The Capacity Foundation helps people in Malenga Mzoma, Malawi, end their dependency on foreign aid by building businesses using an innovative funding model.
North Wales & Malawi
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We're saying farewell to Twitter.
News of the Capacity Foundation's activities in Malenga Mzoma, #Malawi wil now be posted on the charity's Facebook page.
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Stephen Maund retweeted
"When I was studying for my degree in nursing, there was no way I could afford to buy all the books I needed. Thankfully, I didn’t need to. My university library was stocked with brand-new medical books from Book Aid International."
- Njeri Munyiri, Kenya
In the context of #COP27 here's a distressing article about the impact of the #ClimateCrisis on #Africa - whose 54 countries account for just 15% of the world’s population but contribute less than 4% of CO2 emissions:
theguardian.com/world/2022/n…
Stephen Maund retweeted
Excited to be interviewed by @Reuters on our hopes and expectations of #COP27 to deliver. The time is now @COP27P @UNFCCC to listen to Africa and the rest of the developing countries.
Watch it here:
fb.watch/gF7GnW8L71/
Ahead of #COP27, Gabon's Environment Minister warnds that the world will only take meaningful action on the #ClimateCrisis once people in rich countries start dying in greater numbers from its effects.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Stephen Maund retweeted
In @Schwarzenegg3r words:
"We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late... The science is clear. The global warming debate is over."
Stephen Maund retweeted
Climate crisis to blame for high rates of cholera in #Malawi, says ActionAid via @actionaid @actionaidmalawi @kuwalipk #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis actionaid.org/news/2022/clim… – at Malawi
Enabling people to control their own circumstances is vital to combatting #poverty in a sustainable way. In #Malawi our business skills training helps people secure an income, so that families can gradually piece together a better life: capacityfoundation.org/busin…
With #cholera having killed 110 people in #Malawi and infected about 4,000 others since March, it’s worrying to find that one of the two companies making cholera vaccines for use in humanitarian emergencies is to stop production at the end of this year: theguardian.com/global-devel…
Some of the poorest countries in the Commonwealth might miss out on medical advances to fight #AIDS, #tuberculosis and #malaria unless the UK gives generously to a key international funding initiative: theguardian.com/global-devel…
Our business skills and marketing training courses help people in Malenga Mzoma, #Malawi, qualify for small loans to start a business or to develop an existing one: capacityfoundation.org/busin…
A statue of #Malawi hero John Chilembwe is to grace the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London: capacityfoundation.org/john-…
Climate activist and new #UNICEF goodwill ambassador Vanessa Nakate - @vanessa_vash - would like to see reparations from the nations that are most responsible for the world's #climatecrisis.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Stephen Maund retweeted
COP27 cannot be framed as an African COP just because it’s coming to Africa; that in itself is not enough. We must also make sure that the present needs of Africa – that have always been neglected before – are prioritised in the outcome that we get. independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
Here's an article about a film showing how Anita Chitaya, a farmer in Bwabwa, northern #Malawi, tries to change minds about the #ClimateCrisis both in her village and in the United States.
theguardian.com/film/2022/se…
