Malomo Mother Group Entrepreneurship

About this Project

Mother Group for Molomo Community Day Secondary School will use the $982.45 World Connect grant to establish a vegetable garden and fruit orchard at Malomo Community Day Secondary School. The income generated from sales of the garden harvests and tree seedlings  will enable the Mother Group to support less privileged students at the school. Additionally, the project will also distribute 2,150 tree seedlings within the community to help in the fight against deforestation.

The establishment of Irish potatoes and onion gardens at Malomo CDSS is taking shape. Using $982.45 of grant funds, Malomo CDSS Mother Group has planted two acres of Irish Potatoes and one acre of onions. Tree nursery will be established in October, closer to the rainy season to ensure survivability of the trees once planted. Proceeds from selling produce from the gardens and the tree seedlings will be used to support vulnerable female learners from the school.

In an effort to support vulnerable children at Malomo Community Day Secondary School in Ntchisi, the school's Mother Group successfully utilized $982.45 to establish a vegetable garden and fruit orchard. They cultivated two acres of Irish potatoes and one acre of onions as an income-generating initiative to help cover school fees for underprivileged students. As a result, 40 girls who were on the verge of dropping out had their full school fees of K20,000 each paid. This project not only enabled equal access to education for these students but also helped prevent early marriages often driven by school dropout.

The chair lady of the group, Dorothy Chipokosa expressed her satisfaction with the project, stating: “The project fulfilled its intended objectives. We witnessed 40 girls at Malomo Secondary School who literally had no means to pay their school fees receive the support they needed. This was made possible because the project empowered the Mother Group to venture into farming, and the proceeds were used to assist the girls. The timely intervention helped protect them from early and unplanned marriages.”