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Radio clubs simplify farming technology
 Participatory approaches to radio listening and content generation through the radio listening clubs (RLC) are an effective tool in…
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Boy turns mum’s saviour
When two assailants descended on his mother, little Julio Joseph, obviously no match for the attackers, made a dash from…
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Donnex Kamangazula, the short giant
Wherever he goes, eyes turn in his direction and tongues wag because of his short and small stature. But when…
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The plight of Dzalanyama Forest
The once vibrant Dzalanyama Forest Reserve in Lilongwe is today down on its knees, a pitiable picture that shocked Emmanuel…
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Saving Dzalanyama Range from deforestation
Nature and humans should ideally operate on a give and take principle. But locals in Beni Village, Lilongwe, have taken…
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ActionAid rehabilitates earthquake victim
Margaret Kabaghe, 75, was in dire need of help after the December 2009 earthquake displaced her from her home in…
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Telecentres: Connecting rural people to the modern world
It is break time. Some students who live in villages surrounding Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo sit around modern books…
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Volunteer with a difference
He left the cold and comforts of Denmark two months ago to walk and work in the hot sands of…
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Fears of looming hunger
Ethel Chalamanda, 68, sits on her veranda in Ndogola Village, T/A Kapeni in Chigumula, pain and hopelessness written all over…
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Whither National Cancer Centre?
Tomorrow, Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Cancer Day. But where does the country stand in…
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Equipping secondary students with skills
Five years after completing his secondary education, Kingsley Dulamanja seems not to get his feet on the ground. Each day…
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BWB, AEJ re-afforest Mudi catchment area
Winstone Kamanga, a resident of Chirimba, Blantyre, cannot stop complaining about dry taps in his house. “For six months, I…
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A tale of child cancer
Cancer remains a silent killer of thousands in the country. Children have not been spared. As the country gears to…
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Easing hunger in the Lower Shire
At first, it appeared bizarre that Eliza Diyala, 78, was speaking to herself, repeatedly saying: “We have been saved!†as…
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How Zomba has wooed girls to school
At 15, Selina Bestoni of Lamya Village, T/A Mlumbe in Zomba got pregnant. She was in Standard 7. Ashamed, confused…
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Why Kyoto Protocol matters to developing countries
One of the topical issues at the 17th Conference of Parties (CoP 17) in Durban last year was the Kyoto…
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Kulowa kufa community in dialogue
Not long ago, Emma Tembo of Nsanje confessed in our sister paper Nation on Sunday that she acquired HIV after…
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Malawi waiting for disaster to happen
What if the flood gates of heaven finally opened like never before in the disaster prone areas of Southern Malawi…
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A mystery called climate change
How much do Malawians believe in the scientific explanation that climate change brings dry spells? Does this connection really make…
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Solar pumps help rural communities fight poverty
A family meeting that took place in one of the populous townships in Lilongwe on a chilly Sunday afternoon in…
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