Students for Malawi: Sintha Chisitu

Eight out of ten people in Malawi are involved in agriculture and yet half of rural households face food shortages for up to 5 months a year. Poor farmers are unable to afford expensive imported fertilizers and spend up to 1.5 hours per day sourcing energy supplies for cooking, lighting, heating and phone charging due to lack of electrification in rural areas. This proposal aims to develop a locally produced system to collect liquid and solid human waste and convert this into affordable fertilizer and safe energy (such as briquettes and biogas), and establish its commercial viability. The roll out of this system would provide opportunities for employment and community based businesses.

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