WaterAid's partners in Malawi

Willy and partners

A private sector, engineering based consultancy organization, specializing in water supply. Willy and Partner is WaterAid's partner in the rehabilitation of an existing gravity fed system at Chagwa in the Machinga District of southern Malawi, working through the District Assembly and local committees.

Owner Wellington Mandowa has long experience of working on rural piped schemes in Malawi, and extensive knowledge of their design and function. To complement this, WaterAid is supporting the local community in developing skills to advocate for, and then manage and sustain, a rehabilitated system.

As they have good links with the Ministry of Water Development, it is anticipated that Willy and Partner will subsequently be in an even better position to advocate for the appropriate use of gravity fed schemes at district and national level across Malawi.

Central Church Africa - Presbyterian Synod of Livingstonia

A church organization working extensively in the north of the country and is WaterAid's partner in the Malawian eco-sanitation project. Its initial work was mostly traditional health care provision, but today the emphasis is on more fundamental, community health needs.

WaterAid is supporting the mission at Embangweni, near Mziba, in developing the potential for parallel sanitation and hygiene promotion. Eco-sanitation is a central plank of this initiative, and it is expected that the lessons learned here will soon be much more widely disseminated.

Salima District Assembly. Kuluunda, Maganga and Pemba Area Development Committees.

WaterAid is working with these partner local government bodies on developing capacity for planning and coordinating shallow well improvement and eco-sanitation initiatives, while encouraging the development of local advocacy skills.