Development
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Ugly face of urban poverty
One of the most visible manifestations of urban poverty in developing countries is the proliferation of slums and squatter settlements.…
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Women CBO making a difference
Located in Traditional Authority Mzikubola in Mzimba, Kurya ndiko uku (This is what eating should be) Community Based Organisation (CBO)…
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From fisi to anti-fisi
Fisi—a traditional practice where a surrogate man is hired to impregnate the wife of an impotent husband—is one deadly practice…
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Cowhla’s Stepping Stone reducing IPV
The scourge of intimate partner violence (IPV), notes Steve Iphani, programme manager of Coalition of Women Living with HIV and…
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Losing the sachets battle
On June 26, the world commemorates International Day Against Drug Abuse. As Malawi struggles to control the sale of alcohol…
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From prison to advocacy
After seven years on injustice, ex-inmate turns attention to assisting prisoners I met Boxten Kudziwe’ whose story sounds too surreal…
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Losing money, saving life
It is midnight of 23 July, 2013 at Kachere Trading Centre in Blantyre. Apart from drinking beer of their choice,…
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Sweeping poverty from home
It is said when poverty enters through the door, love escapes through the window. This might explain why some poor…
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Towards resilient cities
Mzuzu catastrophe exposes gaps in disaster management plans that tend to focus on rural settings only. Tiwonge Ngwira, a charcoal…
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Food aid or cash transfers?
Though Malawi has, since 2006, been achieving food sufficiency at national level, some households still remain food insecure. For instance,…
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Seed banks cement community resilience
Having seeds at arm’s length reinforces rural development amid devastating effects of climate change. JAMES CHAVULA writes. It is said…
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Mtwalo families on the rise
An elevated house of goats is standing in front of two grass-thatched huts. The small one is a kitchen with…
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Living with crocodiles
Emily Fologonya 10, lost her mother to a a crocodile attack last year. “Her mother was weeding in a maize…
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Saving a market from fire
A walk at Vigwagwa Market in the heart of Mzuzu City takes one through timber stalls where vendors sell their…
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The chaos that is in markets
Despite paying a K100 market fee for selling bananas at Dyeratu Market every day, Lucy Javelo, 39 of Traditional Authority…
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Slippery road to education for the deaf
Financial woes crippling services at Bandawe School for the Deaf exemplifies how lack of sufficient funding, as cited by the…
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When self-boarding is banned
Despite the challenges, self-boarding is helping girls, through cutting the long distances to and from school, to complete their secondary…
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Teaching communities to fish
Just teaching people to fish is said to be more sustainable than giving them fish, but Mzuzu University is giving…
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Giving babies for others to care?
It is around midnight at Mpemba Reformatory Centre in Blantyre. All corridors are quiet as almost everyone is in bed.…
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Hoping for increased access to ICT
With poor incentives in promoting ICT services, Malawi has produced some female models in ICT, but where are we…
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