USAID Launches Avian Flu Communications Campaign
(October 2006)

USAID Funds Purchase of Avian Flu Equipment for Malawi (September 2006)

US Government Sponsors National HIV Testing and Counseling Week
(July 2006)

Malawi named Presidential Malaria Initiative Country
(June 2006)

Malawian President Mutharika announces aquaculture initiative based on USAID project.
(February 2006)

PSI’s Real Man/Real Woman campaign, funded by USAID/Malawi, focuses on changing the perception of attaining adulthood through becoming sexually active and replacing it with Responsibility, Respect and Attention to Achieving Future Goals. This story profiles one such ‘Real Woman’-a young Malawian woman who has concentrated on her future, kept her promise to herself, maintained her self-respect and achieved her goals in life. This is her story. Read more...

Harrison Kalua is the General Manager of the Smallholder Coffee Farmers Trust (SCFT) and has attended several cupping trainings and competitions throughout the world. However, when he attended the USAID Malawi sponsored 1st annual national cupping competition in September 2005 he was impressed with how cupping against Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) standards reduced the subjectivity of cupping coffees and made this skill open to all practitioners. He knew he needed to replicate this sort of training in the Mzuzu area of northern Malawi where the SCFT works with over 3,500 smallholder coffee growers including McDonald Nguluwe. Read more...

In 1999, Osman Mohammed and ten other community members introduced fish farming into their area with support from USAID/Malawi’s COMPASS Project. Since then, Osman has increased the number of ponds he owns to five and has become a successful commercial fish farmer. Read more...