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At the end of January, the Kawjo Foundation conducted a five-day Hatchery Operator Training as part of the WE4D project. This intensive training brought together fish farmers from Dowa and Dedza districts with the goal of strengthening their technical skills in fingerling production, improving hatchery management practices, and increasing their income-generating potential within the aquaculture […]
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The PIF: Smart-Aqua Project continues to make important progress in providing vulnerable youth and community members with sustainable, climate-smart aquaculture skills at the Kawjo Foundation’s field school and aquaculture demonstration site in Mpingu. Since our last project update in June, we have taken meaningful steps forward to strengthening participants’ knowledge of sustainable pond management practices […]
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The Green-Profish Project, supported by the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program, and UNDP Malawi, is being implemented at Sanga Beach, Nkhatabay District, and aims to introduce climate-smart fish production technologies and build sustainable livelihoods for vulnerable communities across Malawi. From February 2025 to February 2026, 30 direct beneficiaries from the Sanga Beach community are […]
The Kawjo Foundation demonstration farm in M’bwatalika, Lilongwe District, will become an integrated aquaculture and agriculture training centre for youth and vulnerable Malawians. The farm was purchased in 2018, and within a few years, Kawjo had installed seven fishponds and planted bananas, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, peppers, guava, and more. This year, Kawjo looks forward to […]
As part of our obligation to climate-smart innovations, Kawjo Foundation is thrilled to share progress from the Green-Profish: Smart Fish Production and Processing for a Green Economy project funded by UNDP Malawi Implemented at Sanga Beach in Nkhata Bay District, we have successfully constructed 3 energy-efficient fish smoking kilns, designed to use briquettes made from […]
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Hephzibah Hermes, Smart Aqua project officer, and Danielle Hoogland, communications advisor, had an opportunity to participate in a recent Mtunthumala youth group meeting in Mpingu. The group of young farmers meet regularly to strengthen the group’s capacity to share knowledge, work together, and support one another in their farming activities. Hephzibah also had an opportunity […]
Sitifano Chiphazi, a 60-year-old fish farmer, lives with his wife and four children in Nyemba village in Lilongwe district. He uses his land to farm fish in ponds and grow a diverse range of crops, including bananas, sugarcane, and various vegetables. The land is his livelihood, and Sitifano is deeply invested and committed to sustainable […]
Hephzibah Hermes, project officer for Kwajo Foundation, has great hopes for the participants involved in the Smart-Aqua project in M’bwatalika. In 2018, Kawjo Foundation purchased a small farm in M’bwatalika as a demonstration and training site for integrated aquaculture and agriculture farming. Since then, Kawjo has delivered aquaculture training to residents on pond construction and […]
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From the north to the south of Malawi, four amazing women — staff members of our Kawjo Foundation — are spreading knowledge and hope through fish farming! They travel across districts, training vulnerable women and youth to raise fish, earn a living, and stand on their own feet. Through their work, they’re turning ponds into […]
Nkhatabay District participants engage in group dynamics training to build networks and capacity to deliver their fish products to market. […]