Country Overview
Maps of Malawi
- Malawi: Perry-Castaneda Map Collection
- Climate of Malawi, Dept. of Climate Change & Meteorological Services (map)
- Satellite Imagery to Support Effective Actions in the Agric. Sector of Malawi (report contains vegetation maps, satellite images, etc.)
- Free Maps of Malawi (d-maps.com)
Images of Malawi
- Life in Malawi: Photo Essay
- Blog: I Love Malawi (Photos) (Blog showcases photos from Malawi)
- Photos of Lilongwe & Blantyre (Glimpses into urban Africa)
Malawi - Topics of Interest
Challenges
(Videos)
- Mphunga Village, Malawi: Climate Change (Photo Story Project, video, 3:07)
A participatory video by subsistence farmers on the effects of climate change in Malawi. - Water crisis in the Lower Shire region of southern Malawi (Epicenter Solutions, video, 3:29)
See a typical water source for rural villages in remote parts of Malawi and the challenges they face. - Khulungira: A Malawian Village (ILRI, video, 8:02)
This film of still images taken in rural Malawi introduces us to a typical farming village, its people and its challenges and hopes.
Childhood & Education
(Videos)
- Memory’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Girl in Rural Malawi (ILRI, video, 10:00)
An insightful view of a typical day in the life of a Malawian teenager growing up in the village of Khulungira. - Growing Up in Malawi (documentary series, Episodes 1-5)
This documentary follows the lives of several children and workers in a day care center in Mbwetu District, funded by the Roger Federer Initiative with support of Credit Suisse.
(Photos)
- Real Lives: Malawi (UNICEF) (Several photo essays, mostly dealing with health & education)
- Malawian Children: Photo Essay (New Global Citizen) (Volunteer at a hospital shares her impressions of Malawi along with photographs of children)
Drought
(Articles)
- 2001/02: Malawi’s ‘worst-ever’ famine, (bbc.co.uk, 05/14/02)
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2005: Drought Magnifies Hunger, Suffering of Children in Malawi (The Washington Post, 11/04/05)
- 2011: Malawi: Tea tells the future of the climate (IRIN Africa, 11/02/11)
- 2012: Massive crop failure imperils millions in Malawi (Mail & Guardian, 07/10/12)
- 2013: Food Security Snapshot [Forecast] (FAO.0rg, 09/17/2013)
(Statistics)
Malawi Disaster Statistics (Prevention Web)
(Aid Agency/NGO Reports)
- Malawi’s Food Crisis of 2001/02: Implications for Food Security Policy (Overseas Development Institute, Action Aid)
- The impact of drought on household vulnerability: The case of rural Malawi (Paper Presented at the 2008 United Nations University (UNU-EHS) Summer Academy on “Environmental Change, Migration and Social Vulnerability”)
- Droughts and Floods in Malawi Assessing the Economy-wide Effects (April 2010, IFPRI)
(Photos)
(Various Strategies to Combat Drought & Famine)
- Irrigation
- “Rural Livelihoods” (World Bank, video, 3:00)
Video about a new irrigation scheme at Kanyelae village as well as local farmer-based cooperative organizations.
- “Rural Livelihoods” (World Bank, video, 3:00)
- Planting trees
- The Story of One Woman’s Struggles in Rural Malawi (ILRI, video, 6:09)
Interview of a widow and how life for her family has improved with the planting of trees on her land.
- The Story of One Woman’s Struggles in Rural Malawi (ILRI, video, 6:09)
Community Libraries
(Projects & NGO's)
Magic & Folklore
(Videos)
Magic is a very real fact of life to many in Malawi and other parts of Africa.
In the videos below, elders share legends and reminisce about various mountain peaks in Malawi.
Videos in Chichewa with English subtitles.
- Michese Mountain Legends 1 (AfroPeaks, video, 3:21)
- Michese Mountain Legends 2 (AfroPeaks, video, 3:36)
- Elder Stories, Malawi (AfroPeaks, video, 2:50)
Cell Phones in Malawi
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Beth Restrick
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