Hesperian Foundation

Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. Hesperian first book, Where there is no doctor, is considered to be one of the most accessible and widely used community health books in the world.

Simply written and heavily illustrated, Hesperian books are designed so that people with little formal education can understand, apply and share health information. Developed collaboratively with health workers and community members from around the world, Hesperian books and newsletters address the underlying social, political, and economic causes of poor health and suggest ways groups can organize to improve health conditions in their communities.

Hesperian Foundation is the first organization which supported and funded a humble initiative to translate the Hesperian world-acclaimed health care book Where There is No Doctor into Chichewa in 2005. Since then the initiative has grown into the establishment of Umoyo Trust, a non-profit publisher of Hesperian books in local languages of Malawi. 

Link: www.hesperian.org

Kachere Series

The Kachere Series is a non-profit making publisher, owned by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Malawi in Zomba. It aims to promote the emergence of a body of literature which will enable students and others to engage critically with religion, culture and society in Malawi.

Kachere series, the co-publisher of the first print of Pamene Palibe Dokotala, provided a legal background for publishing of the book when the project was still in its beginnings.
 
Link: www.kachereseries.org

Book Publishers Association of Malawi

The Book Publishers Association of Malawi (BPAM) was established in 1996 with its current secretariat in Limbe.  Among its objectives are to encourage and undertake such activities designed to promote the marketing of its members products throughout Malawi and other countries and to enhance literacy in the country by promoting a strong reading culture through relevant book production and distribution.

Umoyo Trust had become a member of BPAM in September 2008.

African Publishers Network (APNET)

APNET is a pan-african organization established in 1992, which brings together national publishers associations and publishing communities to strengthen indigenous publishing throughout Africa. It collaborates with and lobbies governments and public institutions in Africa for the recognition and promotion of the book industry as a vital contributor to the socio-economic, educational and cultural development of the continent. The activities of APNET comprise training, capacity building, trade promotion, information, research and documentation, international relations. APNET's secretariat is based in Accra, Ghana

Umoyo Trust has partnered with APNET in September 2008 by our membership with the Book Publisher Association of Malawi.

Link: www.apnet.org