By Harris Kulemeka

Lilongwe, August 24, Mana: Hope Ministries International has urged people from surrounding Mwabwera Village in Traditional Authority Masumbankhunda in Lilongwe district to protect and conserve natural resources as one way of mitigating natural disasters in the area.

Hope Ministries International Project Manager Judith Likosa made the call Tuesday during an interface meeting with Mwabwera Village Natural Resources Management Committee at Malingunde in Lilongwe district.

 “We have been training these people on how they can protect and conserve the natural resources because we know that it is not only the role of government to ensure that people are protecting natural resources,” she said

Likosa said as an organization they have been providing tree seedlings to Mwabwera Village Natural Resources Management Committee so that they plant more trees for future generation to use and prevent them from natural disasters caused by deforestation.

She also encouraged people in the area to grow vegetables and some fruits which will later assist them as source of income and food for their good health.

Mwabwera Village Natural Resources Management Committee Secretary Enock Chiwanga thanked Hope Ministries International for the initiative saying it has assisted them to take an active role in sensitising people in the area to know the importance of protecting natural resources.

‘’Previously people were destroying natural resources in the area but since this organisation came in the area many people have known the importance of conserving natural resources.

“As of now we are able to replace trees in order to prevent disaster. We have managed to make by-laws that have been put in place to protect and conserve our natural resources,’’ said Chiwanga

During the interface the organisation also donated vegetable seeds like tomato, onions, chinese, cabbage and pesticides to the committee which will help them to generate funds for its sustainability.

Hope Ministries International is a Christian organization that deals with climate change and overpopulation.