounding communities that deliberately cut down trees for charcoal production, firewood and timber for income without any replanting. Approximately 70 percent of the area is totally bare, resulting in serious loss of biodiversity,
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2017
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/2017/11 |
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Chia lagoon has for the past years experienced serious loss of fish biodiversity. For instance, Chambo species which also known as a maternal mouthbrooding cichlids a subgenus Nyasalapia of the genus Oreochromis is experiencing a serious threat of ( ... )
tion. Studies have shown that three closely related tilapiine cichlid namely Oreochromis karongae, Oreochromis lidole and Oreochromis squamipinnis are not found anywhere else apart from Lake Malawi, Chia lagoon , Lake Malombe and Upper Shire River (Banda et al, 2005; Lewis, 1990; Trewavas, 1983). It has been discovered that most of these major fish species for instance Chambo are mostly found
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2017
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25,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/SFM/2017/18 |
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Salima district faces a number of challenges that are as a result of inadequate financial and material resources. As Salima District SEP (Social Economic Profile) singles out erratic rains and drought as most serious issues under climate change. ( ... )
ore this proposal has been designed to plant over 100,000 trees and building the capacity for local structures on natural resources in order to mitigate the effects of drought and floods through empowering the communities to protect and replant trees on bare land and along river banks.
At the same time livelihoods of the people will improve because the river beds of the fierce rivers will
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2017
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16,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/2017/08 |
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Nkhotakota has Lake Malawi to the east, Chia lagoon (an important wetland and aquatic environment for fisheries and rice farming). As a lakeshore district, a majority of the population also earn their living through fishing directly or indirectly by ( ... )
ing or selling. The Chia Lagoon watershed has vast natural resources vital to the livelihoods of its 55,000 human inhabitants. The uplands are characterized by Brachystegia-Julbernardia savanna and woodland interspersed with intensively cultivated areas of maize, groundnuts, cassava and small areas of tobacco. The lowland plains support Acacia-Bauhinia woodland with paddy rice, cassava and maize
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Malawi
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CapDev
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2017
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CD/2017/13 |
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VoL is a media institution that was founded on the principles of being part of solutions through its programmes to the major underlying causes of deep rooted poverty and underdevelopment in Nkhata Bay, Mzimba, Rumphi, Mzuzu and Likoma. VoL?s mission ( ... )
sses environmental education, communication, knowledge management and livelihood improvement that will create hope for the future among the people of Malawi families facing financial and humanitarian hardship and creating partnerships and programmes to equip the local population with the skills and resources to ensure financial stability for families and the wider community. VoL has thirty
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2017
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18,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/LD/2017/10 |
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Nkhotakota is one of the district along lakeshore with the estimated population of 303,659 according to 2008 population and Housing Census. Of this, 150833 are males while 152826 are females. 80% of population in the district depend on natural ( ... )
ces for their survival. The district has natural resources such as bees which are underutilized. WESM has identified over 10,000 people who are interested in bee keeping. Though initiative is made by WESM to provide some beehives to communities, the supply is not enough considering the number of households. WESM encourages communities to utilize natural resources in order to maximize the benefit
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2017
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18,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2017/19 |
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Malawi is currently facing a number of challenges of generating hydro electrical power to meet the demand and due to this failure a lot of property damage has due to such failure. Solar energy has not been equally relied because most of people in ( ... )
think that solar energy is unreliable. Due to these problems Kavuzi has a potential to generate 40kW through hydro power to supply to 2,500 people in Nkhatabay. This will reduce over dependency on natural resource more especially cooking
Kavuzi and Nkhatabay Landscape/lakescape areas natural resources are not spared, it is being rapidly depleted and degraded due to combined effects of fish
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Malawi
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2017
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/2017/14 |
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The human excreta is known to contain valuable nutrients, notably nitrogen (mostly found in the urine), phosphorus and potassium. Eco-san latrines are also expected to be ecologically sound, reducing contamination of the environment, and use a ( ... )
m of water to operate.
With implications in areas as diverse as nutrition, education and health, the lack of proper sanitation and hygiene is considered one of the greatest barriers to community development. In Salima, TA Khombedza is all too familiar with these far-reaching consequences. A combination of factors including a lack of sewage treatment system, poor access to water and lack of
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2017
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10,000.00
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Phase 6
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/BD/2017/01 |
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Degradation of natural resources in Mzokoto-Phwezi is highly influenced by firewood dependency, poverty, charcoal, harmful bush fires and tobacco growing as the major causes to loss of biodiversity in the area. Almost 85% of the people in ( ... )
o-Phwezi sorely depend on agriculture as an alternative source of income. This has puts more pressure on the upper land of Mzokoto hills and natural forest resources than in many parts of Rumphi district. The population grows at 2.9% per year and this, combined with rural-to-rural migration from densely to sparsely populated areas, means farmers often have no way to tackle their food insecurity
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