Good tea.
Better world.
Roots & Nourishmentof every order
goes directly to the programme.
Where every purchase lands.
At a maternity waiting home in the Area 25 neighbourhood of Lilongwe, Malawi, mothers in the final weeks of pregnancy come to wait, rest, and prepare.
The Roots & Nourishment programme is there to meet them — with organic, diversified meals made from fresh, locally grown ingredients, and the knowledge and seedlings to carry something home.
We are a direct channel of support to this programme. No intermediaries. On the ground, in Lilongwe.
Organic, diversified meals.
Freshly cooked meals drawing from multiple food groups — designed for genuine nourishment during pregnancy and the postnatal period.
A 4-course nutritious meal: starch, protein, fruit & vegetable — every visit.
Moringa & bamboo seedlings.
Fast-growing moringa for nutrition and medicine. Giant bamboo as an alternative to firewood, reducing pressure on forest resources.
“Every Nia Botanica purchase is a direct act of support — not a donation, not a percentage pledged to an abstraction, but a real contribution to real women in Lilongwe.”
Malawi Hibiscus
The Chongoni Mountains watershed.
Our Malawi Hibiscus rosella grows wild on the Chongoni Mountains watershed. Three villages have come together to build watershed resilience — stopping the increase in flooding caused by deforestation — through a green corridor of indigenous trees, giant bamboo, wildflowers, indigenous starch roots, and swale ridges.
The hibiscus is harvested traditionally by the women of Chongoni in the dry season. By sourcing directly from them, more of your purchase reaches the people who tend and harvest these plants.
2.5% of all revenue, always.
This is not a campaign. It is not conditional on a spending threshold. We believe that giving should be structural, not promotional.
Shop & give backQuestions about our impact work or the programme? hello@niabotanica.com