Positive Steps
| Mission | We are a local Malawi grassroots-based NGO founded in 2003 and registered in 2007 and legally operating in the Southern Region of Malawi. Our desire is to address the plight and connection between HIV/AIDS, food security, livelihood patterns, effects of global warming and climate change and the prevailing gender imbalances, its effects and impact to the poor rural households in Balaka district, Malawi.
Vision - We envision a world in which all human beings are morally, mentally and physically developed and have opportunities to reach their full potential. Mission - Positive Steps exists to improve rural and grassroots households livelihood by providing sustainable integrated, locally driven solutions for human development. |
| Partner Type | Implementer |
| Organization Type | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organizational Expertise | Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Livelihoods, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development, Lab or Field Testing |
| Expertise |
The organization has experience as it grew from a community based organization into an NGO. 10 years of experience in working with the grassroots makes us better placed for community mobilization and we may say we are better placed We have our own office structures and some structures in the community We have staff that is widely conversant to all our programmes and initiatives |
| Technologies and Fuels | Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Charcoal, Pellets / Briquettes, Solar |
| Clean Cooking Activities | We are in the final stages of developing a business plan for cookstove distribution in Balaka, Chiradzulu, Mangochi and Phalombe districts.
The project aims to distribute more than 300,000 improved cooking stoves. The initiative wishes also to generate some income from pro-poor carbon markets like the CDM and the Gold Standard. |
| Partnership | Positive Steps defines itself an an NGO which is ready to take part in being a local partner enabling and engaging the grassroots communities on energy efficiency and mobilize the end-users on the effects of green-house gases.
Strategies Community Mobilization Engaging Community participation Project Identification and Origination Baseline Surveys Monitoring and KPTs Business Modeling and Business Planning for women groups who may wish to distribute the cookstoves Project Designing and development of PINs, PDDs and research and consulting |
| Regions Operating In | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Countries Operating In | Malawi |
| Address | P.O. Box 108
Along Zembani Lodge Road |
| City | Balaka |
| State/Province | Southern Region |
| Website | http://www.positivestepsmw.webs.com |
| Primary Point of Contact | |
| Salutation | Mr. |
| First Name | Clement |
| Last Name | Chiwala |
| director.postepmw@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 265 1 553 703 |
| Secondary Point of Contact | |
| Salutation | Mr. |
| First Name | Richard |
| Last Name | Tembo |
| programs.postepmw@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 265 993 118539 |
