As you know Wildlife Action Group’s primary mission is protecting the Thuma and Dedza-Salima forest reserves and its wildlife. A close second is helping the surrounding villages improve their standard of living. The establishment of poultry clubs is one way which has been very successful. Following is a recent post from WAG:

Poultry Clubs Thriving Through Knowledge & Good Practice
Our community poultry clubs are doing incredibly well — and it’s no accident.
Through good animal husbandry practices, consistent monitoring, and improved housing and feeding systems, members are seeing healthier birds and stronger flocks.
A major success has been the implementation of a strict Newcastle Disease vaccination protocol. Our trained community vaccinators are ensuring timely and correct vaccine administration, significantly reducing preventable losses and improving flock survival rates.
But the real impact goes beyond healthy chickens.
Households are now:
✔️ Making informed decisions about flock size and stock management
✔️ Planning sales strategically to generate income
✔️ Improving household nutrition
✔️ Strengthening financial independence
Access to knowledge means access to choice. And choice means empowerment.
When farmers understand disease control, feed management, and market timing, they are no longer reacting to losses — they are planning for growth.
This is what sustainable, community-led development looks like.

The raising of chickens provides multiple benefits. The flocks supply meat and eggs for better nutrition as well as income when the clubs sell the birds and eggs. It also gives a sense of self worth to the people for engaging in a worthwhile enterprise and teaches them valuable skills about business.

In the future we will report on the success of some of the other WAG programs

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