Our Impact in 2020
Despite all the challenges that 2020 brought our way, we were able to make a difference! Here are some highlights…
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Become a champion of grassroots empowerment in Malawi and Sri Lanka
Our “champions” are regular contributors to our mission and we’re deeply grateful for their support. Being a consciously small non-profit…
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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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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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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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Three 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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2017: Highlights
Greetings everyone! I hope you are having a relaxing end to the year. At our end, another momentous year comes to an end and a HUGE 2018 is soon to fill our horizon. Here’s a quick summary of some highlights from 2017.
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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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Our Trip to Malawi – Matt and Wendy Napier
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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