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Talent Show for Human Rights

In IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Angela Pereira June 30, 2011
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In front of the Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ), two parents prevent their child from going to school. While the child is consumed in tears, a human rights activist intervenes and tells the parents that the child has a right to be educated and that children are supposed to be protected everywhere, starting in their [...]

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Deforestation on Malawi’s Mulanje mountain

In IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Angela Pereira May 23, 2011
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“Why am I doing this again?” I ask myself as I stand at the bottom of Malawi’s Mulanje mountain, staring up at my pinprick destination point. With its tallest peak thrusting 3,000 metres above sea level, Mulanje is the second highest mountain in southern Africa. And it certainly feels like it as I struggle up [...]

Tagged as: conservation, malawi, nature

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Donated dress and a struggling industry

In Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer,
by Angela Pereira May 13, 2011

By Angela Pereira It’s Saturday morning in Blantyre and I’m on a treasure hunt. At the city market, I meticulously pick through a mound of wrinkly clothes, searching for my ‘treasure’—maybe a Guess? t-shirt or Zara jeans for which I can haggle. It’s one of my favourite weekend pastimes and judging from the four Malawian [...]

Tagged as: Clothing industry, malawi, Textiles

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Malawi’s urban squeeze

In IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Angela Pereira March 25, 2011
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Walking around Blantyre, one of Malawi’s largest cities, is a relaxing endeavour. You can traverse its downtown core in only 30 minutes, recognizing the same faces daily, finding public transportation quickly, and facing a minimum of jostling and hassling. Blantyre’s sleepy vibe is understandable given 80 per cent of Malawians live outside city boundaries. But [...]

Tagged as: malawi, slums, urbanization

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A closer look at the ‘grassroots’

In IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Angela Pereira March 8, 2011
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Once a week, about 80 men, women, and youth throng the streets of Nkolokoti, an area just outside Blantyre. By sweeping the roadsides, cleaning latrines, and arranging the markets, these volunteer members of community-based organization (CBO) Angoni Lonjezo provide a vital service to their community. After their work is done, they perform skits to residents [...]

Tagged as: community development, HIV/AIDS, malawi

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Malawi’s national addiction

In IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Angela Pereira March 1, 2011
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“There’s no food if there’s no nsima.” Or so I learned from a former colleague as he stared disapprovingly at my grilled cheese sandwich over lunch one day. The heavy white porridge of maize flour is Malawi’s staple food and is produced and consumed across the country—uniting all income, class, religious, and tribal divides. It’s also [...]

Tagged as: Agriculture, Food, maize

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