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Malawi
Facts about Malawi
- Population: 16.36 million (UN, 2013)
- Life expectancy: 55 years
- Human Development Index: 174 / 187
Welcome to Malawi
Concern Universal helps over a million people in rural Malawi every year. Established in 1988 during civil war in neighbouring Mozambique, Concern Universal supported Mozambican refugees as well as the host Malawian communities. When the conflict ended, many Mozambican’s returned home but Concern Universal’s work in Malawi continued.
Concern Universal Malawi currently works in 10 Districts across Central and Southern Malawi, but focuses efforts on 5 Districts where we have a particularly strong track-record and partnership with District authorities – Dedza, Ntcheu, Balaka, Phalombe and Thyolo.
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our work in Malawi
Latest news
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anemptytextllineAt the beginning of January, over a million people were affected by extreme floods across Malawi. Torrents raged through villages, taking people, livestock and homes with them. Families who had little, were left with nothing- with no savings, no insurance and nowhere to go. The patchwork landscape of subsistence farming reduced to brown sludge.
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anemptytextllineThe President of Ireland has visited a Concern Universal project in Malawi. President Michael D. Higgins visited the DISCOVER project to see how Irish Aid funding has helped development work in the country. -
anemptytextllineOctober 15 is a Global Hand washing day, initiative started by The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap (PPPHW) in 2008, which is aiming to raise awareness about importance of hand washing with soap. -
anemptytextllineSitting here at my desk, my MacBook, Table Lamp, and TV surround me; many like me take this for granted and leave so many unused appliances on. As a student I have always been environment conscious and was forever following my housemates round the house turning off the lights after them, not only is this expensive but it’s detrimental to the ecosystem. -
anemptytextllineThe Climate Summit in New York in September was going to draw a lot of public and media attention, taking into account that at the last climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009 governments failed to come with any law-binding resolutions or agreements on global warming. -
anemptytextllineWith the deadline looming fast upon us, what can we learn from the achievements that the MDGs brought? What about their weaknesses? Where do we go from here?
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Funders and partners
We know from decades of experience that by working with others – and pooling our expertise and resources – we can achieve much more than we ever could on our own. That might mean working with small, grassroots organisations that have a better understanding of the local context, or joining with other international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to reach greater numbers of people with our campaign messages.
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