Planet aid malawi 2009

The Food for Progress Partnership * MalawiThe Food for Progress Partnership * Malawi
DecemberDecember
20092009
Achievements of our 3Achievements of our 3--year Partnershipyear Partnership

The Food for Progress PartnershipThe Food for Progress Partnership
PPART ERS I THEART 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

Planet aid malawi 2009

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