Visions Garden...

The Malawi Education Project is a Bristol (UK) based organisation that aims to support education, literacy and access to learning resources in Malawi. MEP began life as a book donation project, collecting surplus educational resources including books & stationary which were shipped to Malawi in 2006, and put to extremely good use in creating our two pilot libraries, in Cape Maclear Primary School and Sambani Secondary.

Energised by the success of the pilot, MEP came back to the UK where support for the project had grown, and decided to turn this good idea into a sustainable, effective and efficient charity, working hard to help thousands of the worlds' poorest children to gain an education that will in turn assist the development of Malawi as a Nation.

HEEED is a Malawian NGO that stands for Health, Education, Environment and Economic Development. Taking a holistic approach - HEEED seeks to promote health and well-being of both communities and natural resources surrounding Lake Malawi National Park (LMNP) - UNESCO World Heritage Site.

HEEED is responsible for the development of a number of projects in and around Cape Maclear, including: briquette making, bilharzia education, educational diving (see below), paper making, fish farming, arts'n'crafts, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria education, and many more. For more details visit their official website at: www.heeedmalawi.org

Environmental Awareness / Saving Malawi's Forest
Chembe Project Centre, HEEED and Sekanawo have teamed together to introduce the use of mud stoves to the community... we're also using this as an opportunity to raise awareness of environment issues associated with deforestation and the use of firewood as a main fuel source.

Mud Stoves are being built in different areas around the village which act as 'demonstration' stoves to show the people how the use of the stoves reduce the use of firewood by 2/3. A representative will man each stove and provide information to the community throughout each day.