Chata, Malawi: Snippets

Chata, Malawi

10 February 2005

Snippets

The following are some of Chata ADP’s achievements since January 2004:

Cassava is improving lives in Chata.

Food security

Assisted 3,297 farmers to grow different types of crops including Irish potato, beans and cassava so they don’t depend solely on maize.
Taught 1,171 farmers to make and apply compost to their gardens to reduce dependence on expensive chemical fertilisers.
Trained 65 representatives of an agricultural co-operative to market crops for higher profits. The co-operative has 1,219 members.
Trained 715 farmers in agro-forestry, established 140 tree nurseries and planted 303,890 acacia trees to conserve the environment, reduce soil loss through erosion and to use as firewood.

Health

Trained 120 community health workers in the prevention of common diseases and to encourage the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.
Conducted a refresher course for 23 traditional birth attendants.
Held health campaigns in 56 villages to improve hygiene.

HIV/AIDS

Established ten community groups to support and care for people with HIV/AIDS and trained 20 home-based caregivers to provide adequate care for the chronically ill in their communities.
Trained 25 young people as peer educators to promote behavioural change.

Education

Supported 152 sponsored children with school fees and distributed 6,209 exercise books to primary school students.
Supplied 120 desks, four tables and eight teachers’ chairs to improve the learning conditions at primary schools.
Trained 15 literacy instructors, distributed 100 literacy books and taught three adult literacy classes to 316 people.
Renovated a school block and two teachers’ houses.

Chata file

Chata project profile

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2006
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Sweet
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2005
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Food security
2004
Don’t adjust your set
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2003
Real answers
Trees for life
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Beans ‘n’ spuds
Thinking outside the square
No kidding
Cassava miracles
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