At Ripple Africa, we empower communities in Malawi to protect their environment and livelihoods through forest conservation, sustainable fishing, and emissions reduction. Our integrated approach ensures lasting impact across multiple areas.
As a corporate partner taking climate action, you can support holistic, meaningful solutions to the climate crisis while helping families and communities thrive.
As the proverb goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Forests provide a vital habitat for animals and support people by purifying the air we breathe and regulating local temperatures. They also act as carbon sinks.
By taking corporate climate action, you can support 1,800 Forest Conservation Committee members to protect 340 sq.km of forest in Malawi.
They educate their local community, carry out regular patrols and work together to prevent forest fires.
We have helped construct over 125,000 fuel-efficient cookstoves and support householders to maintain and use them.
These fuel-efficient cookstoves not only reduce emissions but contribute to protecting forests. Have you considered carbon offsetting for your company?
Each cookstove saves two bundles of wood per week, that is an incredible 250,000 bundles of firewood being saved, reducing household wood use by 67%.Â
We have established 474 Beach Village Committees (BVCs) who are protecting 136 fish breeding grounds along 736km of shoreline.
BVCs are empowered to manage the fishing in their area by making community members aware of the local bylaws and confiscating illegal nets and fining offenders.
Fishermen are using larger meshed gill nets and catching bigger fish and increasing their income.
