Scaling sustainable agriculture in Kakumbi Chiefdom, Zambia
Mizu Eco-Care is an environmental/conservation organization dedicated to protecting the environment and enriching human life through agency. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, the organization operates an agroecology base in Mfuwe where they develop sustainable agricultural practices and environmental restoration initiatives. Through their sustainable agroecological practices, they bring learning and precision to soil regeneration and restoration. The organization actively advocates for forest conservation, including efforts to protect Lusaka's Forest Reserve 27, which serves as a source of the Chalimbana River and holds significant ecological importance. Mizu Eco-Care is also involved in environmental advocacy/activism defending ecosystems and vulnerable communities threatened by pollution and environmental degradation.
Global March for Elephants and Rhinos (GMFER) is dedicated to stopping the poaching of elephants and rhinos by working with indigenous communities to influence governments and world leaders. The organization mobilizes action throughout the year to pressure governments, world leaders and businesses to end wildlife trade, both legal and illegal. GMFER's programs engage indigenous voices at the intersection of modernity, history and culture, and works with organizations like the Black Mambas, the world's first indigenous all-female anti-poaching unit, to amplify earth's wild voices.
Project story
Mizu Eco-Care has embarked on a Hunger and Poverty Reduction Project in Kakumbi Chiefdom in South Luangwa, Mfuwe, Zambia. It commenced with the support of the High Five Club and the Rotary Club of Canterbury in the United Kingdom. It now continues with the support of the Egmont Trust from the United Kingdom.
Small scale farmers face low yields, high production costs and the brunt of the impacts of climate change. As Mizu Eco-Care we promote Agroecology as the number one vehicle for Climate Action in Africa and as a vital intervention and alternative green livelihood for small-scale farmers in areas where human-wildlife conflict, poaching, and deforestation are prevalent. Both co-founders of Mizu Eco-Care, Timothy Kamuzu Phiri and Innocent Kamuzu Phiri are Agroecologists trained at the Kasisi Agricultural Training Institute.
Our agroecology base is in Thom village where we have also established a seedbank to help small-scale farmers use indigenous seeds to reduce their production costs and broaden their nutritional base. Our agroecology training covered keyhole gardens and minimal tillage land preparation for dry-season resilience, making of Bocashi fermented manure and leaf tea manures, beehives for pollination and income, chicken management for nutrition and sale, and demo plots for community learning.
Our work requires scaling up to reach more small-scale farmers. We also need to install water tanks, solar water pumps and irrigation systems, to enable us to be able to conduct our farming activities even in the dry season when there is zero rainfall.
— PLEASE SUPPORT Mizu Eco-care’s LIFE SUSTAINING WORK —
HELP US MEET OUR GOAL to RAISE 20,000 US Dollars to implement this new small-scale farmer effort.
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Scaling sustainable agriculture in Kakumbi Chiefdom, Zambia
Mizu Eco-Care is an environmental/conservation organization dedicated to protecting the environment and enriching human life through agency. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, the organization operates an agroecology base in Mfuwe where they develop sustainable agricultural practices and environmental restoration initiatives. Through their sustainable agroecological practices, they bring learning and precision to soil regeneration and restoration. The organization actively advocates for forest conservation, including efforts to protect Lusaka's Forest Reserve 27, which serves as a source of the Chalimbana River and holds significant ecological importance. Mizu Eco-Care is also involved in environmental advocacy/activism defending ecosystems and vulnerable communities threatened by pollution and environmental degradation.
Global March for Elephants and Rhinos (GMFER) is dedicated to stopping the poaching of elephants and rhinos by working with indigenous communities to influence governments and world leaders. The organization mobilizes action throughout the year to pressure governments, world leaders and businesses to end wildlife trade, both legal and illegal. GMFER's programs engage indigenous voices at the intersection of modernity, history and culture, and works with organizations like the Black Mambas, the world's first indigenous all-female anti-poaching unit, to amplify earth's wild voices.
Project story
Mizu Eco-Care has embarked on a Hunger and Poverty Reduction Project in Kakumbi Chiefdom in South Luangwa, Mfuwe, Zambia. It commenced with the support of the High Five Club and the Rotary Club of Canterbury in the United Kingdom. It now continues with the support of the Egmont Trust from the United Kingdom.
Small scale farmers face low yields, high production costs and the brunt of the impacts of climate change. As Mizu Eco-Care we promote Agroecology as the number one vehicle for Climate Action in Africa and as a vital intervention and alternative green livelihood for small-scale farmers in areas where human-wildlife conflict, poaching, and deforestation are prevalent. Both co-founders of Mizu Eco-Care, Timothy Kamuzu Phiri and Innocent Kamuzu Phiri are Agroecologists trained at the Kasisi Agricultural Training Institute.
Our agroecology base is in Thom village where we have also established a seedbank to help small-scale farmers use indigenous seeds to reduce their production costs and broaden their nutritional base. Our agroecology training covered keyhole gardens and minimal tillage land preparation for dry-season resilience, making of Bocashi fermented manure and leaf tea manures, beehives for pollination and income, chicken management for nutrition and sale, and demo plots for community learning.
Our work requires scaling up to reach more small-scale farmers. We also need to install water tanks, solar water pumps and irrigation systems, to enable us to be able to conduct our farming activities even in the dry season when there is zero rainfall.
— PLEASE SUPPORT Mizu Eco-care’s LIFE SUSTAINING WORK —
HELP US MEET OUR GOAL to RAISE 20,000 US Dollars to implement this new small-scale farmer effort.
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Zambia
Round 3
Jul 1-21, 2026
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