Southern Africa Affiliates
Regional Overview
In a region ranging from forest and grassland to desert, mountains, and coast, Southern Africa has a vast array of cultures, languages, and heritage. Yet, in the midst of such grandeur and diversity, HIV/AIDS decimates the whole of Southern Africa with the highest infection and death rates in the world.
Partners Worldwide walks alongside people in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia to strengthen businesses and create jobs, yet all partnerships reflect the reality of HIV/AIDS. Each partnership utilizes an economic component that helps entrepreneurs and businesspeople leverage their gifts and strengths in order to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS through tools such as mentoring relationships, business training, and a sustainable business approach to overcome this epidemic.
Malawi - Farmer to Farmer
Dedza
Farmer-to-Farmer is a network of over 200 subsistence farmers in Dedza, a town east of Lake Malawi, which grows staple crops of maize and cassava. To create small scale commercial farming and improve food security, local leaders train in conservation farming techniques and management. In cooperation with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, farming families have access to foot-treadle irrigation pumps and opportunities for goat production. Since 2003, North American farmers have come alongside to mentor, encourage, and finance the partnership.
Stories
A Community empowered to give
Thursday August 19, 2010
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In rural Malawi, subsistence farming is the way life. For most families, it is an inevitable daily struggle to have enough food and to pay for basic needs like school and housing.