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is the big issue in Malawi at the moment. We’ve heard of cars being abandoned for days in queues at filling stations when there’s a rumour of a possible delivery. The cost of living is wildly shooting up - if available, both petrol and diesel are sometimes over £3.50 a litre in outlying areas!
Today we hear that even emergency ambulances have ceased to work in our area due to lack of fuel.
The BUV (Basic Utility Vehicle) has at last arrived on site.
We’ve been waiting for this vehicle for ages, it was kindly shipped by The Malawi Project from the US, but was then trapped 3-hours away by the fuel crisis.
Specialising in rough terrain, it’ll be particularly valuable with milk distribution and all manner of transport challenges - it’s designed to be easy and economical to maintain and run.
We’ve been waiting for this vehicle for ages, it was kindly shipped by The Malawi Project from the US, but was then trapped 3-
Specialising in rough terrain, it’ll be particularly valuable with milk distribution and all manner of transport challenges -
March 2012
December 2011
Our Food Programme - Joy as the monthly distribution of maize began at Christmas, the start of the 3-month acute hunger period. Families assessed as particularly vulnerable were given maize for about a meal a day .....
Many hundreds benefit....
Fuel shortage
Back in September 2010 we began negotiations to import 3
pedigree saanen goats from South Africa to improve our
milk yield for orphans, and they have only just arrived on site!
In error 2 of them had been issued to farmers in Lilongwe by the
quarantine authorities and the third is still missing.
Relatively simple arrangements are often difficult, disappointing and complex in Malawi. Lack of information on the 2nd doe, and the chronic fuel shortage made it difficult to retrieve the goats, but they had been looked after well, and we’re delighted they are now on site and settling down well.
pedigree saanen goats from South Africa to improve our
milk yield for orphans, and they have only just arrived on site!
In error 2 of them had been issued to farmers in Lilongwe by the
quarantine authorities and the third is still missing.
Relatively simple arrangements are often difficult, disappointing and complex in Malawi. Lack of information on the 2nd doe, and the chronic fuel shortage made it difficult to retrieve the goats, but they had been looked after well, and we’re delighted they are now on site and settling down well.
Saanens have arrived on site!!!!
Our Projects
Following the brilliant results of our initial trials, we’ve extended our plans to apply
“Farming God’s Way”
into 20 fields locally - results will
be seen next Spring!
“Farming God’s Way”
into 20 fields locally -
be seen next Spring!
We’re hoping to be able to host direct training to hundreds of local subsistence farmers
