Conservation

Malawi is once again running through trying to find the best solutions again.

http://www.africanews.com/site/MALAWI_Villagers_heal_sick_environment/list_messages/37518

For a country that is mostly Christian its interesting to see how the influence of witchcraft still exists though too. Makes me wonder how real either of them are believed.

RippleEffect.wsu.edu actually works pretty hard to implement the wood lot kits and bee keeping kits to improve the conservation and pollenation of the area while showing the people how to properly care for the land. Definitely worth checking out.

Its cool that the GDP is expected to be up more than previously thought

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-21/malawi-s-2010-11-domestic-revenue-revised-upwards-by-5-5-nation-reports.html

Which is always a good thing. This may account for the increased spending that was noticed a bit before.

I didt know they really had that much uranium either.

http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE71K0FQ20110221

Its cool to see them doing more with their natural resources that they do have and having the production lines already setup. Its lame that the diesel shortage has been a pain but oh well.

Personal Malawi story

This is a fantastic piece of journalism and getting a real person story. I know sometimes we can feel somewhat calloused to the idea of HIV and AIDS but when it creates its own genocide, I believe we have to take a stand and start breaking our hearts of stone.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2011/02/17/work-being-done-to-tackle-hiv-in-malawi-is-making-changes-says-campaigner-annie-lennox-86908-22929563/

Content in Malawi

Well lately there has not been that much news except some issues with Madonna's adoption and new laws against flatulence. It makes me wonder what our perspective is when we come to looking and observing third world nations. How would you express yourself in this regard? ethno-centric, charitable, wanting to empower them? etc?