Environmental Awareness Project: Monitoring visit by Seniors without Border (SwB) from Denmark
From the 5th to 11th May, Greenlivehoods (GL) hosted two
members of Senior without Border (SwB) from Denmark. SwBs in partnership with
GL are supporting implementation of a project called “Environmental Awareness
Project (EAP)”. The project started in November, 2020 and will conclude in
October, 2022. EAP is being implemented in Dowa district, TA Mkukula where
youth groups from various villages are engaged in Income Generating Activities.
Villages covered are Mbalame, Kalazi, Chinkhiri, Wilson where the youths do
farming, bee keeping, rabbit keeping, pigs, banana planting and tree planting
including fruit trees as businesses.
Several groups were visited during the SwBs monitoring visit
and these are: Kalazi, Mbalame, Tsononkho, Mutuwasompho, midland, Pumphunthe
and Chibvala Primary School. Some of the activities monitored are Rabbit
farming, banana farming, fruit trees farming, piggery production, bee keeping,
pig house and tree planting initiatives. The main aim of the EAP is to improve
the lives of the youth and the marginalized groups through green business and
sustainable livelihoods creation.
Below are the highlights of the monitoring visit in pictures:
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