Building Civil Society Sustainability and Sharing Knowledge
In the past year, Dowa district witnessed many important events, including the formation of the Dowa Civil Society Organization Network (DCS Network), the co-financing and formation of Village Action Plans (VAPs), and CSO registration at the district council. 2015 is...
Staple Field Update
While this year’s rainy season has been marked by devastating floods in the Lower Shire Valley in the Southern region of the country, here in Lilongwe the rains have been much less destructive and have generally brought a wealth of new growth. Kusamala’s staple field...
Kusamala Selected as a Savory Hub Candidate for 2015
We are very excited to announce that the Kusamala Institute of Agriculture and Ecology is a Hub Candidate of the Savory Institute. We applied last year along with 70 other candidates. We are 1 of 9 that have been chosen to start a journey this year towards becoming an...
Bringing Permaculture to the Hospital
Contributed by Luwayo Biswick Last week, Kusamala facilitated a 5-day introduction to permaculture course for nurses, advocates, and ground workers at the Bwaila Maternity Hospital in Area 25, Lilongwe. The training began with a site analysis activity to understand...
Right to Food Training
Contributed by Tiwonge Nkosi Two weeks ago, Kusamala attended a 2-day Right to Food Training which was organized by CISANET for the DCA partners at Lakeside Hotel in Salima. It was facilitated by Billy Mayaya and Tamani Nkhono. Human rights have three classes...
Participatory Video and CSA in Practice
For the past 5 months, our Climate Smart Agriculture community coordinators have been working with farmers in Dowa district; teaching them sustainable techniques to increase agricultural production whilst at the same time mitigating and adapting to climate change. How...
