Green Girls Platform

What Green Girls Platform does

Green Girls Platform (GGP) is a young women-led non-profit organization headquartered in Lilongwe, Malawi, that works with girls and young women aged 8–35 to address the gendered impacts of climate change on education, livelihoods, health, and safety. The organization delivers a portfolio of programs anchored on E-STEM for Climate Action (an integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics educational approach that also incorporates Indigenous knowledge via the proprietary Chilengedwe Handbook), the Young Women's Group of Climate Change Negotiators Program (a six-month leadership and negotiation training cohort), the Eco-Anxiety Project (mental health and economic empowerment), Her Resilience, Her Power (Disaster Risk Reduction), and Sports for Climate Action (basketball-led environmental stewardship). Programs are delivered through direct school- and community-based engagement across at least seven Malawian districts, including Lilongwe, Salima, Nkhotakota, Karonga, Mangochi, Mulanje, and Mzuzu, and through partnerships with UNICEF, UNESCO, NYCOM, Trócaire Malawi (Irish Aid), AWDF, Mama Cash, the National Youth Council of Malawi, the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST ADDA), and other civil society and government actors.

The organization's funding model is grant-dependent, with primary inflows from institutional donors (UNESCO, UNICEF, AWDF, Mama Cash, Irish Aid via Trócaire, NAAEE, Global Green Grants Fund, Global Resilience Fund, Peace-First, GIZ, Women Strong International, and others) for project-specific initiatives. A secondary, smaller revenue stream comes from a three-tier annual membership program (Seedlings MWK 10,000, Rising Voices MWK 15,000, Trailblazers MWK 25,000) and nominal event participation fees (e.g., Earth Day hike at K20,000 per person). Distribution is exclusively via direct community and school engagement, partner organization networks, and membership registration, with no traditional commercial channels. GGP is led by Executive Director Dorothy K. Mwale and an 11-person formal team, with reach reported at 1,200+ young people across E-STEM programs, 60 adolescent girls trained through the UNICEF/NYCOM Bootcamp, 30 young women in the 2025 Climate Negotiators cohort, and 3,800+ trees planted across multiple sites.

Name

Green Girls Platform

Legal name

Green Girls Platform

Website

https://greengirlsplatformmw.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Girls Platform is a young women-led non-profit in Malawi delivering E-STEM climate education, leadership training, and resilience programs to girls and young women aged 8–35 across multiple districts, funded primarily by institutional grants and partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Education and Youth Empowerment Programs

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Support Services (611710), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), Student Wellness & Prevention Programs (Substance Use, Sexual Health, Bullying) (EDAJAIAG)

Keywords

• Climate education
• Youth empowerment
• Gender responsive programming
• Environmental STEM learning
• Nonprofit community programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Lilongwe

HQ country

Malawi

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership tiers for different age groups (Seedlings, Rising Voices, Trailblazers) providing recurring revenue and community engagement.
2. Donations: Public donations supporting the organization and its climate justice programs for girls and young women in Malawi.
3. Grants and Funding: Institutional funding from donors including Mama Cash, UNESCO, African Women's Development Fund, UNICEF, Global Green Grants Fund, Irish Aid via Trocaire Malawi, and others supporting specific programs and projects.
4. Event Participation Fees: Revenue from community events such as the Earth Day Bunda Mountain Hike (K20,000 per individual).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Green Girls Platform is a young women-led non-profit organization that delivers climate education, climate justice, and economic empowerment programs for girls and young women aged 8–35 in Malawi. Its core offerings are programmatic rather than commercial and include the E-STEM for Climate Action curriculum (STEM integrated into environmental education), the Young Women's Group of Climate Change Negotiators Program, the Eco-Anxiety Project, Her Resilience, Her Power, and Sports for Climate Action (green basketball), supported by tiered annual memberships.

Product overview

Green Girls Platform operates as a program-based nonprofit organization rather than a software product company. The organization offers a portfolio of climate action programs centered on girls and young women aged 8-35 in Malawi. Core programs include E-STEM for Climate Action (educational initiative integrating STEM into environmental education), the Young Women's Group of Climate Change Negotiators Program (leadership and negotiation training), and Girls for Climate Action (adolescent resilience building). The portfolio also includes project-specific initiatives such as Her Resilience, Her Power, the Eco-Anxiety Project, and a Sports for Climate Action basketball program. The organization supplements its programs with a tiered membership system (Seedlings, Rising Voices, Trailblazers) offering access to the climate justice movement, skill-building resources, and networking opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• E-STEM for Climate Action: Project integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) into Environmental Education for young people to understand climate change and develop climate solutions.
• Young Women's Group of Climate Change Negotiators Program
• Her Resilience, Her Power
• Eco-Anxiety Project
• Sports for Climate Action

Products and services

• E-STEM for Climate Action Educational program integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) into Environmental Education to help young people aged 8–20 understand climate change and develop community-specific climate solutions. Delivered in primary and secondary schools and communities across Lilongwe and Salima districts in Malawi.
• Girls for Climate Action Project that strengthens adolescent girls' resilience to climate change in flood-prone districts by providing platforms for climate knowledge, leadership development, and adaptation measures tailored to their unique contexts.
• Young Women's Group of Climate Change Negotiators Program A 6-month leadership program that transforms young women into effective climate leaders and negotiators, deepening understanding of climate-negotiation themes, designing community-based climate projects, and mentoring younger girls for intergenerational leadership.
• Her Resilience, Her Power Project supporting girls and young women in Nkhotakota District with safe spaces for emotional healing, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) training, and leadership development to tackle eco-anxiety and build climate resilience.
• Eco-Anxiety Project Project creating safe and supportive spaces for girls and young women to process the emotional toll of climate instability while equipping participants with business and financial skills for economic resilience.
• Green Girls Platform Membership Tiered annual membership program offering voice amplification, safe spaces, networking, skill-building, and climate action opportunities for girls and young women in Malawi.
• Green Basketball Team (Sports for Climate Action) Sports for Climate Action initiative using basketball to engage young women in environmental stewardship and community leadership through partnerships and climate-focused projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached 1,200+ young people through E-STEM programs with 12 youth-led climate action projects implemented
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA)coreTechnology or Integration · 30 September 2025On September 30, 2025, GGP officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MUST ADDA. The partnership focuses on leveraging cutting-edge technology, particularly drone and data literacy to address pressing environmental and climate change challenges. The collaboration integrates ADDA's expertise into GGP's programs for enhancing climate solutions through STEM and innovation. Prof. Address Malata, Vice Chancellor of MUST, provides visionary leadership supporting the collaboration.
• Plan InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Kauma Tree Planting initiative with Plan International Green Anglicans, Young Progressive Environmental Solutions, ICCM, and MCCN. 1,500 tree seedlings planted at Kauma Primary School.
• Mzuzu DiocesemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with GGP's Young Women Climate Negotiators Program. In partnership with Mzuzu Diocese, young women leader Malumbo Mkinga mobilized 40 young people from various clubs across Mzuzu for community climate action projects.
• Lessons in ConservationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on E-STEM project in Mkwinda, bringing together enthusiastic children for educational sessions on environmental science and STEM's role in environmental protection.
• CEZOBALminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Green Girls Basketball Team for cleanup drive at Kamuzu Institute for Sports basketball court on April 16, 2026.
• Lilongwe City CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on tree planting event at Area 18 interchange. Partnered on identifying schools highly affected by deforestation and supporting green space development.
• Clean Cities ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead organizer of Climate Justice March on March 31, 2026. GGP joined coalition of youth-led organizations to demand climate policy reform, presenting petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change.
• Green AnglicansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Kauma Tree Planting initiative combining environmental restoration with community engagement.
• Malawi GovernmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner collaborating on climate and environmental programs at national level.
• National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized Adolescent Girls for Climate Action Bootcamp with UNICEF Malawi, training 60 adolescent girls across six districts.
• Malawi Scotland PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner supporting climate justice initiatives.
• CONGOMAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society partner in climate action network.
• MACODAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in climate and development initiatives.
• PurposefulminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting girls' and young women's empowerment.
• NGORAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society network partner.
• Conserve with BenefitsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConservation partner.
• Ascent SoccerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSports for climate action partner through Green Girls Basketball.
• Africa Climate Justice MovementmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional climate justice movement network partner.
• ACT UmbanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate action partner.
• Youth Mappers MalawiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth mapping and data partner for climate initiatives.
• LOGOVVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner.
• For EqualityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGender equality partner.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Malala Fund: Malala Fund works globally for girls' education and empowerment in multiple regions. It is a broad incumbent because it shares GGP's focus on building girls' agency and leadership, but operates a global grantmaking and advocacy model rather than grassroots climate programming.
• Mama Cash: Mama Cash is one of the world's oldest international women's funds supporting feminist and girls' rights organizations. It is a broad incumbent because it directly funds GGP's Karonga tree-planting program, operates in the same gender-and-rights funder ecosystem, but functions as a grantmaker rather than a program implementer.
• Greenpeace Africa: Greenpeace Africa is the regional office of the global environmental NGO focused on climate, forests, and environmental justice in Africa. It is a broad incumbent because it operates in the same climate advocacy space in Africa as GGP, but at much larger scale and with a wider thematic scope beyond youth and gender.
• Plan International: Plan International is a large global NGO advancing children's rights and girls' equality. It is a broad incumbent because it works across all of GGP's thematic areas (girls' empowerment, climate, education) and is itself a GGP partner on the Kauma tree-planting initiative, but operates at global scale rather than focused on climate specifically.

Direct peers

• Children's Forest Programme: Children's Forest Programme is an international initiative that engages children and youth in tree planting and environmental restoration. It is a direct peer because both organizations combine youth-led environmental action with education, with comparable tree-planting outputs (3,800+ trees by GGP) and school-based delivery models.
• Girl Up (UN Foundation): Girl Up is a UN Foundation initiative funding girl-led advocacy and leadership programs globally. It is a direct peer because both organizations cultivate adolescent and young women as advocates for climate, gender, and rights issues, with comparable peer-education and leadership development approaches.
• Wangari Maathai Foundation: The Wangari Maathai Foundation advances environmental stewardship through community empowerment in Kenya. It is a direct peer because both organizations combine Indigenous knowledge, women's leadership, and grassroots environmental action in East Africa, with similar community-based delivery models.
• Solar Sister: Solar Sister is a women-led social enterprise delivering clean energy across sub-Saharan Africa. It is a direct peer because both organizations center African women and girls as solution-drivers for climate change, combining grassroots distribution with gender-focused empowerment programming.
• Purposeful: Purposeful is a Sierra Leone-based nonprofit that empowers girls and young women to speak, lead, and drive change. It is a direct peer because both organizations share a girls-and-young-women empowerment model in West/Central Africa with explicit capacity-building and advocacy components, and Purposeful is itself a listed GGP partner.
• African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC): AYICC is a pan-African youth-led coalition working on climate change policy and action across the continent. It is a direct peer because both GGP and AYICC focus on building African youth capacity for climate advocacy and implementation, targeting similar age demographics with grassroots mobilization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GirlsPlatform
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCA9pHIP7JilBPcNnzqLK0UQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/GreenGirlsPlatform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/green-girls-platform
• Instagraminstagram.com/greengirlsplatform
• TikToktiktok.com/@greengirlsplatform3

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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