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Jimu Msukwa at his carpentry shop early this year making final touches on his products
Carpentry Skills Make Positive Impact On Jimu Msukwa

By Gibson Ngwira Jimu Msukwa hails from John 1 Village in Group Village Headman Mwenechipwela, Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku in Chitipa District where he was born and raised. Jimu lost his father while he was very young and has been brought...

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Group photos during the field day at Kasonkhwe
Development Desk Promotes Conservation Agriculture in Traditional Authority Mwalweni

By Harold Mwale Effects of climate change and environmental degradation have not spared the area of Traditional Authority Mwalweni which is under Saint Francis De Sales Parish of Karonga Diocese in Rumphi District. The topography of the area makes it...

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Mwamphashi during one of his test ride trips
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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Participants calculating sample gross margins during the training
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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Tiness Silumba at her house constructed using money realised from village savings and loan.
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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This is how we do it: Practical session in progress
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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Tritance Mtambo: A beneficially of the Vocational Skills Training Program displaying one of her products
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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Community gathering after planting trees
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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File photo: Farming activities of the Development Desk
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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