The Coordination Union for the Rehabilitation of the Environment recently conducted a courtesy visit to the Baylor College of Medicine and Ministry of Health Agroecology Resilience Demonstration Site at the Area 25 Health Centre in Lilongwe.
Baylor College of Medicine has made significant investments in infrastructure facilities to support women through modern cooking methods, aimed at ensuring biomass cost savings. Additionally, they have focused on cultivating various nutritious crops and vegetables at the site.
According to Afshan Omar, Coordinator of the site, these initiatives aim to highlight the interconnectedness of good agro-ecology practices with food security, nutrition, and environmental sustainability.
Expectant women get balanced food prepared from food grown at the facility.
In addition, discharged mothers that have given birth are provided with fruit seedlings, giant bamboo, and indigenous species to plant at home.
All these efforts serve to underscore the importance of integrating good agro-ecology practices with nutrition, food security, health, and environmental conservation.
CURE is exploring the possibilities of replicating the initiative elsewhere.