MALAWI
Natural disasters have increased in number over the last ten years (IFRC World Disasters Report, 2004) with the greatest impact on vulnerable communities of the world. The “Warm Heart of Africa”, Malawi, one of the poorest countries, is threatened by climate phenomena such as floods, droughts and the effects of climate change. Subsistence farmers from the Mphunga Group Village, Ndindi, Salima northeast of Lilongwe, participated in a photo/video project to highlight the social consequences of the changing climatic conditions of their community.

The participants created videos in 2007 & 08 that communicate relevant information and ideas directly from the villagers’ point of view illustrating the relationship between climate variability and patterns of adaptation.

The project was partially funded by the Art Matters Foundation, the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre with the collaboration of the Malawi Red Cross Society.

VIDEOS

Mphunga Village, Malawi: Climate Change

A participatory video by subsistence farmers on the effects of climate change in Malawi.

Madzi/Water

The Mphunga Group Villagers near Salima, Malawi participated in a photo/video project to create this film highlighting the social consequences of the changing climatic conditions on their community.

Kayinde

A Malawi Folk Tale filmed at the Traditional Authority of Maganga, with a political moral.