Category : Feature
Empowerment drive helps Ngabu residents rebuild lives
Saulos Mtintha never imagined that one day he would become self-reliant. Growing up in a household surviving on a shoestring budget, with parents who rely...
Rising drug abuse among youths sparks calls for action
By Chrissie Mainjeni, Chiradzulu Drug and substance abuse continue to rise among the youth in the country and Chiradzulu District is not spared either. Every...
Battle to wean girls in Mwanza
By Catherine Alumando, Mwanza When night falls in Mwanza, the border district that connects Malawi to Mozambique, music from bars mixes with the sound of...
Women farmers in Mwanza brace for new season amid climate change
In Mwanza District, where most families depend on rain-fed farming, women are once again preparing their fields for the new growing season, hopeful that this...
‘We are suffering’: Villagers in Lilongwe demand action over pollution
Residents say the polluted water is damaging underground water sources, which they have relied on for decades for crop irrigation and fish farming. One night...
“I am not an old witch”
When 74-year-old Stayi Mfungwe reflects on the events that unfolded in early August in Chasowa Mkandawire Village, Senior Chief Mpherembe’s area in Mzimba, she trembles....
85,000 children trapped in the cruel grip of disasters in Phalombe
Beneath the shadow of the majestic Mulanje Mountain, the land whispers stories of both abundance and despair. Here, in Phalombe District, where the soil should...
Rescuing minors from child labour
In Malawi, nearly four in ten children between the ages of five and seventeen are engaged in child labour, digging mining, herding animals, burning bricks...