Climate project empowers communities in Chikwawa
Residents of Traditional Authority Chapananga in the Chikwawa District report that a climate-smart public works program has helped them escape extreme poverty. Participants earn wages over 24 days by performing work to mitigate climate change. Their tasks include digging trenches and check dams. They also reclaim gullies and plant trees to restore the environment.
People in Traditional Authority Chapananga in Chikwawa District have said the Climate-Smart Enhanced Public Works Programme has lifted them out of abject poverty. Participants under the project work for wages in 24 days implementing interventions to mitigate against climate change, including reclaiming gullies, digging check dams and trenches as well as planting trees to replenish … The post Climate project empowers communities in Chikwawa appeared first on Nation Online .