Vote for Empower Projects
If you want to support our mission to enable community self-reliance in Malawi and Sri Lanka, we’d love your vote… more
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Why we love cooperatives!
We at Empower Projects are passionate about cooperatives. Primarily as they are a force for tremendous social, economic and environmental impact the world over!
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What is permaculture?
Here at Empower Projects, we are CONSTANTLY talking about “permaculture” and whether our approaches to agriculture, community financing, technology or training are being informed by it. But what is it exactly? Why is it so important to us? Our Founder Shanil Samarakoon is here to explain!
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Empower Malawi: The Next Five Years
Over the last few months our team across Malawi and Australia have been reflecting on our work to date. We’ve been dissecting the key factors underpinning our many successes and perhaps more so, our failures and the rich learnings attached to them.
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Cooperatives for Development, Permaculture for Resilience
It feels like it is just a few days ago when our skies were filled with fireworks and happy songs greeted our ears everywhere we were.
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Kapita Primary School – A Five Year Journey
Kapita Primary School is nestled atop one of the many undulating hills that stretch across the South-East Mzimba region of Malawi. To reach it, one often has two choices, a seasoned 4×4 or a long (steep) walk.
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Development as Freedom
Here is our Founder Shanil Samarakoon’s TEDx talk on “Development as Freedom”. Drawing upon
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Two Schools in Malawi Launch Community-Run Breakfast Programs
Two schools in Kasungu, Malawi launched community-run breakfast programs! This blog outlines how they got there.
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Glory Makileyi of Mitula Primary School
My name is Glory Makileyi, I am 8 years old and I am in standard three. I had no chance… more
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An Educational Visit to a School in Kasungu
Hi everyone! My name is Bright Msku and I am the coordinator for Empower Malawi’s school projects. I’m writing this… more
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From the Field: Empower Malawi launches new project in Lilongwe District
We at Empower Malawi partner with rural regions across Malawi for 5 years to support local efforts to achieving self-reliance. Rural regions in Malawi typically comprise of Traditional Authority (T/A) jurisdiction, each with
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Supporting agricultural cooperatives in Lilongwe
Today I’d like to share some information about our efforts to support three agricultural cooperatives in Lilongwe. Our latest project in Lilongwe is focused on Demera (Demera Paprika Cooperative) and Mngwangwa (Milindi and
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Our Latest Project in Sri-lanka
This December, my fellow Director James Feng and I visited Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka, a region that was badly affected by nation’s 25-year civil war(1983-2009). The main purpose being to connect with our latest grassroots par
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Empower Malawi: The Next Five Years
Over the last few months our team across Malawi and Australia have been reflecting on our work to date. We’ve been dissecting the key factors underpinning our many successes and perhaps more so, our failures and the rich learnings
Read MoreThree agricultural cooperatives outline their five year vision
This March, our Empower Malawi team launched its latest five-year partnership with two rural regions within the Lilongwe District (Demera and Ngwangwa extension planning areas). This five-year regional partnership will comprise
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