Arriving in Malawi
Coming to Malawi, I was not sure what to expect. Having travelled through a few African countries before landing in Malawi, I was expecting Lilongwe to be a fast-paced, high-intensity and stressful city.
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Empowering women through Entrepreneurship: Lessons from India
There is a saying in Malawi that goes ‘kumayenda kumaona agalu amichombo’ which literally means people must explore new places to appreciate and learn new things.
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A Massive 2016!
As our Executive Director in Malawi says, “Change is a seed of slow growth” and in this light 2015 has been an important year for Empower Projects. It is a year in which we received
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Mkanako Cooking Oil Cooperative
Empower Malawi has been working with villages in the Kapita region for 5 years. This has involved partnership across a range of developmental projects ranging from access to finance through a community bank, the construction of a community centre,
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The Seeds are Bearing Fruit – An update by Jones Ntaukira
The people of Kapita are still working on their Community Centre, 3 years since it was started. In August 2016, Empower Malawi supported the people of Kapita to complete the whole outer structure of the Earthship that gives it its flower petal shape.
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Development as Freedom
Here is our Founder Shanil Samarakoon’s TEDx talk on “Development as Freedom”. Drawing upon
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Learn about Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs)
Greetings everyone. We at Empower Projects are always talking about “SACCOs”! So we thought we’d take some time to explain what they are and why we think they are so great! Community Savings and Credit Cooperatives
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The 3 Greatest Lessons I’ve Learnt Through 5 Years of Working in Development
I joined the Empower Malawi team in 2010 as a fresh young graduate with no experience about development work. A scientist at heart, equipped with theories, hope and confidence amassed from the long lecture hours, I was eager to get down to work. I cared less where and how.
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MPAMBA VISION WORKSHOP
Hi everyone, Bright Msuku here with some good news. In the mid of 2014 Empower Malawi extended its projects to a new area of Mpamba in Nkhata-Bay district. Mpamba is a vibrant agro based marketing area. Approximately Mpamba has 38 villages and an approximate population of 10, 000 people.
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Gava and Gary in Batticaloa
Arriving in Baticaloa, we didn’t know what to expect. Still a largely unexplored area by tourists given it’s the lack of activities, none of our friends were able to give us a heads up either. Once we got there it was beyond
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