The First Lady of Malawi, Callista Mutharika, has publicly urged citizens not to shy away from donating blood for fear of being found HIV positive.
Mutharika was speaking at the official launch of the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) blood donation week in the nation’s capital of Lilongwe. She said that many people don’t give [...]

Sister Beatrice Chipeta, a Catholic nun from Malawi, has won a major humanitarian award for her years of work helping orphans in the disadvantaged country.
Sr. Chipeta has been called the “Mother Teresa” of Malawi, due to her tireless work to improve life for orphaned, sick or otherwise vulnerable children. She started work in the [...]

Five enterprising students at a school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, are planning to raise money for a Malawian charity by organising six months’ worth of fundraising and awareness events.
The students, who are currently in Year 12 at Roundwood Park School, are supporting Wings of Hope, a charitable organisation which aims to improve education for children [...]

The founder of school-feeding charity Mary’s Meals has been recognised with a prize from the CNN Hollywood Heroes awards scheme for his organisation’s work in Malawi and other underprivileged countries.
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, who set up Mary’s Meals in 1992, was the only person from the UK to win an award at the CNN Hollywood Heroes [...]

The Malawian government has reportedly signed two new financial agreements, with the Fast Track Initiative and the World Bank, in order to improve education in the country. In total, the agreements are estimated to be worth $140 million.
The World Bank has pledged to work through its International Development Agency to provide Malawi with a [...]

According to the latest data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS, there are approximately 91,000 children under 15 years old living with HIV in Malawi. The latest AIDS Epidemic Update also revealed that a significant proportion of these children are not receiving the proper medical care.
The data also estimated that:
• 2.1 million [...]

The former First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, has hailed the Scotland-Malawi partnership a “phenomenal” success, far beyond anything he could have imagined.
The Scotland-Malawi co-operation agreement was established in 2005, with the aim of building a mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries and improving life for underprivileged Malawians.
Since the partnership’s inception five [...]

Athletes in East Lancashire have completed a successful campaign to raise money for children in a poverty-stricken village of Malawi, in order to build them a new classroom.
Spearheaded by Maureen Laney, a champion road and fell runner with the Clayton Harriers, and her daughter Eleanor, the fundraising campaign aimed to raise £5,000 for a new [...]

A Canadian charity set up after one of its volunteers visited Africa is poised to launch a new fundraising drive for AIDs sufferers in Malawi.
Michael Gregson, from the Ontario town of Kitchener, set up the charity Warm Hearts of Africa after visiting the country and being moved by the resilience of the people he met [...]

A charity shop in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, has managed to raise £8,000 for a Malawi trust, to help disadvantaged people in the country.
Far and Wide, a shop run by volunteers from local churches, raised £8,000 in a recent fundraising drive. A cheque for that amount was recently presented to a representative from the Raven Trust, an [...]