http://www.noedhjaelp.dk Related articles to: Malawi - DanChurchAid da-DK http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/counting_the_chickens?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/counting_the_chickens The chickens of Mtoso village get more attention than the average Danish egg layer. The women of the village gladly perform a song of gratitude about how the chickens have changed their life, whenever there are visitors. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:57:22 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/too_risky_to_save_in_my_hut?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/too_risky_to_save_in_my_hut Being a single mother of two in rural Malawi is no easy task for Joyce. Her income is highly unstable, and she has to rely on loans from friends and relatives during tougher times, since she has no means of accumulating savings. For poor people like Joyce, access to microsavings is the way to a better, more stable future. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:02:59 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/improving_local_partner_s_skills_and_capacity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/improving_local_partner_s_skills_and_capacity DanChurchAid has received a grant of 118,000 EUR from the European Commission’s Non State Actors Capacity Building Programme in Malawi Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:51:43 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/lilongwe_declaration_may_2009_spearheading_economic_empowerment_of_malawian_women?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/lilongwe_declaration_may_2009_spearheading_economic_empowerment_of_malawian_women Economic empowerment of a Malawian woman can empower her to hold greater decision-making power in the household, secure food for her family all year around, improve the nutrition intake in her family, pay her 6 children’s school fees, equip her to expand her small-scale maize business – and even allow her to put aside small savings for health-related emergencies or a year of bad harvest. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:56:25 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/one_step_forward_for_women_s_representation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/one_step_forward_for_women_s_representation The general elections in Malawi has brought women from both urban and rural areas into decicion making, writes Lugede Chiphwafu Chiumya, Programme Officer at the DanChurchAid Malawi office. Wed, 27 May 2009 11:17:02 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/economic_empowerment_of_women_conference?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/economic_empowerment_of_women_conference On 12 May 2009 Dan Church Aid Malawi hosted a land mark conference on “Economic Empowerment of Women – Call to Action towards Gender Equality” as one of its commitments as a MDG 3 Torchbearer to “do something extra” towards gender equality and women empowerment under the National MDG 3 Call to Action Campaign. Wed, 20 May 2009 12:44:27 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/lacking_food_and_vitamins?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/lacking_food_and_vitamins The majority of Malawi’s children are either malnourished or undernourished, some of them so badly, that they don’t live through their early years. The parents of the children most often are too poor to prevent it. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:52:45 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/five_fish_per_intercourse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/where_we_work/africa/malawi/read_more/five_fish_per_intercourse By the shore of Lake Malawi women offer their bodies as payment for freshly caught fish, since they have no money. The nightly activities spread HIV and produces fatherless children. SWAM project helps the women take better care of them selves. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:24:39 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/africa_commission_policy_notes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/africa_commission_policy_notes The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:11:01 GMT http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/pop_songs_are_luxury_in_the_maizefield?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Malawi&utm_campaign=rssfeeds http://www.danchurchaid.org/news_publications/news/pop_songs_are_luxury_in_the_maizefield The Malawian farmers slog away in the dry fields. But that isn’t always enough to provide their families with food. The ELDS program helps the farmers to save money and groundnuts, to secure that they don’t starve. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:28:14 GMT