As dawn appears in the horizon And no animal stirs but the rooster Your day has begun 30 minutes ago That load of firewood on your head too heavy Child on you back wants your attention Yet you manage...
It feels so good to be back at work. I missed the innocent, shy, smiling faces of the children we reach out to. They are full of life, their energy bursting to levels that amazes me. Their curious...
Africa has the largest mineral reserves in the world and the poorest continent at the same time. Although many companies have mined her resources, there isn’t much to show for improved livelihood in...
Up until 2005, Malawi had for over a decade been running into lapses of hunger due to food deficits that were a regular feature in the country’s food security. The major crises were in 2002 and 2005...
A Blog post by Ida Klockman, a 24 year old student from Denmark who is studying her Masters Degree in International Development at Roskilde University working as an intern at ActionAid Malawi for 3...
ActionAid Malawi conducted a study on the Impact of Climate Change on Women Farmers as one way of developing evidence based messages for COP17. Women have given their say on how climate change is...
Kupimbira is a cultural custom commonly practiced in the northern part of Malawi where young girls as young as five years old are forced into sexual relationships with older men or are married off to...
Zenia Reuben is a farmer from Mwanza, Malawi who grows maize, pumpkins, sorghum, pigeon peas and beans. In Mwanza, land is owned by women - men do not own land as they leave their own villages...
The word HIV/AIDS is grim and dark. It is death itself. It has ravaged Malawi for several years now and the effects are devastating. True as the statements maybe we are not a dying nation. Living...
She wants to be a lawyer and is prepared to study and work hard to achieve that. Young, intelligent and hardworking, 16 years old Monica Chilemba from Bolero area has all that it takes to make her...
An ActionAid scheme allowing women to become economically independent by lending them money to establish their own businesses is proving to be a tremendous success.
