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Smallholder Farmers' Association Elects First Female Chairperson - 2006
"You have nothing to fear, you can do anything," she was told by her mother when she was young ...more

2) 

Cash from Cows - 2006
How can a cow stop deforestation, send children to school, and open a savings account? Grisham Nyo ...more

3) 

One Woman Changes her Life by Growing Chilies - 2006
Before Egifa Nambazo joined the National Association of Smallholder Farmers of Malawi (NASFAM), ev ...more

4) 

Coffee Sales Build New Home for Malawian Family - 2006
McDonald Nguluwe has been a coffee farmer with the Smallholder Coffee Farmers Trust (SCFT) in Mala ...more

5) 

Malawi Coffee Travels Around the Globe - 2006
Harrison Kalua is the general manager of the Smallholder Coffee Farmers Trust (SCFT) and has atten ...more

6) 

Improved Farming Practices Help Girl to Put Herself Through School - 2006
Wema Sikisi is 16 years old, a 10th grade student at Mpilisi Secondary School, and aspiring cott ...more

7) 

Fish Help Malawian Man Support His Family - 2006
In 1999, Osman Mohammed and 10 other community members introduced fish farming into their area wit ...more

8) 

New Incinerator Reduces Threat of Disease - 2006
While an incinerator doesn't seem like an exciting development project, for the community around K ...more

9) 

Mothers' Group take HIV/AIDS Pandemic into Their Own Hands - 2006
Prior to 2004, Chambwe Primary School had six male teachers who all ignored the danger and impact ...more

10) 

Malawian DJ Teaches Self-Respect - 2006
USAID and partner organization Population Services International/Malawi (PSI/Malawi) launched the ...more

11) 

Radio Show Encourages Youth to Pursue their Dreams and Preserve their Health - 2006
It's 6:40 on a Saturday evening and Youth Alert! Mix, the most popular youth radio magazine progra ...more

12) 

Mzimba Community Transforms School - 2004
Matthews Beza of Mzimba District, Malawi, was at risk for dropping out of school at age 14. A stro ...more

13) 

Applying the Law in Malawi Through Mediation - 2004
Eighteen-year-old Sydney Banda left his home in Mulanje, Malawi to take his first job as a domesti ...more

14) 

Fighting AIDS with Voluntary Counseling and Testing - 2004
Reverend Ephraim Disi, director of Brethren in Christ Churches in Malawi, learned he was HIV posit ...more

15) 

Coordination in Malawi Helps Avert Famine - 2004
By early 2002, the Southern Africa food shortage had reached into every district of Malawi. On No ...more

16) 

Rainbows and Coconuts: Teacher Training with Results - 2004
In 2002, Mr. Chalamba, a second grade teacher in the Ntcheu district of Malawi, had seventy-four sec ...more

17) 

From Food Deficit to Self-Sufficiency: A New Cassava Clone for Farmers - 2003
The causes of Malawi's food shortages are complex. They stem mainly from two consecutive years of cr ...more

18) 

Samison Banda Reverses Soil Erosion and Runoff, and Restores Soil Fertility through Agroforestry - 2003
Samison Banda, 48, from Mchinji Rural Development Project in Kasungu Agricultural Development Divisi ...more

19) 

Village AIDS Committee (VAC) stirs Loveness Chikafa, an HIV/AIDS Victim, to Independent Life - 2003
Samison Banda, 48, from Mchinji Rural Development Project in Kasungu Agricultural Development Divisi ...more

20) 

Continuous Assessment Improves Teachers' Classroom Practices - 2003
Effectiveness in education is achieved when teachers are able to translate educational policies and ...more

21) 

The Predicament of a Female Domestic Worker in Malawi: The Ntchayi Jackson Case - 2003
Child abuse is not unusual in Malawi. Girls are especially at risk because of their traditionally lo ...more

22) 

USAID/Malawi Coordination Key to Success in Reaching Most Vulnerable People in Remote Rural Areas - 2003
The food crisis confronting Malawi is large, but still manageable, provided that appropriate relief ...more

23) 

Rights Education Reaches Remote Rural Community - 2003
The road is dusty, back-breakingly bumpy, and stony, winding endlessly through mountainous terrain. ...more

24) 

Village AIDS Committee (VAC) Provides for Diana Chabwela - 2003
Diana Chabwela is a 78-year-old widow. She lives with her grandson, Alinafe Chithawe and her 54 ye ...more