Malawi STORIES

The Final Stage

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Aissatu Pongolani It has been my awesome pleasure and great time living in the Kadewere community and working with community members. It seemed like I was going on a very...

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Little Children Need Love Too

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu Now that I have about a month to finish my service as a Volunteer with CorpsAfrica, I sat down and started to reflect on everything that has happened...

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War on Illiteracy Part 2

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga Me: Uli ndi zaka zingati ndipo uli standard chani? (How old are you and what grade are you?) Him: Ndili ndi zaka 14 ndipo ndili mu standard 5....

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Stove Revolution in Chitete

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani In June this year, I embarked on a project to empower the women of my community in a socioeconomic development endeavor hoping to transform as many lives of...

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International Volunteers Day

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira December 5th is International Volunteers Day, and this year’s theme was “Global Applause: Give Volunteers a Hand”. This year’s International Volunteers Day was eye-opening for me as I...

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How and Why

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani The title above, itself, gives a person thousands and thousands of questions on how and why things happen or have been done, especially when we are talking of...

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So Little Time So Much To Do

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusayiwe Sikwese I must admit, it was quite a transition from the All-Country-Conference in Morocco (I will not dwell on this as a lot has already been said by my...

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A Bachelor

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela The name Lusekelo is hard to pronounce. So her choice of names for me was either, ‘inu'(you) or ‘abatchala’ (bachelor). I particularly hated the latter, but as she...

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More Than Just a Desks Project

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga Before joining CorpsAfrica, I always had several questions in my mind about the prevalence of poverty in Malawi. I still do. Having gone through the pre-service training and...

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The Main Project

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “Usually (villagers) know exactly what the (stranger) wants to hear them say, and they say it in the exact manner that the (stranger) expects them to say it....

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