Greenway Appliances donates 15,000 biomass burning stoves! Green Appliances are the largest distributed clean cook stoves in India, with over 1 million sales in India and other parts of the world. Greenway stoves form modern replacements for traditional stoves delivering 65% fuel savings and 70% smoke reduction while working on all solid biomass fuels, enabling clean […]
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Kasamba Women’s Group – Village banking initiative The Kasanka Women’s Group was the initiative of a Peace Corps volunteer to engage women in sustainable activities that would empower them financially and provide them with some form of independence to improve their quality of life. The group activities have so far been focused on hand craft
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KTL & COMACO – Livelihood Farming Project Update KTL and COMACO have an ongoing livelihood farming project (2018-2021), which has so far been supporting 3500 farmers in Chitambo district with seed input such as rice, soya and kabulangete beans. The purpose of this programme is to provide alternative livelihood income, best agricultural practices and to
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KCC Chongololo club – School Garden KCC Chongololo club has started a school garden plot where they will grow veggies throughout the year. With the help of KCC educator, Mervies Changwe, students first planted a nursery of 4 vegetable varieties last month. Yesterday, students learned how to transplant tomato seedlings into the garden beds they had
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Supporting families through skills empowerment and sustainable business Located across the road from Kasanka Park entrance, Kasamba Women’s Group comes together to hand-make the one-of-a kind crafts found at Wasa Lodge. Conservation – Through profits generated from Kasamba products, women participating in the group are able to supplement existing gaps in household income, which is typically male
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Human/Elephant Conflict Mitigation In February, Kasanka community outreach manager James Mwanza traveled with 20 Kafinda GMA farmers to undergo a 5-day human elephant conflict mitigation training. Held in Mpika, the workshop was a joined effort with Frankfurt Zoological Society where farmers learned different strategies for deterring elephants from cash crop fields, in particular learning how
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Kasamba Women’s Group Constitution Meeting On Saturday February 22nd, 13 members of the Kasamba Women’s Group gathered at Kasanka’s Conservation Centre to undergo a day long workshop covering the writing of an official constitution and lessons on financial literacy, skills which will be essential to the overall sustainability of the group. Such community outreach activities
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Mulembo Under 5 Family Planning Educational Day KCC Community Outreach Team hosted two guests all the way from Luapula Province on February 19th, 2020: Certified RN Lillian Chompo Peace Corps Volunteer Kiera Del ViccioBoth work at a local clinic in Samfya District and enjoy doing community outreach events focusing on health awareness and education. In
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Chongololo and Chipembele clubs Student membership participation in Chongololo and Chipembele clubs has reached 1,260 pupils and continues to expand. The newest project in place is trash and bottle collection for making Eco-Bricks. 66 teachers from 31 Kafinda area schools were trained and received teaching manuals in how to lead proper and effective Chongololo and
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Community Development with COMACO Working within the newly established CFMAs, COMACO will place up to 4,000 beehives in each Chiefdom in 2020, identifying recipients of the beehives through their poacher reform programme. COMACO have also provided conservation farming training and seed inputs to over 1,000 farmers across the two chiefdoms in 2019, providing alternative livelihood
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