Mawija

The words WIJA and MA mean seed activity in Balinese Sanskrit and, true to the project’s name, all of Mawija’s programmes aim to plant seeds of change and hope in people’s minds, hearts and bellies through regenerative farming, community action and food.

Mawija seeks to build a collaborative movement that makes young and old Balinese people proud through the continuation of intergenerational knowledge, starting with regenerative farming, and including permaculture and biodynamic farming, and nutrient-dense local recipes.

It brings people together around food in the following ways:

• Cooking classes: bringing mothers, chefs, and farmers together.
• Foraging classes: bringing farmers, chefs, tourists, and other attendees together.
• Food production and farming: including seed swapping, practical and theoretical training and organic composting.

Mawija also seeks to build an accessible community space, which would be used for:

• Knowledge sharing.
• Teaching permaculture and biodynamic farming practices.
• Local ingredient processing.
• Sharing traditional recipes.
• Connecting local farmers directly with local restaurants.

In five years time, Mawija hopes to realise this community education centre in Tabanan, Bali; enabling farmers, locals, tourists, business owners, school children and families to have equal access to support, where forgotten ingredients are revived, the land healed.