| Description | Go Green Malawi is a local NGO headquartered in Nkhata Bay, Northern Malawi, working at the intersection of environmental restoration, climate-smart livelihoods, and community systems change. We co-design practical, low-cost solutions with communities and schools, align closely with district authorities, and focus on results that communities can sustain long after projects end.
Our programmes combine reforestation and agroforestry (from seed to survival), permaculture-based climate-smart farming, and circular waste management (household sorting, collection, and recycling) with conservation education and lake/fisheries protection along the Lake Malawi shoreline. Through farmer outreach and extension, we translate evidence into practice: establishing nurseries and demonstration plots, training lead farmers and youth eco-clubs, facilitating by-laws and co-management structures, and linking communities to markets for seedlings, compost, and recyclables.
A. Core programmes
• Reforestation & Tree Nurseries:
Community and school nurseries; species selection for woodlots, fruit, watershed protection, and agroforestry; planting campaigns; post-planting care; survival tracking and community stewardship.
• Climate-Smart Agriculture & Permaculture:
Soil health and water conservation, diversified home and school gardens, agroforestry integration, composting and mulching, climate-resilient cropping calendars, and farmer field schools.
• Waste Sorting, Recovery & Recycling
Household and school-level sorting systems; community collection points; basic material recovery; clean-up campaigns; behavior-change communication; linkages to recyclers and social enterprises.
• Conservation Education & Youth Engagement:
Environmental curricula and clubs in schools; teacher training; peer-to-peer learning; eco-days (tree planting, clean beaches); nature stewardship and life-skills development.
• Lake & Fisheries Protection:
Community awareness on sustainable fishing; support to by-laws and co-management; shoreline clean-ups; habitat restoration activities that benefit the lake ecosystem.
• Farmer Outreach, Research & Extension:
Needs assessments, farmer training, demo plots, seasonal clinics, and practical guides that move good ideas from “pilot” to everyday practice.
B. Fields of expertise
• Community mobilisation & co-creation: participatory needs assessments, village action plans, local by-laws, and stewardship models.
• Nursery management & agroforestry: seed collection, propagation, nursery operations, species/site matching, planting calendars, survival monitoring.
• Permaculture & soil-water management: garden and farm design, composting, mulching, swales/contours, drought/flood resilience, diversified nutrition.
• Waste systems & circular economy basics: household sorting workflows, collection-point design, clean-ups, recovery of plastics/metals/cardboard, market linkages.
• Environmental education & youth programming: school eco-clubs, teacher toolkits, outdoor learning, campaign design and delivery.
Fisheries & lakeshore conservation support: community awareness, by-law facilitation, shoreline habitat restoration activities.
• Training design & facilitation: practical, visual, and hands-on modules for farmers, teachers, youth, and community leaders.
• Monitoring, evaluation & learning (MEL): simple field tools, survival and adoption tracking, outcome-focused reporting, and continuous improvement with communities.
• Partnership & government alignment: collaboration with district Forestry, Fisheries, Education, and Environment offices; coordination with CSOs, schools, and private sector recyclers.
• Safeguarding & inclusion: youth-safe activities, gender-responsive participation, and do-no-harm practices woven into all programmes.
C. How we work
• Local first: Nkhata Bay-based team with deep community relationships.
• Evidence to practice: demonstration sites, lead-farmer models, survival and adoption tracking to learn.
• Co-ownership: village committees, school clubs, and district department partners engaged from design to handover.
• Low-cost, scalable designs: simple tools and processes communities can run without heavy external inputs.
• Transparency & accountability: clear workplans, measurable outcomes (e.g., tree survival, soil-water practices adopted, waste diverted), and accessible reporting.
D. Who we work with
Smallholder farmers and farmer groups, youth and schools, beach and fishing communities, traditional authorities, women’s groups, waste pickers and micro-enterprises, and district-level government departments.
E. What partners can expect
• Programme co-design and rapid mobilisation
• Practical training and high-quality facilitation
• Clean, outcome-oriented reporting and MEL
• Strong coordination with local authorities
• Visible community ownership and sustained adoption |
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