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1. The Food for Progress Partnership * Malawi * October 2007The Food for Progress Partnership * Malawi * October 2007

2. The Food for Progress PartnershipThe Food for Progress Partnership
PPARTNERS IN THEARTNERS IN 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 November 2007

3. We are pleased to present an overview on how the
Food for Progress Partnership is unfolding in Malawi
as per 30 October 2007.
As an introduction we will briefly sum up the main
objectives of the Partnership.
The Food for Progress Partnership
Introduction

4. Objective 1 * Agricultural Development
Establish 230 Farmers Clubs with 11,500 members to
increase net earnings by at least 30%.
Objective 2 * HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
Cover a population of 400,000 people of which
240,000 Malawians will be reached with individual
counseling for behavior change through the program
called “TCE - Total Control of the Epidemic.”
Expected Outcomes over 3 Years
The Food for Progress Partnership
Overview

5. Objective 3 * Teacher Training
Support the training of 210 rural primary school
teachers in Malawi at DAPP’s Teacher Training
Colleges.
Construct and start operating a new Teacher Training
College in Shire Highlands.
Objective 4 * Nutrition
American Soybean Association to carry out nutrition
training for 200 Field Officers and 150 students.
Expected Outcomes over 3 Years
The Food for Progress Partnership
Overview

6. Progress to Date
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress Report

7. Expected Results over 3 Years in Brief
240 Farmers Clubs established – with 12,000 small
scale farmers as members
and
improvement of the yield by 35%
improvement of income per farmer by 50%
decrease of harvest loss by 30%
increase of crop varieties by 20%
improvement of water assess by 20%
The Food for Progress Partnership
Farmers Clubs

8. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
240 Farmer Clubs have been established –
with 12,000 individuals participating.

9. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
9,000 farmers are now growing at least
4 different types of vegetables.

10. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
All 12,000 farmers have been trained in tree planting.
So far 74,430 seedlings have been produced and planted.

11. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
159 rope pumps have been
installed, and a rope pump
production has been established at
DAPP’s Vocational School.

12. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
240 model gardens and nurseries have been established
and 11,000 farmers are practicing conservation tillage as
demonstrated in the gardens.
Objective 1: Farmers Club

13. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
7,890 farmers have been trained in keeping livestock –
and 1,500 farmers have received pigs or goats as pass
on loans.
Objective 1: Farmers Club

14. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
11,890 farmers have participated in malaria campaigns
and lessons on HIV/AIDS awareness.
60 preschools have been established.
Objective 1: Farmers Club

15. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
The farmers meet
for Field Days and
training in their
model gardens.

16. Objective 1: Farmers Club
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Quarterly meetings have
been conducted in all
areas.
Each club has presented
results and plans for
next quarter.

17. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
8,852 of the farmers have enough food for their families.

18. Expected Results over 3 Years in Brief
Establish and operate 4 TCE Areas covering
400,000 people.
Reach at least 60% of the target population with
individual counseling.
Create demands and access to health services on a
local level – e.g. VCT, PMTCT, ARV’s etc.
Mobilize 1,000 Passionates to be active in the fight
against HIV/AIDS.
The Food for Progress Partnership
Total Control of the Epidemic

19. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
200 TCE Field
Officers have been
recruited and
trained.
They work in 200
areas – covering
400,000 people.

20. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
The Field Officers work
through each of their fields
of 2,000 people
systematically – talking,
mobilizing and counseling
every individual to adopt
safe sexual behavior and to
care for people living with
AIDS.

21. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
405,840 individuals have been reached.

22. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
11,896 volunteers have been mobilized.

23. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
353 youth clubs have been established.

24. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
42,849 have been referred to VCT.

25. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
25,787 orphans have been registered and
organized into support groups.

26. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Objective 2: TCE – HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care
9,119 pregnant women have been referred to PMTCT.

27. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
The Field officers organize and support “Positive
Living Clubs” and establish vegetable gardens.

28. The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date

29. Expected Results over 3 Years in Brief
150 teachers will graduate from or will be studying
at the Teacher Training College of Chilangoma.
7,500 children in rural areas have received lessons.
A new Teacher Training College at Amalika in
Shire Highlands will be constructed and equipped.
60 students will be enrolled at the new Teacher
Training College supported by the
USDA agreement - but will graduate after the
project period.
The Food for Progress Partnership
Teacher Training

30. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
214 students are
now studying at
the DAPP Teacher
Training College –
respectively in
team 2005, 2006
and 2007.

31. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
10,700 children in
rural primary
schools are
receiving lessons

32. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
The Educational system has been developed.
Laptops with internet connection have been installed with
one for every 3 students. All computers have access to a
database of study tasks and courses from the curriculum.

33. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to date
Additional dormitories and classrooms for 112 students
have been constructed at the existing Teacher Training
College.

34. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Model gardens have been established for community
work and for the College’s consumption.

35. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
35 HA of land have been secured for the second
Teacher Training College in Thyolo District - and the
project has been welcomed by all the local leaders.

36. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Construction contracts have been signed, the access
road has been cut and the soil work has started.

37. Objective 3: Training of Teachers
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
25 students for the new college have started – at TTC
Chilangoma for the time being. They will move with
their teachers as soon as the facilities are in place.

38. Expected Results over 3 years in brief
200 Field Officers and 150 student teachers trained
in basis nutrition and in cooking with soy products.
The Food for Progress Partnership
Nutrition

39. Objective 4: Nutrition
The Food for Progress Partnership
Progress to Date
Trainers from WISHH have
conducted the first of 3
training sessions for 200 Field
Officers and 90 students.
The first theme was “Basic
nutritional principles”

40. THANK YOU!
The Food for Progress Partnership
The future….