Sector Directory

Organization

Foundation for Building Resilient Communities (FOBRECO)

Mission

To mobilize resources, facilitate and implement sustainable community centred development programmes in order to build resilience of communities in Malawi in collaboration with stakeholders with a high degree of transparency, accountability and effectiveness

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Finance / Investment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Charcoal, Crop residues, Pellets / Briquettes, Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

Foundation for Building Resilient Communities (FOBRECO) through support from Dutch NGO Stichting St Gabriel’s Hospital Malawi is distributing Econofire wood and Econochar charcoal stoves to women groups involved in Village savings and loan (VSL) groups and social entrepreneurs in rural and urban areas. The high efficient stoves deliver faster cooking, a healthier environment and decrease the fuel usage drastically with lifespan of not less than 5 years. The women groups are selling the improved stoves as part of income generation to improve their household livelihoods security and contributing to management of natural resources. We are also involved in promotion of briquettes made from rice husks which are locally available from rice mills. Karonga Young Entreprenuers Organisation is training out of school girls and boys in the making and distribution of these briquettes supported by Foundation for Building Resilient Communities.

Partnership

FOBRECO would like to play an implementation role in this partnership through distribution of improved clean cook stoves and community capacity building in clay stoves production both in urban and rural areas in Malawi. This will target women groups and social entrepreneurs in order to reach out to many households and contribute to reduced deforestation and improving health living in Malawi. We have trained and experienced staff to facilitate mobilization and implementation and capacity building of groups in social entrepreneurship. We work through local governance structures to reach out to intended project participants.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Malawi

Address

C/o Dunduzu School, Box 20593, Luwinga

Mzuzu, Northern Malawi 265

Website

https://fobrecomalawi.wordpress.com/

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Kondwani Khonje

Title: Director

Email: fobrecomw@gmail.com

Phone: +265884367968

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Francis Chilenga

Title: Programme Officer

Email: fwchilenga@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: +265 888 384 679