Rural Poultry Centre in Malawi

22/07/2026

We are very grateful for the interest and visit by the Australian embassy personnel. It was an excellent opportunity to showcase our work and its impact on rural communities here in Malawi. Thank you.

13/07/2026

https://youtu.be/OJUo10QM-zo
Joy and celebration as community based vaccinators in rural Malawi receive bicycles to support their vital work.

These local men and women were trained a year earlier to vaccinate village chickens against Newcastle disease - the single most devastating threat to poultry in rural Malawi. Today, they are receiving bicycles that will enable them to reach more households, vaccinate more chickens, and protect more families from the devastating losses that Newcastle disease can cause. We are grateful for support from the Australian government in enabling this work.

Why does this matter? For most rural families, chickens are a critical source of protein and income. When flocks are wiped out by disease, it is not just chickens that are lost - it is food on the table, school fees, and a family's resilience. Vaccination prevents this. And bicycles make it possible for vaccinators to cover greater distances, visiting more villages and protecting more flocks.

This video was filmed in 2021, but the work continues. Our network of community based vaccinators has grown, and the impact remains as strong as ever.

Follow up on our work here: https://ruralpoultrymalawi.org/appeal-bikes.html

Joy and celebration as community based vaccinators in rural Malawi ...

11/07/2026

02/07/2026

History in the making! Last week we held our first training session at our new poultry centre at Chadza, training four local women in egg incubation technology.

A huge thank you to all our supporters, the Kyeema Foundation in Brisbane, and the Australian NGO Cooperation Program for their help in making this possible.

Read the full update here: https://ruralpoultrymalawi.org/news20260701.html

21/06/2026

We have belatedly published another newsletter! It has been a busy year, and we apologise for the radio silence.

In the past year, our community based vaccinators protected almost half a million chickens against Newcastle disease across four districts. We trained 37 new vaccinators to extend our reach. Our Farmer Field School at Chadza is taking shape, and next week we begin training women in incubation techniques to help them start their own micro-businesses.

We are deeply grateful to our supporters, and to the Australian Government through the ANCP program without which our work would be significantly diminished. We also thank Malawi's Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development for their continued partnership.

https://ruralpoultrymalawi.org/news20260619.html

18/04/2026

Exciting news from our training centre at Chadza. Today, we took delivery of a brand new 960-egg incubator from Incubators Malawi. Watch as we unload it from the truck and bring it into its new home.
A big shoutout to the Australian goverment support which made this possible through its Direct Aid Program (DAP) managed by the Harare Embassy.

Delivery of egg incubator - Rural Poultry Centre in Malawi