Development

Saving farmers from tricky middle persons

When Irish potatoes are ready for harvesting, intermediaries come with massive bags and “funny prices” to reap where they did…

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Alice’s stitch in time

Alice Zimba, 27, grew up wishing she took three meals a day. Her parents could only afford one per day,…

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Nice fight against GBV

The fires of fury over the disputed presidential polls of 2019 exposed creases in Malawi’s democracy. For policymakers, the burning…

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Old bike and farm motor light up Mzimba village

Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in Mzimba, children did their school…

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The death sentence that is prison diet

As usual, during visiting hours at Maula Prison in Lilongwe, there are inmates loitering inside their open cage. Lucky ones…

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Children’s never-ending struggle for clean water access

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) states that children’s access to safe and potable water is primarily a right and…

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Livelihoods improve with goat keeping

Violet Banda, a goat keeper from Mkwela Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kayembe in Dowa, was struggling to make ends meet…

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Improving early child care with community centres

 Thamolatha community in Senior Chief Dambe in Mchinji did not have a fancy community-based child care (CBCC) centre to cater…

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Millet-based meals can lower risk of diabetes—study

Scientists say eating millets can reduce the risk of developing type two diabetes Consumers of thobwa (fermented sweet beer) drinkers…

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Feeding one million children in Malawi

In 2002, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow visited Malawi for charity work when he met Edward, 14, who told him: “I require enough…

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