What's New
JANEEMO Education launches
A wide variety of people attended the launch, including teachers, international developers, foresters and film-makers. Two films, produced by students at the Edinburgh College of Art, were screened for the audience. These are being widely distributed to Scottish schools, and being used by teachers to stimulate exercises, lesson plans ans games.
At the launch, pupils of Grantown Grammar School encouraged participants to play their JANEEMO board games, including Janeemopoly and JANEEMO snakes and ladders.
JANEEMO Education is being developed in partnership with government body, Learning and Teaching Scotland, to deliver the national Curriculum for Excellence.
Imani Development joins JANEEMO team
Africa and Scotland-based Imani Development is a group of enterprise development experts, which will develop markets for JANEEMO products and explore product certification. It joins the team at an exciting time, with a new phase starting to bring JANEEMO tree products to market.
JANEEMO newsletter - 20 May 2010
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JANEEMO showcased at Copenhagen climate summit
The JANEEMO education film is being shown at the Development and Climate Days Annual Film Festival, a side event to the COP15 Climate Change conference in Copenhagen.
BAFTA-nominee film makers bring JANEEMO to Scottish schools
Two budding documentary makers have created an educational film about JANEEMO. It will be premiered in December 2009 and be distributed to Scottish schools over the next year.
JANEEMO welcomed by community at festival
In July, 2000 people, including Malawian environment and energy minister, Grain Malunga, celebrated a JANEEMO festival at Mirole secondary school, Chikwawa
Cooking and lighting with JANEEMO biogas
The JANEEMO Biogas digester prototype is now being demonstrated and tested in Blantyre before being further adapted and transported to Nyanggu Village in Chikwawa.
Get busy with the JANEEMOIDS
The JANEEMOIDS are cartoon characters created by the JANEEMO partners to add some colour and fun to JANEEMO messages for school children in Chikwawa.
JANEEMO congratulated on Partnership and Quality Collaboration
On July 9th Mr. Mavung, District Planning and Development Officer, from Chikwawa District Assembly congratulated the JANEEMO project tem and all of its partners for how they are working together to mutually compliment each other.
JANEEMO sustainable firewood stall in Ndirande
JANEEMO is working with the Department of Forestry (IFMSLP) and Play
Soccer Malawi to bring choice to firewood consumers in Blantyre.
JANEEMO at the Blantyre Trade Fair
ENTECH and the Department of Forestry (EU/GOM IFMSLP) promoted and
sold JANEEMO products at the Blantyre International Trade Fair 19-29 June 2009.
Moringa substitute for fresh water fish meal
The JANEEMO project, in conjunction with the Chikwawa District Fisheries
Department, will be studying the potential of Moringa, locally known
as Sagowa, as a “healthy” feedstock substitute to imported fish meal.
Moringa to be used as a plant growth enhancer
The Janeemo project team are working with the Chikwawa District Agriculture Office to study the potential of Moringa extract as a liquid fertilizer.
Janeemo feature in The Scotsman
A 1200 word photo feature article on Janeemo was published in The Scotsman, on Saturday 21st March. 'How Livingstone links are helping Malawian Villagers go for Growth' introduced Janeemo, its aims and outcomes. It also discussed the need for aid to promote enterprises and to reduce dependency culture. Interviews were conducted with farmers, Noah Daswanda, Dorothy Nduma and Nelio Makudzo. Karen Edwards and Jonah Chimuroso were also quoted.
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Film competition for documentary makers
Film students at the Edinburgh School of Art have been invited to participate in a competition to make a film about JANEEMO for Scottish school children. This will form a key part of the education pack being developed by the JANEEMO team.
Moringa Food Trial
The JANEEMO team has been invited to participate in a food trial of moringa by The University of Malawi. Moringa is one of the three crops being grown under the JANEEMO system.