Productive school environment:Junior Farmer Field & Life School (after school)

Currently Scaling up to:

• 6 districts (Mchinji, LL, Ntcheu, Machinga, Mangochi, Dowa)

• 41 sites (36 schools, 3 community, 1 church, 1 refugee camp)

• 123 site facilitators trained (3 from each site)

• 40 youth aged 12-24, half male, half female each site, 1,640 total• Schools provided with all gardening supplies, take home kits and facilitator supplies like

bicycles.

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Productive School

Environment: Permaculture

To have a

sustainable

programme

in ALL

Schools Composting Toilets Produce

Rich, Organic, Free Fertilizer

Diverse

Foods

Produced

Sustainably

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Sustainable Food & Nutrition Pilot 2.5 Years: 2007 – 2009 (evaluation being planned)

commonly called the Permaculture Pilot

• 8 Educational Districts – 10 just added with WFP support

– KA, NB, LL, DZ, ZA, MJ, TH, NS

• 40 Primary Schools - 158 schools just added with WFP support

• 11 Teacher Development Centres

• 1 Teacher Training College (Karonga)

• 143 Trained in Permaculture (teachers, community, agriculture)

• Additional trainings held at school level – estimated to include:

– 400 teachers. 40,000 learners. 1,200 community members.

Data still coming in…there are reports of:

• Information, Skills and Resource Sharing

• Transformed personal homes, workplaces

• Improved eating habits

• Some progress pictures…..

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