Lexah Mkandawire Harrison was born and brought up in Malawi and returned there from the UK in 2001. She became increasingly aware of the many issues faced by the most vulnerable in the local community.

In 2002, she invited some women for a chat under the tree outside her house. This turned into a meeting on nutrition and they began to run classes on cooking, organic gardening and making the most of available ingredients.

Kurya Ndiko Uku was born! The name means “This is the way to eat” in Tumbuka.

From 2010, the CBO started to go international! The women developed links with volunteers from Japan, USA, Ireland and the UK. Ideas and dreams blossomed into self-fund projects and lives started to change.

There are now over 40 CBO members who work hard to answer the needs of those around them.