Projects

SHARE: Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity Phase II

Food safety and hygiene play an important role in reducing and controlling diarrhoeal disease. The SHARE phase II project, will be implemented in Chikwawa with funding from DFID. The research will examine the effects of food safety and hygiene interventions on diarrhoeal diseases among under five children in rural Malawi.

Malawi Small Town Environmental Sanitation Planning

The goal is to develop and validate a participatory planning methodology adapted to contexts typical for small town settings. The three year project will conduct comparative research between small towns in Nepal, Bolivia and Malawi and produce state-of-the-art guidelines for environmental sanitation planning and implementation in small towns.

SCHI: Scotland Chikwawa Health Initiative

The Scotland Chikwawa Health Initiative (SCHI) is implementing the ‘Healthy Settings’ approach to develop model communities (n=18), health promoting schools (n=3), healthy markets (n=2) and a model health facility (n=1). This is a multi-disciplinary programme which takes a human rights approach to community development with the determinants of health and community led priorities at the heart of it’s theory of change.

MREAP: Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme

The Scottish Government funded the £2.3m Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme (MREAP) from 2012-15. The objective was to accelerate energy access in Malawi through the use of renewable energy technologies. MREAP worked to empower disadvantaged communities to address their own energy needs and develop their own renewable energy projects, providing access to more reliable electricity for rural towns and villages.