The Development Desk Increases Awareness among Small Scale Farmers in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
By Franklin Msiska The Development Desk joined the fight against fall army worms and grasshoppers by promoting awareness amongst smallholder farmers in integrated pest management (IPM). The Desk in January used Radio Tuntufye and some of its 94 demonstration plots...
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Communities in Chitipa and Karonga Districts Embark on Afforestation Activities
By Franklin Msiska Communities targeted under Integrated Rural Development Project in Lupembe, Kapoka and Chisenga start planting trees in order to mitigate against the effects of climate change. The project is expected to assist the targeted communities and primary schools’...
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Justice and Peace Desk Empowers Women to Defend Their Rights
By Violet Maluwa- Tfm reporter As one way of taking an active role in defending their rights, women from Nthalire invited traditional and community leaders to an interface meeting to demand their right of access to development assets. This comes...
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Senior Traditional Leaders Call for an End to Child Marriages in Chitipa
By Alick Gondwe Traditional leaders in Chitipa are playing a leading role in the campaign aimed at eliminating child or forced marriages in the areas under their jurisdiction. Senior Chief Kameme and Traditional Authorities Misuku and Mwaulambya made the revelation...
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Miracle Technical Institute in Tree Planting Exercise
By Norbert Mzembe In living the spirit of Laudato Si, which calls for care of the environment, Miracle Technical Institute in Karonga embarked on a tree planting exercise to replace trees cut in the course of construction work and practical...
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Development Desk Using Demonstration Plots to Scale up Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies
By Franklin Msiska (Development Desk Officer) The Development Desk in collaboration with the Government Crops, Land Resource and Extension Departments has mounted 94 demonstrations to increase adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural (CSAs) practices under Karonga Diocese’s Integrated Rural Development Project....
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Kaseye Girls Shine in MAWU Awards
By Lonely Mwandira (Methodology Advisor St Michael's parish) It was all smiles when Twambilire Ng’ambi was named the overall winner in the Malawi Writer’s Union (MAWU) Northern Chapter short story writing competition for secondary school students. The competition was organized...
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Karonga Diocese Develops Consolidated Annual Programme for 2018
By Moses Raymond Kamanga Walking the talk of embracing the centralised structure of running the Church in Malawi, Karonga Diocese takes a further stride by holding a joint planning meeting to come up with an annual consolidated programme for all...
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Primary Justice Project Reducing Cases of Gender Based Violence
By Norbert Tambalamtuwa Mzembe Cases of gender based violence (GBV) are on the decline in Karonga with the help of the Primary Justice Project being championed being managed by the Justice and Peace Desk of Karonga Diocese. This was revealed...
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Head Teachers Embrace ‘My Health My Right’ Clubs
By Vincent Bwinga (Field Officer) Head teachers from 22 secondary schools in Chitipa and Karonga have embraced ‘My Health, My Right’ clubs as a way of assisting school going youths to realize and promoting their health rights. The head teachers...
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