Background Background

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Malawi is one of the poorest countries in world, threatened by world, threatened by extremeextreme climate risks climate risks

Climate change is expected to make Climate change is expected to make things worse.things worse.

The communication and use of The communication and use of weather weather andand climate predictions is a crucial climate predictions is a crucial challenge for adaptation, particularly challenge for adaptation, particularly among illiterate farmers and other among illiterate farmers and other vulnerable community members.vulnerable community members.

Cyclones and flooding El Niño and Droughts Climate change

Climate risks

Context

Droughts

Partners

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1. Malawi Meteorological Services 2. Red Cross Climate change center3. Malawi Red Cross Society4. Malawi Institute of Management5. International Institute of Applied Sciences (IIASA)

Purpose and objectives Purpose and objectives

PurposePurpose Use of audio-visual tools to strengthen the capacity of Use of audio-visual tools to strengthen the capacity of

small holder farmers in salima district to adapt to small holder farmers in salima district to adapt to droughts and floods droughts and floods

Objectives Objectives 1.1. To accelerate and enhance training/learning in risk To accelerate and enhance training/learning in risk

communication, to drought adaptation strategies by communication, to drought adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers smallholder farmers

2.2. To learn from the communities on how they view and To learn from the communities on how they view and understand climate change and climate change understand climate change and climate change adaptation and build on these understandings adaptation and build on these understandings

Activities Activities Stakeholder meetings Stakeholder meetings Community sensitization Community sensitization Community assessments KAP study, vulnerability Community assessments KAP study, vulnerability

capacity assessment (VCA) and other social learning capacity assessment (VCA) and other social learning methods methods

Review and application of climate change scenariosReview and application of climate change scenarios Procurement of audio visual tools Procurement of audio visual tools Trainings Trainings Production of audio visual tools Production of audio visual tools Participatory workshops Participatory workshops Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and evaluation Documentation of the process Documentation of the process

participatory workshops using audio visual tools

Learning and sharing with the community on impact of floods/droughts, what happens during these disasters, what are the causes and how to predict the disasters and plan on how to do certain things differently

Expected progress:

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Community involvement and participation in collecting information for developing audio-visual tools and other materials

processstore

Disseminate:

Concerns and challenges Concerns and challenges

Designing and communicating weather Designing and communicating weather forecasts to illiterate farmers forecasts to illiterate farmers

Difficult to convince donors to fund Difficult to convince donors to fund adaptation programs. It requires long term adaptation programs. It requires long term fundingfunding

Lessons learnt Lessons learnt

Its not easy to mobilize funding for Its not easy to mobilize funding for adaptation programs adaptation programs