Abundance

Sustainable Futures in Africa is delighted to partner with Abundance, a non-profit organization working towards creating better lives for humans and caring for nature. Abundance, an organisation based in Malawi and founded by SFA Partner Deepa Pullanikkatil, has collaborated with the research team currently conducting the research trials in Malawi.

 Abundance started in Malawi in 2016 and has a team of advisors and board members resident in Malawi, UK, Canada, Qatar, UAE, Swaziland and Mauritius. Malawi was chosen as the first country to begin Abundance’s work as it was the country that inspired the team to create the organization. It is one of the most needy countries in the world. Malawi is located in South-East Africa, with breath-taking natural beauty, but challenged by high levels of poverty and environmental degradation. Abundance has adopted Mbonda village in Machinga District in southern Malawi and undertook a needs assessment. Based on the assessment, Abundance is trying to meet the needs of communities. This includes support for health care through the provision of bicycle ambulance, promoting entrepreneurship by training youth and providing equipment for small businesses and making women’s household burden less by providing fuel-efficient stoves. The Abundance team is working on an integrated approach with the intention of creating deep impact improving human well-being and allowing nature to thrive in this area. Through this targetted approach “Abundance village” model will be developed and lessons learned for sharing and upscaling the model countrywide.