Malawi STORIES

They’re So Cute! – Rabbits for Business Not for Show

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusayiwe Sikwese A few months into my service, I started feeling a bit lonely and I wanted a puppy. So I thought, “Hey, I will ask some of the community...

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Initiation Ceremonies in Mbewa Village

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga For the past two weeks, I have been going to bed or waking up to the sound of people singing or chanting. On the first night, I thought...

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Up and About

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana This month I decided to take some days off from my site, take that vacation, get some of my things done, and visit my friends and family. I...

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Beyond Empowered

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu So now that Corps Africa mid-service training and Age Africa scholars retreat is over, I sat down and started reflecting on most of the issues and topics that...

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Monthly Song In Action

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani Clearly, for those who follow me here, almost every post in the past few months of blogging has been a song of the Grass Root Soccer (GRS) project....

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Halfway Down the Lane

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “A scared dog barks to pretend to its master...

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Halfway Through

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Aissatu Pongolani While at our Pre-Service Training as a CorpsAfrica Trainee to become a Volunteer, we had this wonderful, exciting, interesting, and on the other hand overwhelming information called the...

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What We Need

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Isabel Mandiwa Every child has the right to education we say. But how many kids have access to that education in their community? My village, for instance, doesn’t have one...

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IWET-Improved Stove Production

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani In my previous post, I shared more about women from my community, Chitete. And I tried to give some detailed account of the endeavors that these women are...

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S.H.E. Empowered

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira From 18-22 July, I was out of my site attending Age Africa’s 6th annual girls’ retreat. The theme of this retreat was S.H.E Empowered (Safety, Health, and Education)...

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