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Help highly vulnerable people in Malawi recover from Cyclone Ana, which triggered destructive flooding across southeast Africa in January. Farming families in the southern region will be trained urgently to grow food We will support farmers in remote areas to rebuild their livelihoods.

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Categories

  • Disaster Relief Disaster Relief
  • Environment/Conservation Environment/​Conservation
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)

    Situation

    Malawi was hit by Cyclone Ana in January causing tragic and preventable loss of life and destruction of livelihoods. Weather extremes like this, caused by climate change, are harming food security and livelihoods.Over 200,000 people were affected. Heavy rains, flooding and strong winds displaced at least 17,000 people. More than 500 of our beneficiary farmers were affected by crop losses and the destruction of farmland - their fields were submerged, crops swept away and some houses destroyed.

    Solution

    We help farmers lift themselves out of hunger and poverty with climate smart agricultural training. We help build sustainable communities and support in times of crisis. Deep Bed Farming produces resilient crops and soils. It captures rainfall and controls flow of water by ensuring percolation, making rivers flow less violently in the rains, and for longer during the dry seasons. The method captures and stores large amounts of water underground instead of allowing run off and soil erosion.

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    100%
    Categories

  • Disaster Relief Disaster Relief
  • Environment/Conservation Environment/​Conservation
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)