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Australia, Malawi, Permaculture, SriLanka

What is permaculture?

January 10, 2018
By Shanil

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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Malawi, Permaculture

Kapita Primary School – A Five Year Journey

January 10, 2018
By Shanil

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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Australia, Malawi, News, Values

Empower Malawi: The Next Five Years

January 10, 2018
By Shanil

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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Australia, Cooperatives, Permaculture, Values

Cooperatives for Development, Permaculture for Resilience

January 10, 2018
By Shanil

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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Cooperatives, Malawi

Welcome Solister!

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

My name is Solister Mhango, Member Service Officer and I am 26 years old. I originally come from Karonga District. I  hold a Diploma in Financial Accounting from the Malawi College of Accountancy.

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Australia, Malawi, People

My First Day in Kapita

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

About 5 hours north of Lilongwe lies the district of Mzimba South East. Kapita is a large area comprised of 38 villages. The area is governed by a village head and the main source of income is farming of maize and coffee.

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Australia, People, Values

Development in Action

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

After a couple of days in Kapita, I am beginning to come to terms with AFT (African Flexible Time). A concept coined by my friend Chawezi to help me understand the flexible nature of Malawian scheduling. The term initially surfaced when we were expecting to do our interviews with Kapita’s largest village.

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Australia, People

Our Trip to Malawi – Matt and Wendy Napier

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

This month we have a guest blog post by our partners Matt and Wendy Napier (Walk to a Better World)   We recently had the opportunity to visit some of Empower’s projects in Malawi and see first-hand the work they are doing to empower local communities. Our trip started with a tour of

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Cooperatives, Malawi, People

Timbiri Savings and Credit Cooperative : From Small Beginnings Come Great Things

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

If we were to encapsulate our efforts in Mpamba, Nkahata Bay across 2015, we’d say that we’ve been “sowing seeds”. Working shoulder to shoulder with community is central to our work and we recognise that this is not a process that can be rushed and forced into convenient timelines.

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Malawi, News

Why we believe Zuwa can be a game changer

September 26, 2017
By Shanil

What this means is that by Empower Projects serving as the parent organisation, Zuwa Energy will be a profit for purpose company,

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Monday, 20, Jan
Permaculture in Schools – Our Approach to Improving Student Wellbeing in Malawi
Wednesday, 26, Sep
Why we love cooperatives!
Tuesday, 26, Sep
Kapita Primary School – A Five Year Journey
Tuesday, 1, Mar
Our Impact in 2021
Monday, 17, Jan
Mphanga Primary and Kakoma Primary set to launch breakfast programs
Monday, 5, Apr
Haswel Filiton of Demera Cooperative
Tuesday, 9, Feb
Our Impact in 2020
Tuesday, 15, Dec
Sowing Seeds of Change at Mphanga Primary School
Wednesday, 15, Jul
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