Kapita Primary School is nestled atop one of the many undulating hills that stretch across the South-East Mzimba region of Malawi. To reach it, one often has two choices, a seasoned 4×4 or a long (steep) walk.
Read MoreComing 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.
Read MoreA LOT has happened over the past 3 months in Kapita. Being the very first project that Empower Projects supported in Malawi, Kapita has been our partner community since 2010. Our permaculture specialist Tina Sosten has been
Read MoreAs 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
Read MoreEmpower 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,
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreHere is our Founder Shanil Samarakoon’s TEDx talk on “Development as Freedom”. Drawing upon
Read MoreArriving 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
Read MoreIt became clear to me upon examination that it (working on social projects) was an escape – a drug of sorts. My intentions on the surface were good…but the internal drivers of this call to action were not entirely altruistic.
Read MoreHAPPY new year to everyone! Clock by clock days hide behind the door- 2012 is now last year. It was an exciting year for Empower Inc’s initiative in Malawi, the Malawi project in all aspects of leadership, projects, partnerships and presence.
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