RCE Zomba

Current Activities:
Intensifying tree planting on the mountain, along river banks and around homesteads, students being active participants in such activities
Training women in tree nursery management as a source of income and a form of capacity building.
Training communities and school children in briquette making from waste materials e.g. paper, crop residues and dead leaves as a source of fuelwood to reduce demand for charcoal thereby combating deforestation.
Using media in role play, drama, dance and music to convey messages related to conservation of biodiversity
Promoting conservation agriculture and sustainable fisheries
Utilising Chanco Community Radio as a channel for disseminating success stories related to adaptation and mitigation against climate change. New Radio Listening Clubs continue to be established.
Intensifying waste removal around institutions and open markets; linking sanitation to environmental health
Mainstreaming ESD in formal education by revising curricula to include modules that emphasise sustainability and entrepreneurship.
Public awareness meetings about the RCE network through talks to interested groups so as to expand membership and number of RCEs in Malawi