For some time, I have been looking for a mechanism that would enable my blog visitors to make online donations for Karonga earthquake victims. I searched all over the net, but without success. As I was about to give up, I discovered that the  Malawi Washington Association (MWA), a registered non-political, non-regional, inter-ethnic group organization based in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, has a Paypal button on its website that enables visitors to make online donations for the Karonga quake victims. I asked them for the code and they have gladly given it to me and here is the button:

The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), a project of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Gender & Diversity Program, is now accepting applications for its 2010 fellowships. Continue reading this post…

Last month, Zain Malawi increased its airtime prices by about 18%. The Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) was quick to observe that this increase came just after the Kwacha has depreciated. Continue reading this post…

Friends Of Malawi (FOM), a registered non-profit organization, formed in 1987 by US Peace Corps Volunteers who previously served in Malawi, is running a small grants program for sustainable development projects in Malawi.

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In Malawi, many people heavily rely on home-made koloboyi paraffin lamps for lighting. But paraffin is far more expensive than electric lighting. The cost of useful light energy ($/lumen hour of light) for paraffin is 325 times higher than the inefficient incandescent bulb, is 1625 times higher than compact fluorescent light bulbs. Paraffin requires requires 10% to 25% of a villager’s annual income.

All paraffin lamps are bad

Children playing indoors because there is light

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Google Africa is looking for volunteers who are passionate about Chichewa and would like to participate in the translation of Google products to Chichewa, starting with the Google web search interface. If you are interested, please give me a shout. Those of you who have subscribed to this blog by email can express your interest in this exercise by simply replying the email. Continue reading this post…

Global Health Corps (GHC), an organization which aims to mobilize a global community of young leaders to build a movement for health equity, is receiving applications for GHC Fellowships, Class of 2010-2011.Fellowship positions are available in Rwanda, Malawi, Burundi, and Newark, New Jersey, USA.

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A landmark project that converts gas from household waste into electricity was officially launched in Durban, South Africa, last week. While other countries have been generating energy from waste for sometime now, this project is the first of its kind in Africa. The plant captures harmful methane gas from a landfill site and produces eight megawatts of electricity.

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The Society of Malawian Students (SMS) in Japan, of which this blogger is a member, has donated 60,000Yen to help Karonga earthquake victims. This money was raised from contributions by members of the society. The handover ceremony of the funds to the Malawi Embassy in Japan took place yesterday at the Ambassador’s residence in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Chomora Mikeka handing over the money to the Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Roosevelt Gondwe

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It was great shock and sorrow to me when I read a message from Professor Lotfi Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic, about the premature passing away of Professor Abe Mamdani, one of the prominent figures within the fuzzy logic community. Among other things, Prof Mamdani will be remembered for his pioneering work on fuzzy control which he did in the ’70s with his graduate student, Assilian. Continue reading this post…

The Maravi Post, a current affairs website, which aims to provide unbiased reporting on a wide range of developments in Malawi, was launched early this month. Prior to this,  Nyasatimes, Blantyre Newspapers Ltd (BNL), and Nation Online (which looks abandoned) were the only sites dedicated to Malawian news. Therefore, the introduction of  the Maravi Post is welcome development. Continue reading this post…