› Home › About Self Help › Contact Us › Current Projects Burkina Faso Ethiopia Eritrea Ghana Kenya Malawi Togo Uganda Zambia › Activities in Ireland › Activities in UK Events Calendar › Technologies › Case Studies › History 20 Year Highlights › How You Can Help What Your Money is Doing Regular Giving Fund-Raising Suggestions One Click Donation Corporate Seed Fund Farmers Grow Fund Volunteering Tax Relief on Donations › Fund-Raising Field Visits 2007 Kenya 2006 Eritrea 2005 -Kenya-Uganda-Malawi 2001-2004 From the Archives › Africa Alive Schools Programme Recent School News School Visits Curriculum Publications Student & Teacher Impressions Pictures Download Young Scientists Exhibition School Profiles (coming soon) › Exhibitions Africa Framed Value of Rubbish › Testimonials › Media Centre Press Releases Articles on Self Help Activities Related Topics › Reports / Studies › Useful Links › Glossary of Terms › Secure Page › Recruitment › Forum Laurence & Margaret Malikita (Malawi)           Case Studies › L. & M. Malikita (Malawi)        Farmers Laurence and Margaret Malikita are an inspiration to their friends and neighbours in Libwalo village, in Malawi’s Nsondole Project area, outside Zomba. A member of a village farmers club established by Self Help in the late 1990’s to promote improved irrigation and farming practices in the community. Laurence and Margaret have also become Self Help model farmers whose adoption of a range of sustainable rural development practices has been an example to others. As well as producing regular fields of mustard – a valuable local vegetable crop, Laurence and Margaret have planted their modest family holding with a range of mango trees, have a stand of improved maize, and a vegetable plot with potatoes, cabbage and peppers, amongst other things. As members of the Libwalo Farmers Club Laurence and Margaret share use with the 15 other club members a manual tredle pump which enables them to easily get water to their crops from a nearby river tributary. In recent years Laurence and Margaret, whose seven children are in their teens and 20’s, have also developed a forestry nursery, from which they have been selling tree seedlings for fodder, homestead woodlot, and environmental regeneration purposes to their neighbours. Related Topics          Malawi Projects          ›› Malawi Home                   Case Studies          ›› More Info                                        Self Help Africa is a limited liability company. Company number: 105601 Charity No. 6663 (Ireland) The organisation has offices in Ireland at: Annefield House, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Tel: 00 353 (0)57 8694034 - Fax: 00 353 (0)57 8694038, and in the United Kingdom at : Second Floor Suite, Westgate House, Dickens Court, Off Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1QU. Tel : 0044-(0)1743 277170        We welcome your comments: info@selfhelpafrica.com        Powered by: go2web