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Zomba-based entrepreneur fights to protect environment through waste recycling
According to Gulule, this is the reason she thought of coming up with an idea of what she could do to make sure she was taking part in protecting the environment.
Malawi: In a quest to overcome challenges that have locked areas surrounding the city of Zomba due to improper dumping of wastes, Zomba-based Florence Gulule, founder of F and S Social Enterprise, has embarked on a project of protecting the environment through the recycling of dumping wastes, writes Chionetsero Cham'bwinja.
"I thought it wise that it is not only the duty of the government or other organizations to protect the environment, but we as citizens have a role to play in making sure that our environment is protected and, hence, preventing impacts that arise due to the wastes that are just dumped anyhow," said Gulule, director of F and S Enterprise, an enterprise engaged in protecting the environment through the recycling of various dumping wastes.
According to Gulule, this is the reason she thought of coming up with an idea of what she could do to make sure she was taking part in protecting the environment.
"Having analyzed the situation, it's when I came up with the idea of making these products that I also made money out of it and, in the process, protected the environment. Some of the products we are making are organic fertilizers made from dumping waste, briquettes made from various waste, sanitary pads, and reusable bags," Gulule added.
Apart from making these reusable products, through her other co-founded organization, Strive for Empowerment Network (SEN), Florence is implementing a three-year project in GVH Thomallani, Chisuzi in the Zomba District, targeting areas related to gender-based violence, environmental responsibility, reproductive health, and nutrition.
Malawi, and the world at large, have for years been succumbing to the negative impacts of improper dumping of wastes that mainly lead to land pollution, increasing the risk of humans contracting diseases such as cholera, which is currently on the rise in many parts of the country.