Farmers in Chitipa Hail Collective Marketing Introduced by Karonga Diocese
By Saloom Longwe Ownex Mwamphashi aged 38, living with a family of 7 members including his wife and 5 children, hails from Mugalure Village, T/A Mwabulambia in Chitipa district. Mwamphashi is one among several farmers enjoying the fruits of joining...
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Abigail on the Path to Economic Independence: Thanks to Vocational Skills Programme
By Saloom Longwe* Unemployment rate among graduates from formal and informal colleges is on the rise in the country. This is compounded by the tendency of most graduates is to sit on the knowledge and skills acquired and wait for...
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Development Desk Emphasizes the Importance of Gross Margin Analysis in Farming Business
By Harold Mwale One most important aspect that entrepreneurs overlook in starting and managing a farm business is that of gross margin. Thanks to Development Desk’s ACCES Plus (A+) Project which facilitated a training in gross margin analysis for farmers...
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Village Savings and Loan Constructs a House for Tiness Silumbu
By Gibson Ngwira Tiness Silumbu was yet to live in a better house thatched with corrugated iron sheets since her birth and little did he know she would ever live in such a house when she joined a village savings...
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Karonga Diocese Development Desk Trains Sanitation Entrepreneurs
By Leah Nyondo Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project under the Development Desk of Karonga Diocese conducted training of sanitation entrepreneurs at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (Chisankhwa) from 17th to 21st October 2019. The training aimed at equipping sanitation...
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Development Desk’s Vocational Skills Programme Gives a New Lease of Life to Women in Chisenga
By Gracious Chibaka Concurrently stress and depression is building up, family problems weighing her life down, with no end in sight, as her just ended marriage relentlessly reminds her that she is of no value, poverty roaring like a hungry...
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Development Desk Supports Tree Planting in Mwangolera Village
[wowslider id="9"]By Deodatus Muriya The Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga is supporting communties to plant trees in the 2018/2019 tree planting season. Among of the villages targeted in this year is Mwangolera in the area of TA Kyungu,...
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Traditional Leaders Handover Handover 30 Hectares to Chinunu Scheme
By Maureen .P. Soko Traditional leaders surrounding Chinunu Irrigation Scheme in Mwalughali Village under Traditional Authority Kyungu have on 2nd November, 2018 signed an agreement that the land belongs to community members who are members of the scheme. The signing...
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Development Desk Rolls out Vocational Skills Training to 160 Youths in Karonga and Chitipa
By Elijah Banda The Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga has rolled out vocational skills training in carpentry, bricklaying and tailoring to 160 youths in Karonga and Chitipa districts. This is one of the interventions under the Integrated Rural...
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Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga Support Mwakenja Mwangonde Village with Relief Items
By Deodatus Muriya (Head of Department M & E) The Desk Officer for Development Mr Franklin Msiska has urged Mwankenja Mwangonde villagers to desist from selling relief items they have received courtesy of the Diocese of Karonga but rather use...
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