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Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Dr. Micheal Usi and Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Nancy Chaola Mdooka on 16th September 2022 visited the SVTP construction site and the Majete Wildlife Reserve.  The visit provided an opportunity for the ministerial team to appreciate interventions in natural resources managementContinue Reading

As preparations for commercial farming continue through the SVTP, the Government of Malawi is leaving no stone unturned. One of the key activities undertaken is to publicise the opportunities available in the project area to off-takers at local, regional and international levels. “Market availability is the heart of transformation inContinue Reading

Feature by Gospel Mwalwanda Group Village Headman (GVH) Njeleza is not happy that whenever his village suffers a natural calamity, he has to go round with a begging bowl. GVH Njeleza says rushing to the government and Members of Parliament pleading for help whenever the village has been affected byContinue Reading

It has always been the trend for women to shy away from tasks and roles traditionally associated with men. Through the SVTP, some women in Malawi are changing the status quo. The construction of the SVTP canal has opened up job opportunities for people in the Shire Valley and theContinue Reading

In a bid to enhance community response to issues of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), the SVTP-GBV Service Provider, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Chikwawa Diocese, engaged different stakeholders at local and district levels in Chikwawa.   The Service Provider engaged community Police Fora in four Traditional Areas Maseya, Ndakwera, KasisiContinue Reading

“We are sensitizing the workers on GBV forms and risks and provisions of Child Protection and Gender Laws of Malawi. Our call to action is for the workers to refrain from engaging in abuse and exploitation. We are also imploring the workers to report any GBV-related ordeals through grievances boxesContinue Reading

People of the Shire Valley see the Shire Valley Transformation Programme (SVTP) as their lifeline and have vowed never to allow anything to stand in its way. Senior Group Village Headman (SGVH) Singano of Chikwawa says to the people of the Shire Valley, that the SVTP is their only meansContinue Reading

“It is very important for us to conserve the Elephant Marsh as a key resource for our livelihood. We cannot be selfish and only think of our needs only but we also need to think of future generations,” said Cecilia Nyakhuwa, a member of the Elephant Marsh Association. Malawi designatedContinue Reading

Mary Saulo, a 48-year-old farmer from Chikhomo Village, is a member of the newly established Chingalumba Producers and Marketing Cooperative in TA Kasisi in Chikwawa. She beams with excitement at the mention of large-scale commercial farming through the SVTP. Destructive impacts of climate change like drought, floods and shifting weatherContinue Reading