May 2026

Chanco Community Radio is owned and run by the University of Malawi and is the first environmental radio station in Malawi. The radio station was established by the University of Malawi with funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy through the Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Program (LCBCCAP), which was run by the Department of Forestry through the Forestry Research Institute of Malawi (FRIM), WorldFish, and Leadership for Environment and Development – Southern and Eastern Africa (LEAD-SEA).