Malawi’s green future
At sunrise in the hills of Mulanje, local villagers kneel in the rich, damp soil, gently planting young saplings. Each tree they plant is more than a patch of green, it is a promise for the future. Across Malawi, similar scenes are unfolding as communities, organizations, and government agencies work together to reverse decades of deforestation.
Once lush forests have been cleared for farmland, charcoal production, settlements or by wildfires, leaving rivers strained, soil eroded, and biodiversity threatened. According to the Forestry Department and Mongabay, Malawi lost over 3 million hectares of indigenous and plantation forests the last 50 years.
Reforestation is not just about protecting and replacing trees; it is about restoring balance. Communities nurture seedlings, protect young forests, and maintain water catchments that sustain both people and wildlife.
The government encourages participation through annual tree-planting campaigns, while universities, non-profits such as Zomba Treez and private companies provide expertise, funding, and coordination. On Mount Mulanje, conservation groups are reviving the endangered Mulanje cedar, showing that reforestation can protect both landscapes and unique species.
Challenges remain. Illegal logging and charcoal production and land pressures continue to threaten forests, and the survival of newly planted trees depends on long-term care. Yet the collaboration between communities, institutions, and leaders demonstrates a shared commitment to sustainable restoration. This, because they know that deforestation contributes to climate change, reduces biodiversity, causes soil erosion and disruption of water cycles causing droughts and floods.
What can you do? Make a donation to organizations such as Zomba Treez. Also buy approved charcoal such as the charcoal from Kawandama Hills Plantation and make use of environmental friendly services such as on Malawitravel.org
For Malawi, every planted tree is a step toward resilience, a lifeline for communities and proof that many hands can leave the largest mark. The future, it seems, is taking root, one sapling at a time.
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We are organizing a Christmas party again to cheer up orphans, vulnerable children and people living with HIV and AIDS, which we care for at our orphanage and school care center. We are planning to hold the aforementioned activity at BAHASI orphanage school in Bangwe Township.
We trust you will find this activity to be for the good and will help the needy within our community. Our budget requirement is around $1500. We hope that you will subsequently favour us and this good cause by granting our request, click on this DONATE! (the link opens in new tab and you are redirected to the Bahasi site) via Paypal/Creditcard, (local) Bank Transfer or Check.
A success it has been, but of course more is needed in these dire times. Please help and give what you can afford. DONATIONS are most welcome!
We had a fundraising event on 29 January which purpose was to raise money to buy more than 150 bags of maize to give to the parents of our pre-school children. After the fundraising we raised 620,000 and we have managed to buy 131 bags of maize flour at 5 kgs per family and we have distributed it to more than 150 families including other bags we had received during fundraising.
We strive to protect and preserve one day at a time
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it is not.
Dr Seuss - The Lorax
Due to the increase in population and the need for woodfuel for cooking and heating, Malawi has lost 85% of its trees in the last 20 years, and as the graph shows: at current rates of population growth and deforestation, by 2025 the country will no longer have enough biomass to sustain the population.
In spite of our achievements it is important to acknowledge that BAHASI also continues to face many struggles and challenges. Overall BAHASI struggles mostly with a lack of financial support. We need your help!
A great video by Reach Out For Life-Malawi
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In low income countries people have no money to bring their deceased loved-one home for bereavement and burial or cremation. Parents, family and communities need bereavement in order to cope with their loss. "Nurses for Peace” provides for the transportation home for their deceased patients.
Do help out and donate on Nurses for Peace.