Temwa works in remote, rural areas of northern Malawi – where poverty and climate change are a daily reality. They aim to develop thriving, inclusive and self-reliant communities that are able to transform their own futures.
Temwa are one of our four Trees+ programme partners. This means that a portion of every donation to onboard:earth from our event industry members, is delivered directly to Temwa to support their tree planting scheme, which focuses on agroforestry as a means of creating sustainable livelihoods for local communities.
At the heart of everything Temwa do is their commitment to community-led development: empowering communities to identify their own challenges and solutions, helping to break the poverty cycle and create lasting, sustainable change for the future.
In 2025 alone, onboard:earth supported communities in Northern Malawi to plant 10,280 trees with Temwa.
Cumulatively, since onboard:earth started working with Temwa our member’s donations have supported the planting of 49,847 trees. Importantly, Temwa support communities to develop
Developing Sustainable Livelihoods through Tree Planting and Sustainable Agriculture:
Temwa work with communities to plant fruit trees around homesteads, schools and community land to bring immediate nutritional benefits to families. They also work with farmers to plant diverse trees on their cultivated land for better soil and water management, limiting the damage caused by heavy rain or droughts.
They support the planting of fast-growing bamboo for firewood and the placing of beehives in forests, giving communities the incentive to protect existing forests. And they support reforestation of degraded land.
Their Farmer Fields Project entered its 3rd and final year in 2025. The project trained farmers in sustainable agricultural practices, including the production of manure (biochar Mbeya, compost and liquid manure), integrated pest management, inter/mixed cropping and soil and water conservation (swales, dams and marker ridges), water harvesting, small livestock mobilisation, cooking demonstrations and post-harvest storage and handling. Graduated farmers have also shared their learning with other farmers in their communities.
Read Temwa’s full impact report
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