Reaping the rewards of Conservation Agriculture
Friday, May 10th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Paulina showing her maize field; Credit: Tingo Matupa Project Officer/BSHDC"][/caption] Paulina Banda is a 41-year-old woman and married, the family has three children; two boys and one girl, aged 21, 15 and 6 respectively. She is ...
Balaka and Blantyre farmers build resilience to climate change
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Countries, English, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Mary Ligomba in front of her failed maize crop (2011 -12 crop season) Photograph: Zilani Khonje"][/caption] Travelling between the Malawi’s capital Lilongwe and Blantyre the commercial city can be exciting. The five-hour journey takes ...
Cash transfer or food aid?
Friday, March 1st, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Food security, Malawi | No Comments »By Zilani Khonje [caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Agnes showing off part of her maize. Zilani Khonje/Oxfam"][/caption] You see, the politics of food aid in Malawi is quite interesting. Food aid or cash transfer? Whose voice matters in making decisions on ...
Emergency cash transfer response to the 2012-2013 food crisis in Malawi
Friday, February 15th, 2013 Posted in Countries, English, Food security, Malawi | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Beneficiaries of a cash transfer scheme"][/caption] The Integrated Emergency Cash Transfer Response Project, which was implemented by Oxfam and its consortium partners and being funded by DFID UK Aid, (with co-funding from Oxfam) has targeted a ...
HIV support group strengthening domestic partnerships in Malawi
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 Posted in English, Health, Malawi | No Comments »By Priyal Pillay [caption id="attachment_2740" align="alignleft" width="410" caption=" Malingunde community members. Credit: Priyal Pillay/Oxfam"][/caption] Oxfam partner, The Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDS(COWLHA) have been involved in a 3 year programme focussing on Gender Based Violence ...
Giving women a chance to realise their dreams!
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 Posted in Countries, English, Malawi | No Comments »By Zilani Khonje Media and Communications Coordinator [caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption=" Florence Khobo and her family."][/caption] Visiting Balaka in the southern part of the country always makes me feel uneasy. Ever since I started working in the district, ...
Community innitiative to end poverty & suffering garners media praise
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Posted in Countries, English, Food security, Malawi | No Comments »By Zilani Khonje Media and Communications Coordinator [caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption="Malawi Broadcasting Coorporation’s Development Broadcasting Unit documenting the impact in Chiradzulu"][/caption] Small holder farmers in Traditional Authority Kunthembwe in Blan¬tyre rural, have adapted new farming technologies to sustain their livelihood ...
Stern challenges ahead for Malawi’s Joyce Banda
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Posted in Countries, English, Governance, Malawi | No Comments »By Priyal Pillay [caption id="attachment_2740" align="aligncentre" width="410" caption="Joyce Banda, Malawi's new President"][/caption] Joyce Banda, made history earlier this year by becoming Malawi's first female president and only the second in Africa following the death of 78- year-old President ...
Where a little cash goes a long way
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 Posted in English, Malawi | No Comments »At the start of 2011, there were 925 million hungry people worldwide. By the end of the year, extreme weather and rising food prices may have driven the total back to one billion, where it last peaked in 2008. Oxfam ...
Communities turn to fish farms to fight malnutrition
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 Posted in Agriculture, English, Malawi | No Comments »Oxfam partner organisation, the Blantyre Synod Development Commission, is helping communities in Phalombe, Malawi, tackle malnutrition by establishing fish farms. Elvis Sukali, Media and Communications Officer in Malawi, reports. Gertrude Saima, a volunteer community-based lead farmer in Phalombe district of southern ...
