Malawi Poverty Archives

COMSIP seeks to deepen financial inclusion in rural communities

Nov 08, 2019 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Community Service and Investment Promotion (COMSIP) looks to unlock financial barriers in communities in the rural areas by increasing people’s access to products such as savings and loans. COMSIP project manager Ernest Jumbe says the… ...

Good news from government: poverty to end in 10 years

May 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 328 &

Government has said it can pull Malawi out of the list of the world’s poorest countries within the next 10 years. Speaking when he presented the 2017/2018 National Budget, Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe said… ...

Poverty exposes kids to hell: 12 year -olds venture into usipa business

Dec 13, 2016 Thula Chisamba 42 &

As poverty continue to trap Malawians under the knife, Malawi24 has discovered that kids as young as 12 are venturing into fresh usipa business for survival in Mzuzu. These children supply fresh usipa in locations… ...

Mental health expert links poverty to madness: St John of God intervenes with Jovwila project

Nov 28, 2016 Thula Chisamba 14 &

Mental health expert with St John of odd Mdumanene Silungwe, has ranked poverty as one of the top most causes of mental illnesses in Malawi and the world as a whole. In an interview, Silungwe… ...