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Salomy Banda, Natural Resource College, Scholarship Lilongwe, Malawi

 
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Sustainable envrionment and natural resources management

Salomy Banda is the second born daughter of Hector Banda. WildiZe met Hector back in 1999 when he was an intern at the Aspen Center for Envrionmental Studies through Abwenzi African Studies organization. Through the years we'd kept in touch and Hector then applied for a scholarship for Salomy in 2008.

Salomy is in her second year studying  for her  diploma. He dream after completing her studies is to meaningfully contribute  towards  environment and community development and improve food security.


Natural Resource College, Malawi http://www.nrc.mw/nrchome.htm

The Natural Resources College is an Agricultural and Natural Resources Training Institution situated 16 km west of the Capital City of Malawi, Lilongwe. Built on a 270 ha. estate, the College has excellent training facilities, which include a farm, natural forest and neighbouring farming communities.


The College farm stocks cattle, goats, sheep and poultry and grows maize,tobacco, groundnuts, cassava, beans, mushrooms, cut flowers, fruits and vegetables

These produce are also used to feed students and participants to College courses thus providing them with fresh and nutritious supplies. In times of need the College also helps to feed surrounding communities when their harvest is low.

 

 

FAST FACTS:

Malawi is among the world's least developed and most densely populated countries. The economy is heavily based in agriculture, with a largely rural population. The Malawian government depends heavily on outside aid to meet development needs, although this need (and the aid offered) has decreased since 2000. The Malawian government faces challenges in growing the economy, improving education, health care and the environmental protection and becoming financially independent. Malawi has several programs developed since 2005 that focus on these issues, and the country's outlook appears to be improving, with improvements in economic growth, education and healthcare seen in 2007 and 2008.