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Community Rise Organization-(CRO)

About Community Rise

Community Rise (CR) is a local non-governmental organization which was founded in 2004 as a Community based organization and registered with Malawi Government in 2007 under Trustees Incorporation Act with a Certificate number: TR/INC 2324. It operated as a CBO until 2013 when it changed its status to be local NGO as such it registered with C in 2013. After a break for some years, it started for a full swim in 2019. In 2021 it registered with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA) to comply with Malawi laws. Since its inception, Community Rise has been committed to empowering marginalized women, youth, and children by addressing systemic barriers to education, health, economic empowerment, gender equality, and community resilience. The organization employs an integrated, community-centered approach to ensure lasting impact and sustainability in its programming. Sustainable Community Rise is a local non-governmental organization which was founded in 2004 as a Community based organization and registered with Malawi Government in 2007 under Trustees Incorporation Act with a Certificate number: TR/INC 2324. It operated as a CBO until 2013 when it changed its status to be local NGO as such it registered with CHICOSUDO in 2013. After a break for some years, it started for a full swim in 2019. In 2021 it registered with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA) to comply with Malawi laws. Since its inception, Community Rise Organization has been committed to empowering marginalized women, youth, and children by addressing systemic barriers to education, health, economic empowerment, gender equality, and community resilience. The organization employs an integrated, community-centered approach to ensure lasting impact and sustainability in its programming.

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    What we do

    Poverty

    Poverty

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    Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

    Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

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    Climate Change

    Climate Change

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    Exclusion of Women,
Youth, and Persons 
with Disabilities

    Exclusion of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities

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    Districts that We Are Operatin Now

    Blantyre

    Mulanje

    Thyolo

    Our scaling pathway:

    Community Rise Organization exists to break the cycle of poverty, inequality, and vulnerability by empowering marginalized women, youth, and children. We leverage community strengths—including solidarity groups, traditional leadership structures, and indigenous knowledge—to co-create solutions that are people-driven, inclusive, and sustainable

    • Addressing poverty
    • Gender-based violence (GBV)
    • Climate change and systemic exclusion
    • leveraging community strengths to Leliver sustainable, inclusive solutions.