Youth-centric restoration in Thyolo

In 2017, the Green Acre Initiative-GAI organisation launched a project called Youth in Natural Resources Management (YNRM); objectively to impart knowledge and skills in the youth in environmental and natural resources management being the future leaders for sustainable development. The project is being implemented at Ntambanyama Full Primary School in Southern Region District of Thyolo in Malawi.

 

The project seeks to restore degraded landscapes. The approach used is youth engagement and self-help.The School was identified because it had degraded landscapes and environment which predisposed it to natural disasters leading recurrent blow-up of classroom roofs posing danger to learners.

 

 The project has restored the school premise degraded landscapes; addressed recurrent disasters, equipped learners with knowledge and skills in environmental and natural resources management, and established a woodlot.