Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga, Martin Mtumbuka, has weighed on the wanton cutting down of trees in the country, saying considerable use of charcoal in peri-urban and urban areas is fuelling the iniquity. Mtumbuka, who led a tree planting exercise at Nandanga Primary School in Mwamkumbwa Village in Chitipa district, said affordable electricity […]
Non-profit organisation Education Support Initiative (ESI) has led in mobilizing students in the lakeshore district of Salima to plant trees around their schools which can, in turn, become wind brakes and prevent cases of blowing off of roofs of their classrooms. ESI launched the initiative at Lifidzi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) where, in company […]
Lions Club of the Capital City, the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) have joined forces to discourage cutting down of trees, which is a major contributor of environmental degradation in the country. The two institutions on Saturday planted over three thousand trees at Dzalanyama in the outskirts of Lilongwe City. The […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) is on a serious drive to reafforest it’s catchment area which needs to be replenished with over 200,000 trees and so far, with the help of companies, civil organisations, churches and other groups, they have planted about 50,000 seedlings during this rainy season. BWB Board chairperson James Naphambo disclosed this on […]
The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has spent K1.2 million to purchase tree seedlings which have been planted around the Kamuzu Palace CDSS. Speaking on the sidelines of the tree planting ceremony, CFTC Executive Director Charllotte Wezi Malonda said despite fair trading competition being their main duty, there is no denying that trees are […]
Members of the the Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) led by First lady Getrude Mutharika have planted over 1000 trees at Kaphanje School in T/A Njewa’s area near Chitedze Research Station. Speaking after the ceremony which took place recently, Mutharika said trees are essential as they not only help in rain formation, but also reduce soild erosion […]
Malawi’s integrated mobile network and ICT service provider TNM Plc, has partnered with United Purpose, a development response organization in co-management of 15,000 trees starting with in Dedza. Rolling the partnership and tree planting exercise at Kaphuka in the district, TNM Chief Executive Officer Eric Valentine said the company has changed its approach to tree […]
Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust says it is ready to offer a long-lasting helping hand to Malawians in as far as bailing them from disasters, especially those that come as a result of intermittent rains, are concerned. The trust’s chairperson, Cecilia Mfune, said Wednesday in Mzuzu during the launch of this year’s tree planting exercise at […]
One of the country’s leading tobacco buying companies Alliance One Tobacco Malawi (AOTM)Limited says it has spent over MK700 million by planting some seven million tree seedlings during this year’s tree planting season alone. Alliance One Malawi Leaf Services Manager Dr. Albert Changaya disclosed this on Fridayduring the company’s annual tree planting exercise at Chikumbutso […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc officials and the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) 93rd Brigade Friday planted almost 9,000 tree seedlings at the Changalume Barracks in Zomba. Commander of the 93rd Brigade Colonel Blaise Saenda said their partnership with NBM to plant trees will is very critical in the economic development of the country. “The […]
Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of the Roman Catholic’s Blantyre Diocese, has asked legislators to enact tough laws to deal with people caught in illegal cutting of trees to address the serious issue of deforestation the country is facing. His Grace Msusa said this when he presided over a tree planting exercise that was organised by […]
Malawi’s dream of attaining meaningful socio-economic transformation cannot materialise unless the citizenry begin to take positive interest in conserving the environment, UTM party founding member Richard Makondi has said. Makondi made the remarks in Mpemba Monday when he led a tree-planting exercise in the area. He said rapid environmental degradation over the past several years […]
President Peter Mutharika has on Saturday launched the 2018/2019 national forests season at Malingunde in Lilongwe, where he marked the beginning of the season by planting two trees with a call for stakeholders to play a leading role in environmental conservation. In his address that was monitored on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Television [MBC TV], Mutharika stressed […]
Government has not released the K10 billion for the youth tree planting exercise as rains have started falling in most parts in the country bringing fears that the budget line could have been cooked up for other purposes. John Alufandika, a representative of the youth in Chikhwawa has since asked the government to release the […]
Nursing students at Mzuzu University (Mzuzu) in the northern region have planted over 70 pine trees on campus—fondly called the green campus—as a way of maintaining its beauty. Mzuni FC which, features in the top-flight TNM super league, is also known in the public domain as ‘green intellectuals.” And, the student nurses, through their contributions […]
Students at Chancellor College, a constituent of the University of Malawi, have successfully reforested Zomba’s Ku Chawe with 3 000 trees. The initiative was a brainchild of the college’s environmental and sustainable clinic under the faculty of law. And student union president, Raphael Ned, said it was their responsibility to conserve and do justice to […]
A local youth organisation in Dedza district called Youth Initiative for Community Development (YICOD) has urged young people to take the lead in tree planting exercise. This was said Monday when the organisation led learners at Kalinyeke Primary School in planting 4000 trees. The organisation aims to instill the current generation an environmental friendly altitude […]
Senior Chief Kachindamoto of Dedza district says unity is vital towards restoring forests and protecting the environment. Speaking during the 2018 Tchanga Irrigation Scheme tree planting launch at Chikaola, Group Village Headman Kakhome in his area, Kachindamoto says there is need for unity towards the fight against effects of climate change by afforestation for buffer […]