Baking Waste Into Wealth

Naturally, the sight of a person at this deserted and abandoned site just outside Chinsapo Market in Lilongwe attracts inquisitive eyes. Those in a hurry would easily dismiss such person as insane. The site is littered with plastic bags flying in the wind and flapping from shrubs like little flags. Rhoda Siyani spends most of her days on the site. She is as sane as a church elder. Her dirty tools and clothes are a result of the work she does.
Read More Drawing water afar: Girl tells how risky it was

He came and blocked my way. He confronted me, and then he fondled me. He touched my breasts without my consent. I couldn't put him away otherwise the bucket of water that I was carrying on my head, was going crash and the water, which I had struggled to draw, would spill. Then I would go home crying, without the water and my family would be helpless.
Read More UNDP Administrator visits Batik Centre Mtandire

Batik Centre women on the 26th of October hosted the UNDP Administrator Mrs Henry Clarke. In her Official visit she decided to stop by Mtandire an informal settlement in Lilongwe to appreciate the Work which Batik Centre Women from the Malawi Homeless Peoples Federation are doing to promote their livelihoods.
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