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Help us gain a share of a $25,000 giving circle!

Help us gain a share of a $25,000 giving circle!

Hi everyone! We need your help. My Giving Circle is giving away $25,000 to Australia's favorite charities across four categories. We are currently #4 in our category as a community development organisation. With your help we can get to the Top 3 and receive between AUD 1000 to AUD 2000 in grant

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Filed Under: Australia, Call to Action, Cooperatives Tagged With: Australia, Charity, Community, Cooperative, Development, donate, Empower, Giving, Malawi, Philanthropy, Vote

Our Trip to Malawi – Matt and Wendy Napier

Our Trip to Malawi – Matt and Wendy Napier

This month we have a guest blog post by our partners Matt and Wendy Napier (Walk to a Better World)   We recently had the opportunity to visit some of Empower’s projects in Malawi and see first-hand the work they are doing to empower local communities. Our trip started with a tour of

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Filed Under: Australia, Malawi, People Tagged With: Cooperatives, Development, Financial Inclusion, Malawi, Microfinance, Permaculture, Philanthropy

What is permaculture?

What is permaculture?

What is permaculture? Here at Empower Projects, we are CONSTANTLY talking about "permaculture" and whether our approaches to agriculture, community financing, technology or training are being informed by it. But what is it exactly? Why is it so important to us?  Our Founder Shanil Samarakoon is

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Filed Under: Australia, Malawi, Permaculture, Sri Lanka, Values Tagged With: Agriculture, Empower, Organic, Permaculture, Renewables, Sustainability

A Massive 2016!

A Massive 2016!

Greetings from Sri lanka everyone! As our Executive Director in Malawi says, "Change is a seed of slow growth" and in this light 2015 has been an important year for Empower Projects. It is a year in which we received tax deductibility status in Australia, effectively doubled the size of our team

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Filed Under: Australia, Malawi Tagged With: 2016, Achievements, Africa, Agriculture, Capacity building, Cooperatives, Empower, Finance, Future, Goals, Impact, Inclusion, Malawi, Permaculture, Sri Lanka, Support, Sustainability, Training

We are Tax Deductible in Australia!

We are Tax Deductible in Australia!

It is with great pride and deep satisfaction that I announce that Empower Projects now has DGR status in Australia! As of the of the 25th of June 2015, all donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia. This is a tremendous achievement as we are a small organisation - we are currently

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Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: DGR, Donations, Empower, Finance, Fundraising, News

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  • Help us gain a share of a $25,000 giving circle!
  • Three agricultural cooperatives outline their five year vision
  • From the Field: Empower Malawi launches new project in Lilongwe District

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We are an Australian for purpose organisation that enables rural communities to pursue their vision towards self-reliance. We adopt an asset-based approach to development and currently support grassroot initiatives in Malawi and Sri Lanka.

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