UNESCO organized an Experts meeting on Education for Sustainable Development in Mauritius. This is a presentation on Non-formal Climate Change Education, Advocacy and Experiences from Malawi by Deepa Pullanikkatil.

1. Non formal Climate Change Education and
Advocacy; experiences from Malawi
Deepa Pullanikkatil
LEAD Southern and Eastern
Africa,
d_pullani@yahoo.com
Presented at UNESCO Experts
meeting on environmental
education on 21 Mar 2013,
Intercontinental, Balaclava,
Mauritius
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3. Malawi country profile
• Total population (2010): 15.7 million
• Population trebled in past 40 years
• Proportion of total population dependent on
agriculture for a livelihood: 85 percent
• Proportion living below poverty datum line:
6.3 million
• Lake Malawi
Source: Synthesized from ActionAID (2006), National Statistical Office (2010), UNEP
(2010), Yaron et al. (2010), and FAO (2011).
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Climate Change and Climate Variability
Number of people
affected by extreme
events (3 droughts,
15 floods, 1 storm)
between 2000 and
2009: 9.6 million

5. Introduction to LEAD

6. LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa
• Training +Projects on CC Adaptation
• LEAD SEA, WorldFish Center and
Forestry Research Institute of Malawi
are implementing the Lake Chilwa
Basin Climate Change Adaptation
Programme (LCBCCAP).
• It is a five year programme whose
overall goal is to secure the
livelihoods of 1.5 million people in
the Lake Chilwa Basin , Southern
Malawi, and enhance resilience of
natural resource base.
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8. Non-formal Climate Change
education and advocacy
Members of Parliament
Faith Leaders
Community Based Organizations
Drama Groups
Music Groups/Choirs
District Officials
Radio Listeners Clubs
Womens Groups
Farmer Groups
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9. CC Adaptation Technology:
Solar Fish drying

10. Briquette Making

11. Conservation Agriculture, for climate
change adaptation

12. Fuel efficient fish
smoking kilns
Paper
Recycling
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13. Producer groups trained and linked to
markets

14. Citizen Science
Communities recording weather data

15. Advocacy: Radio Listeners Clubs
• Citizen Journalism
• “A voice for the communities”
• 10 Clubs (10-12 volunteer members in each)
• “Pakadafunda”
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16. Radio Listeners Clubs
• Programmes include “Let’s Stop Hunger”; “Drying
of Lake Chilwa”; and “Climate Change and
Deforestation”; “Stop Child marriages”
community
based
management-
nursery, tree
planting, stopped
a child marriage

17. Training and Advocacy: Faith Groups
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18. Faith Groups
• A number of media reports
• Environmental stewardship incorporated into
sermons
• Interfaith Declaration

19. Advocacy: Music and Drama

20. Customized training material

21. Conclusion
• Benefits of training – Better adaptation to CC
– Skills enhanced
– Entrepreneurship encouraged
– Environment friendly way of fish processing
– Incomes increased
– Training of trainers (upscaling)
– Exchange visits (motivation)
• Challenges: Translation of technical language,
follow up after training, measurement of
effectiveness.
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