Fish to Feed HIV affected families in Malawi

Summary

1000 poor farmers, including women and HIV affected householders in Chingale, Malawi will be taught fish farming methods to help improve their income and nutritional status for the long term. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are currently 12.1 million people in Malawi, most of whom are subsistence farmers with less than 1 acre of land to farm. Marginal land use and frequent droughts make food security an issue. Famine is recurring and food aid is only temporary relief. This project will enable 1000 poor farmers, including women and HIV/AIDS sufferers to live a better life with nutritious food on the table and money in their pockets for necessities.

Activities

The project trains families affected by drought or HIV/AIDS to farm fish for income and improve nutrition. Ponds will be constructed and farmers taught to manage fish and ponds and harvest fish in a way that lets the fish pond thrive for many years.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will increase fish production. Nutrients from the pond improve crop production too. Farmers become more skilled at managing water and are better able to resist drought. All these outcomes translate into more income and food.

Project Message

We’ve seen the monetary and nutritional returns the ponds are beginning to bring into our pockets and homes. My people have begun to break the poverty trap in which they had been held for so long.
- Mr. Jusu, Village Headman - Chingale, Zomba, Malawi

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Daniel Jamu,
Regional Director - East and Southern Africa
P.O. Box 229
Zomba, Malawi
Malawi
+265 1 536 298
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organisation

The WorldFish Center
Jalan Batu Maung
Bayan Lepas, Penang 11960
Malaysia
+265 1 536 298
http://www.worldfishcenter.org

Learn more about The WorldFish Center and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Malawi and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Malawi, read the Human Development Report on Malawi or the Wikipedia entry for Malawi.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 14, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Fish to feed HIV affected families in Malawi

By Joseph Nagoli - Senior Research Analyst, December 24, 2009 10:14 AM

This update provides successes of the project in alleviating lives of widows based on two case studies of Enelesi Jonasi and Asiyatu Kiri, a young and elderly widow respectively. In the center of food insecurity and economic hardships, widows are suffering from the impact of HIV/AIDS and poverty. In sub-Saharan Africa women take the brunt of caring for the family even in the presence of husbands. In the context of HIV and AIDS, women’s lack of ownership and control over economic assets such as housing and land often leave them impoverished. This is especially true in communities where AIDS-related stigma is high and widows can become socially isolated. Women who own or otherwise control economic assets are better able to prevail over such crises and transitions. With about $300 which you contributed, the project constructed an earthen pond each to Enelesi and Asiyatu of about 250m2, and bought 750 baby fish that were stocked in the ponds. The two ponds plus other agricultural activities linked to the ponds have improved the living standards of Enelesi and Asiyatu tremendously. Without your support, these people would’ve remained destitute.

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