Development
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Communities wipe out malnutrition
Esther Phiri, a 30-year-old mother of four from Chiphaka Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwadzama in Nkhotakota District, recently gave birth…
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Proud lead farmer in Mzimba
In Chimsolo Village, Traditional Authority Mzikubola in Mzimba District, a lead farmer named Ethel Kasambara has managed to refurbish her house,…
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Project links farmers to off-takers
In a bid to maximise profits for farmers, the Norwegian Church Aid and Danish Church Aid (NCA/DCA) under Transform Programme is …
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Local refrigerator, a game changer
Farmers who grow tomatoes and other leafy vegetables in rural parts of Malawi are mostly at a disadvantage as they…
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Khwakwazi irrigation scheme up and running again
About 84 farming households under the Khwakwazi Irrigation Scheme in Rumphi District can now afford a smile as they anticipate…
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‘What a man can do, I can do’
It is approaching midday and the four of us are about to start setting up our equipment when a female…
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Social cash transfer: Abackbone for the elderly
They are weak and living in a dilapidated grass-thatched house on the outskirts of Zomba City. Genazio Chinangwa, 85, and…
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Farmers turn to Mbeya fertiliser
In the blistering summer heat, Emilida Banda, 40, and her husband work their crop field where yields have been dwindling…
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Fruits of farmer field schools
Farmer field schools were initiated to enhance food security, income and enviroment. Over the years, the farmer field schools have…
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Fixing irrigation schemes,rebuilding livelihoods
When Cyclone Ana affected nearly a million people in southern Malawi last year, Jenesi Jonasi wept for her maturing maize…
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Refugee women whofeed Dzaleka camp
Diana Musharangwa, from Uvira Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has found a new home at Dzaleka Refugee Camp…
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Facing fertility woes head on
A 38-year-old woman concealed as Leticia has miscarried five times. However, she remains determined to enjoy the joys of motherhood.…
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Creating jobs for youth, women: Kwithu Kitchen’s tale
Kwithu is a Tumbuka word which means ‘our home.’ Kwithu Kitchen founder Dr Anna Msowoya-Keys is a proud Malawian who…
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‘Dad sleeps with me’
Courts in Malawi now mete out stiff sentences to child sexual abusers, but freelance journalist JOSEPHINE CHINELE highlights the obstructions…
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Making vaccines work
Linda Edward, 23, from Sitima Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mulumbe, in Zomba District, refuses to gamble with her life. One…
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Border communities defy colonial divides
In the 1880s, European nations shared Africa like a cake, creating boundaries that disadvantaged Africans with shared territories, names, languages…
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Refugees need urgent food aid
Malawi is seeking donations to feed more than 50 000 refugees facing shortages at the country’s only refugee camp. Government…
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Tackling rising street terror
On August 14 this year, the police in Blantyre yet again filed a report of a university student attacked by…
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My certificate says: ‘Hands off our land’
For Mary Dansa, the land around her house near Chinseu Trading Centre, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlumbe in Zomba, is almost…
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Babies behind barbed wire
It is Tuesday morning and four innocent babies can be seen in the hands of women inmates at Blantyre Prison.…
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