Case Study # 2: What Really Happened

World Vision, through their Education and Natural Resource Management Project worked with MED and focused on education and agriculture in the Northern Region's Karonga District.

A revolving goat bank was established. With 54 she goats and 3 male goats, the number of goats actually doubled in a year. Farmers were assisted in planting luecanae shrubs which served two purposes: the shrubs helped to stabilize the soil, thus preventing greater erosion from wind and water, and the goats could also graze on the shrubs.

Farmers were trained in fruit production and planted fruit seedlings. Other farmers were supported in growing sweet potatoes. Planting materials for cassava were distributed. Land was prepared for gravity-fed irrigation: a total of 8 hectares were prepared which would benefit 47 resource poor farmers and their families.


	Malawi CASE STUDY #2 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
	World Vision, through their Education and Natural Resource Management Project worked with MED and focused on education and agriculture in the Northern Region's Karonga District. A revolving goat bank was established. With 54 she goats and 3 male goats, the number of goats actually doubled in a year. Farmers were assisted in planting luecanae shrubs which served two purposes: the shrubs helped to stabilize the soil, thus preventing greater erosion from wind and water, and the goats could also graze on the shrubs. Farmers were trained in fruit production and planted fruit seedlings. Other farmers were supported in growing sweet potatoes. Planting materials for cassava were distributed. Land was prepared for gravity-fed irrigation: a total of 8 hectares were prepared which would benefit 47 resource poor farmers and their families.
	Five school classrooms were constructed, with pit latrines. Forty committee members and 14 instructors were trained. The project supported 4 nursery schools and 7 adult literacy centres. Parents contributed cash, maize grain, rice and other items that were either used directly or sold to raise funds. Water committees received training and managed their wells and maintained their pumps. As a result of the project, the communities worked together to create their own committees and ran the project themselves. A wider variety of food was available and malnutrition has been reduced. Through wells and gravity-fed irrigation, water resources were stabilised. A wider variety of crops was grown both for local consumption and for sale. The goat bank allowed more and more farmers to enhance and stabilize the family income. More people, children and adults had access to education.
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