Sector Directory

Organization

Farm for Children Initiative

Mission

All children have enough food and healthy life as they grow into adulthood and become stable and self-reliant individuals.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Climate/Environment, Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Livelihoods, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Biogas, Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Crop residues

Clean Cooking Activities

Farm for Children Initiative is one of the advocates for environmental education and climate change management initiatives as these are intertwined in sustainable agriculture.
Only 8% of Malawi population has access to electricity. The raising costs of electricity has exacerbated deforestation since most people opt to use firewood and/or charcoal. Women and children in Malawi are subjected to smoking toxic fumes from firewood every day in both rural and urban areas. The use of clean cookstoves and/or fuels is inevitable if the health of women and children is to be safeguarded and promote conservation and biodiversity of flora. Hence, FCI has a mandate to promote the use of friendly clean cookstoves by vulnerable households. In the near future FCI intends to design and manufacture cost-effective clean cookstoves.

Partnership

FCI would like to promote the usage of clean cookstoves and/or fuels in Malawi. Hence, FCI will purchase and market the clean cookstoves to major stores who have many outlets in remote parts of the country where 80% of the population live. If importing these clean cookstoves will attract high importation tariff, FCI will buy the patent from the manufacture so that the clean cookstoves are manufactured in Malawi.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Malawi

Address

P.O. Box 292

Mangochi,

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. John Masumba

Title: Executive Director

Email: johnmasumba@gmail.com

Phone: 265 1 580 555