Development
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When they marry young
Balaka is one of the districts in Malawi where early marriages are common. Girls as young as 13 easily get…
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Dowa women on the rise
For a long time, women from Kamtayeni Village in Traditional Authority Chiwere in Dowa have been suffering in ignorance of…
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The river between Batumeyo and growth
There is a marshy river between Group Village Head (GVH) Batumeyo’s area and Mbawa Trading Centre in Mzimba South. The…
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Does Malawi care about elderly?
The 2004 Aged Support Society of Malawi (Assom) report made a number of recommendations for government to undertake in order…
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Banking and balancing gender see-saw
Village banks are not all about money—the savings and loans—but also closing gender gaps in homes that were once over-dependent…
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Protecting wetlands from turning into wastelands
Great civilisations were not products of conquests. Read the beginnings of the Maya, Inca and Aztec civilisations in Latin America.…
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Saving women, children with village clinic
Clad in her chitenje, white plastic shoes and green blouse, Liviness Jafali, dances and sings in praise of a new…
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Beyond tree planting
The Department of Forestry says Malawi needs to plant about 125 million trees each year at a survival rate of…
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Where are the planted trees?
Research shows 60 percent of planted trees do not survive. Why is this the case and what can be done…
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Making headway in HIV stigma
Chrissy Stephano, 39, of Ligowe in Neno was diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, 13 years ago. Hers…
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Saving youths from doom
At the age of 18, Pemphero Chalera of Gongolo Village in T/A Kwataine, Ntcheu is not only bogged down in…
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Facing sexual orientation realities
When her peers began to say she looked and behaved like a boy, Maria lost her self-esteem. She recalls that…
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Fighting early marriages: Bitten by something dark
Dorica Julius, 17, is a Standard Eight pupil who lives at Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo District. She relates her…
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Restoring environment with fruit trees
Beaten and bruised, adrenalin rushing yet tired. That is what Maria Heriwa (not real name), of Thunga Village, Traditional Authority…
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Stitching women’s poverty
Winiwa Adam of Mtsiriza slums in Lilongwe remembers how she used to struggle to make ends meet and feed her…
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Rays of hope in village savings
Edith Kawona from village head (VH) Chapotera in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kunthembwe in Blantyre had resisted joining village savings and…
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Councillor’s unresolved questions
We do not need councillors for the sake of filling a gap in the local governance system. We need councillors…
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Reversing the lost nature
The year 1990 will always remain the worst for 55-year-old Loveness Kateleka from Group Village Head (GVH) Mdala in Traditional…
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Another year gone without disaster policy
There was hope that, by the end of 2013, Malawi will have a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policy. It has…
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EAM scales up disaster preparedness in Chikhwawa
For years, disaster management in the country meant responding with relief items after disasters strike. Today, the focus is on…
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