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Non formal Climate Change Education and Advocacy; experiences from Malawi

Non formal Climate Change Education and Advocacy; experiences from Malawi. Deepa Pullanikkatil LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa, Chancellor College, University of Malawi d_pullani@yahoo.com Presented at UNESCO meeting 21 Mar 2013, Mauritius. Malawi country profile.

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Non formal Climate Change Education and Advocacy; experiences from Malawi

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  1. Non formal Climate Change Education and Advocacy; experiences from Malawi DeepaPullanikkatil LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa, Chancellor College, University of Malawi d_pullani@yahoo.com Presented at UNESCO meeting 21 Mar 2013, Mauritius Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  2. Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  3. Malawi country profile • Total population (2010): 15.7 million • Population trebled in past 40 years • Proportion of total population dependent on agriculture for a livelihood: 85 percent • Proportion living below poverty datum line: 6.3 million • Lake Malawi Source: Synthesized from ActionAID (2006), National Statistical Office (2010), UNEP (2010), Yaron et al. (2010), and FAO (2011). Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  4. Climate Change and Climate Variability Number of people affected by extreme events (3 droughts, 15 floods, 1 storm) between 2000 and 2009: 9.6 million Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  5. Introduction to LEAD

  6. LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa • Training +Projects on CC Adaptation • LEAD SEA, WorldFish Center and Forestry Research Institute of Malawi are implementing the Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme (LCBCCAP). • It is a five year programme whose overall goal is to secure the livelihoods of 1.5 million people in the Lake Chilwa Basin , Southern Malawi, and enhance resilience of natural resource base. Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  7. Non-formal Climate Changeeducation and advocacy Members of Parliament Faith Leaders Community Based Organizations Drama Groups Music Groups/Choirs District Officials Radio Listeners Clubs Womens Groups Farmer Groups Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  8. CC Adaptation Technology: Solar Fish drying

  9. Briquette Making

  10. Conservation Agriculture, for climate change adaptation

  11. Paper Recycling Fuel efficient fish smoking kilns Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  12. Producer groups trained and linked to markets

  13. Citizen Science Communities recording weather data

  14. Advocacy: Radio Listeners Clubs • Citizen Journalism • “A voice for the communities” • 10 Clubs (10-12 volunteer members in each) • “Pakadafunda” Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  15. Radio Listeners Clubs • Programmes include “Let’s Stop Hunger”; “Drying of Lake Chilwa”; and “Climate Change and Deforestation”; “Stop Child marriages” community based management- nursery, tree planting, stopped a child marriage

  16. Training and Advocacy: Faith Groups Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  17. Faith Groups • A number of media reports • Environmental stewardship incorporated into sermons • Interfaith Declaration

  18. Advocacy: Music and Drama

  19. Customized training material

  20. Conclusion • Benefits of training – Better adaptation to CC • Skills enhanced • Entrepreneurship encouraged • Environment friendly way of fish processing • Incomes increased • Training of trainers (upscaling) • Exchange visits (motivation) • Challenges: Translation of technical language, follow up after training, measurement of effectiveness. Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

  21. Thank you Inspiring Leadership for a Sustainable World

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