Planet aid malawi 2009

The Food for Progress Partnership * MalawiThe Food for Progress Partnership * Malawi

December December

20092009

Achievements of our 3Achievements of our 3--year Partnershipyear Partnership

The Food for Progress PartnershipThe Food for Progress Partnership

PPART�ERS I� THE ART�ERS I� THE PPROJECTROJECT

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Planet Aid, Inc.Planet Aid, Inc.

The Government of MalawiThe Government of Malawi

American Soybean Association / WISHHAmerican Soybean Association / WISHH

DAPP MalawiDAPP Malawi

Presented in May 2010

We are pleased to present the final key results of the

projects under the “Food for Progress Partnership” between

Planet Aid, Inc. and the USDA – which concluded by

December 31st 2009

As an introduction we will briefly summarize the main

objectives of the Partnership

The Food for Progress Partnership

Introduction

Objective 1 * Agricultural Development

� Establish 240 Farmers Clubs with 12,000 members and

increase their net earnings by at least 30%.

Objective 2 * HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

� Reach out to 400,000 people of with individual

counseling for behavior change through the program

called “Total Control of the Epidemic.” (TCE)


Objectives

Objective 3 * Teacher Training

� Train and educate 240 rural primary school

teachers in Malawi at the first DAPP Teacher Training

College.

� Construct and operate a new Teacher Training

College in Shire Highlands Educational Division and

train and educate 92 rural primary school teachers.


Objectives

Objective 4 * �utrition

� American Soybean Association provide nutrition

training for 200 Field Officers and 150 DAPP

Teacher Training College students.


Objectives

Over the course of the Partnership income from the sale

of wheat increased.

As a result, the intended outcomes of all 4 projects

were adjusted and new elements were added as per a

June 2009 amendment. In this presentation we will

present the achievements compared with the adjusted

outcomes.


Program Achievements


Progress Report

Each of the 4 projects has significantly surpassed

expected outcomes to the benefit of more than 500,000

Malawians.

In this report we will allow our beneficiaries to speak

for them selves.


Farmers Clubs

Farmers Clubs


Voices of the farmers

�ame : Adack �ali, Cheta Village,

Chiradzulu District:

“The lessons I have learnt in Famers Club

have enabled me to produce much more –

and I have learned a lot about managing

my farming as a business. Since I joined I

have earned so much that I have been able

to re-invest my earnings to further

improve production. For instance, I have

been able to buy 2 bicycles, 9 chickens

for poultry production, 2 goats and seeds

for winter farming. I appreciate what the

Farmers Club Program has done for small

scale farmers like me. It has improved the

life of my family a lot.”


Voices of the farmers

�ame : Mr Likilungwa, Chiradzulu District

“I have been part of Farmers Club since the

start. I am secretary in our Club.

I have been farming for many years but have

always had problems: I was never able to

produce enough food for my family and I was

also without money. Since joining Farmers

Club I have learned many new things about

agriculture and things have changed for the

better. By applying what I have learned I

managed to plant 2,800 tomato plants and grow

tomatoes of high quality. The tomatoes were

sold at a good price and my earnings were so

good that I was able to use 68,000Mk to buy a

motorized water pump to improve irrigation –

and my future yield.”

Crop yields have increased by 38%; the

the project target was to increase crop yields by 35%.

Income among beneficiaries has increased by 65%; the

project target was to increase income 50%.

Harvest loss has decreased by 26%; the project target

to decrease harvest loss by 30%.

Crops variety has increased by 70%; the project target

was to increase crop variety by 20%.

Access to water has improved by 280%; the project

target was to increase access to water by 20%


Key results * Farmers Clubs


Total Control of the Epidemic

Total Control of the Epidemic


Voices of beneficiaries of TCE

�ame: Francis Chigadu

“I have learned that due to ignorance some couples separate;

some believe that HIV/AIDS is associated with witchcraft so

they don’t have to face the reality and I was one of those

people until a TCE Field Officer gave me new knowledge.

At the time when TCE started, I had been married for ten

years and my wife had miscarried 6 times. We were content

to stay together but then I started to loose interest in the

marriage.

I accused my wife and her mother for practicing witchcraft

and causing our problems.

Soon after, my wife got pregnant for the seventh time and

we all knew that after 3 months the threat of miscarriage

would come again.

At the ante-natal clinic my wife was encouraged to get tested

(for HIV) but I was not convinced.



Later I met a TCE Field Officer. She was going from

house to house talking to each and every person in the

households – explaining about the virus and why we

should get tested.

The TCE Field Officer continued to counsel to me until I

voluntarily decided to know my HIV status.

I went for testing and was found positive.

After discussing the issue with my wife, we agreed that

she should join a Prevention of Mother to Child

Transmission Program (PMTCT).

The Field Officer then visited us as a couple and she

explained how we could live being HIV positive.



After some months we had a baby

boy.

Thereafter the Field Officer urged me

to join a Support Group and I joined.

I also asked if I could become a part

of the TCE Movement by being a

TCE passionate. They welcomed me.

Now I am a TCE passionate and I like

my work because I am helping other

men like me to learn their status as a

couple and to allow their wives to be

enrolled in PMTCT, if they are HIV

positive.”



�ame: Group Village Head Galufu, T/A

Kunthembwe.

“I am a TCE passionate. I chose to be a

passionate because I was impressed by the

work that the TCE Field Officer in my

village was doing; mobilizing people to take

part in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The

Field Officer has made a huge difference in

how people behave in issues related to the

epidemic.

As leader in the village and a passionate I

have served as a role model, mobilizing my

people to take part in the fight against the

epidemic. This has resulted into many

people going for voluntary HIV tests and

being open about their HIV status.”

426,399 individuals were reached with individual

counseling: the project target was to reach 400,000

individuals with counseling.

40,887 volunteers were mobilized; the project target

was to mobilize 40,000 volunteers.

401 Youth Clubs were created by volunteers; the

project target was to create 400 Youth Clubs.

279,012 people were mobilized to be tested for HIV;

the project target was to mobilize 220,000 people to

be tested for HIV.

27,820 pregnant women attended PMTCT programs;

the project target was to ensure that 20,000 women

attended PMTCT programs.


Key results * TCE


Teacher Training

Teacher Training * DAPP Chilangoma TTC


Voices of Teacher Training Beneficiaries

Agnes, a standard 4 student from Kuntaja

“Until recently, there was no teacher for

my class, but now we have 2 teachers,

Rebeccca Mnenula and Tendai Magagula

from DAPP Chilangoma TTC and we are

learning a lot.

Since they came to teach us, I understand

what we are learning in the class and

when I do not understand I ask and they

help me.

When we finish classes my teachers

arrange extra classes for us. Some of the

subjects for our extra classes are Social

and Environmental Studies and

Agriculture. Now I like going to school

again.”


Voices of Teacher Training Beneficiaries

Austin, a standard 5 student from

Chezimba Village.

“Ever since Leah Mahata from DAPP

Chilangoma TTC became our teacher, I

can see the changes in how we are

learning.

Now we have a lot of materials and tasks

to solve, and every day we practice

reading. I can follow what we are learning

in the class and I can feel that I am

learning much more. Our teachers are

always working and we never miss a

class.”


Voices of student teachers

Leah Mahata, student teacher – Teacher

for Standard 5

“Some of my responsibilities at the school

are: I am the staff secretary, I operate an

HIV/AIDS club for 50 pupils and I am

also responsible for construction and

sports. I have organized my week so that I

can take care of everything.

I know that the pupils must know how to

take care of themselves. In the HIV/AIDS

club they come to understand that

whatever they do will have consequences

and they must take care of their future.”



Tendai Magaula , student teacher –

Teacher for Standard 6

“Apart from being responsible for

teaching the class I am also responsible

for maintaining the school. On Fridays we

have general cleaning at the school, we

bring everything in order. We have

repaired some of the broken chairs.

My students benefit from Expressive Arts

classes I took at the college. In those

classes I learned practical skills which I

have been able to teach to my students.

Some of them will be able to earn some

money through this.”

409 students were trained, of whom 240 were funded by USDA;

the project target was to train 240 students.

19,500 children have received lessons; the project target

was to teach 19,500 children.

7,500 children under 5 have received improved teaching;

the project target was to reach 2,000 children with improved

teachings.

251 preschool caregivers have been trained; the project

target was to train 100 preschool caregivers.


Key results * Teacher Training 1


Teacher Training 2

Teacher Training * DAPP Amalika TTC



Damiano Fanuel, student teacher at

DAPP Amalika TTC

“I started at DAPP Amalika TTC when

it opened in November 2008.

At that time only phase 1 of the college

was completed and construction was

still ongoing. That almost made me

decide to leave, but the dedication from

the staff made me want to stay.

We all worked together and the result is

today an elegant looking campus.


Voice of beneficiaries of TCE

I am very proud of all the things I have learned here. Just to mention some

few things: the student-centered teaching approach where you care for

individual, using computer and the internet, farming, knitting, sewing,

building, painting and of course working together and taking responsibility.

After the 1st year we all sat for the examination. All the 64 of us passed thanks

to the way we were trained at the college. We are now all doing our teaching

practice and using all the skills which we have learned.



I am now in teaching practice at Nkaombe

Primary School. At the college we learned

to make teaching materials from what we

can find locally, such straw, papers, leaves,

old containers and the like. My school does

not have funds to buy these things so it is an

important skill to have learned.

The student-teachers are also starting up

activities up for people in the communities

around the school. For example, my friend

and I have started teaching tinsmith work.

Others have started teaching adults and

others again are giving remedial lessons. At

the college we are trained to become

community developer and we try to live up

to that.”

A college for 120 boarding students and classrooms facilities for 200 students

was constructed; the project target was a complete college for 120 students.

153 students were trained and educated, 92 of were funded by USDA; the

project target was to train 92 students.

1,650 children under 5 have received improved teaching;

the project target was to provide improved teaching

for 1,250 children.

220 preschool caregivers were trained; the project target

was to train 150 preschool caregivers.


Key results * Teacher Training 2


�utrition

Nutrition


On behalf of beneficiaries

On behalf of the project beneficiaries, Passionates

in the now former TCE areas continue to promote

the use of soy products in their communities. Many

have added soymilk and a number of soy dishes to

their traditional menu. Those people who are HIV

positive express that they have gained strength and

become more fit after added soy to their meals.

Many hundred of children have benefitted from the

lessons that the student teachers learned about

nutrition and hygiene. Hand washing systems have

been introduced, herb gardens established and

training in tooth brushing conducted among other

activities.

The training from WISHH was a great benefit to

the program.

It has been 3 fruitful years – THA�K YOU


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Planet aid malawi 2009