ActionAid Malawi is an Associate of the international anti-poverty agency ActionAid International. It started work in Malawi in 1990 and works with some of the poorest and most remote parts of Malawi in 28 districts. Through its policy and advocacy work ActionAid aims to empower poor and excluded people to demand and achieve their basic rights. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
MEJN is a coalition of more than 100 civil society organizations, which have activities in the field of economic governance. MEJN's membership include NGOs, Community Based Organisations, Trade Unions, representatives of the Media, the academia, among others. The network is committed to poverty reduction through promotion of equitable and just distribution of socioeconomic opportunities through capacity building of civil society, policy research and dissemination, advocacy and monitoring for good economic governance at national and international levels. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Ministry of Finance has the mandate to formulate economic and fiscal policy and manage financial and material resources of the Government of Malawi in order to realise balanced and sustainable economic growth and to reduce poverty. [according to site editor's information]
EQUINET is a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realise shared values of equity and social justice in health.
EQUINET is governed by a steering committee involving academic, government and civic institutions from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and from SADC and international level. EQUINET programmes involve institutions from these and other SADC countries.
[according to site editor's information]
Publications are downloadable....
Site about the language of the Nyakyusa / Ngonde in Tanzania / Malawi. You will find many traditional short stories in Nyakyusa, information about the language, information about scholars / research done about Nyakyusa, a short excerpt from the probably first book that appeared in Nyakyusa some time between 1894 and 1914 ("Teti Teti"), an audio sample, a bibliography. An online dictionary for Nyakyusa was in the making. But as the site was last updated in 2007, it seems that the project was cancelled. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Website about the Yawo ( also: Ajao, Ajawa, Ayao, Chiyao, Wajao) living in malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. You will find a link to a small video tape as an introduction to the Yawo, an extensive bibliography, documents about the orthography of their language, several videos about relevant topics. More features are under construction. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
G.R.A.C.E., a NGO based in the US and Kenya, works with communities in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi to mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS. G.R.A.C.E. helps networks of African community-based organizations (CBOs), people living with AIDS(PLWAs), and youth deliver household-focused prevention and care, early childhood development, nutritional, agricultural, and economic improvements for sustainable communities. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
UNDP links global and national efforts to achieve the Millennium goals aims and helps host countries to find solutions to global and national development challenges. Main areas of activity are:
- Democratic governance
- Poverty reduction
- Crisis prevention and recovery
- Environment and energy
Through the Resident Co-ordinator System UNDP plays a significant co-ordination role for the UN's activities in the field of development. ... [Redaktion ilissAfrica]
The CSR is a research institution within the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Malawi in Zomba. It undertakes both basic and applied research so as to generate information on priority problems of the country and channel the information to policy makers and planners. Main fields of research are:
- Poverty and sustainable livelihoods
- Environmental management and access to natural resources
- Social and cultural dimensions of public health
- Democracy and governance ... [according to site editor's information]
Malawi SDNP is a UNDP supported Malawi Government Programme executed by the National Research Council of Malawi to assist with development of Internet and Information Services with emphasis on sustainable development. Important: If you click on "Index" under "Contents", you will find a lot of more sites. You will find many sites by governmental institutions providing full text documents of laws, acts etc.. For example, you will find detailed documents on elections in malawi (1999, 2004, 2009). For further content, see table of contents. [according to site editor's information] ... [supplemented]