@chavulaj

Journalist & Features Writer based in #Malawi | UN Voices of a Brighter Future Award winner | Tweeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | Energy Matters |

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Drought keeps scorching crops in #Malawi, where experts forecast above-normal rains starting the 3rd week of November, stressed farmers in the Southern Region are gazing at another year of hunger and poverty. 5.7m #Malawians require urgent food aid following last year's #ElNino
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#Malawi's political elites are in denial, so they won't fix the system soon. A recent @afrobarometer opinion poll shows only 29% of eligible voters could re-elect the @mcpmalawi & their only reply is to fault the sample size. Do u swallow the whole watermelon to know it's sweet?
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I've gone around the globe saying #SustainableEnergy is the hub of human development and #SDG7 financing should prioritise countries left behind like #Malawi. Sadly, some funding only funds corruption as I have waited in vain for 2 years for @ESCOM_Malawi to connect my house😜
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THREAD: Swelling Lake #Malawi has left many resorts flooded for over a month. Even those that are partially flooded and fully functioning are grappling with massive cancellation of bookings due to safety concerns. This threatens tourism, a pillar of Malawi's economic recovery.
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Flooding along swelling Lake #Malawi and #Shire River has sent ripples of fear of a deadly cholera outbreak, with water points, latrines, septic tanks and rubbish pits underwater for over a month. The stagnant flood is also a breeding ground for mosquitoes which transmit #malaria – at Malawi
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I took a boat from the flooded gates of Idle Lodge in Mangochi District, to appreciate the impact of the swelling of Lake #Malawi. The impact is so devastating that those affected want the @MalawiGovt to open the Kamuzu Barrage on the #Shire, but the floodgates are automated. – at Malawi
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Motherly love beats disasters! SiganLayisoni takes her son, Ishaak, home in Mapira location, #Mangochi District, where flooding from swelling Shire River, the sole outlet of rising Lake #Malawi, has disrupted livelihoods, schooling and access to #water, sanitation & hygeine. – at Malawi
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Sandals in hand. Body lotion on the backside of her palm, Amina Daudi, 14, walks to school. It's been a month since her home was flooded by rising #Shire River, now inundated by outflows from swelling Lake #Malawi. After walking through the water, she has to bathe & oil her body. – at Malawi
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The rising level of Lake #Malawi has caused distressing floods in communities along its shoreline and sole outlet, the #ShireRiver. Here, a parent welcomes a schoolchild home in Mapira settlement, #Mangochi District, where homes have been in floodwater since February.
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Ma Dr's!
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Public sector reforms on the African continent can be cases of "institutional mimicry", where institutions adopt the language and behavior of reform without necessarily achieving substantial changes on the ground — @HappyKayuni @unima_official #Malawi in-pursuit-of-development.si…
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James Chavula retweeted
Hivos Global@hivos1 Dec 2023
What is a #LossAndDamageFund? It specifically supports vulnerable states and communities whose land has been irretrievably lost to rising sea levels or turned into deserts by #climatechange. So then what's #mitigation and #adaptation? See our #explainer 👇🏽 hivos.org/loss-and-damage-ex…
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At last, Malawi has a smiling bishop. Congratulations Auxiliary Bishop Mwakhwawa of Lilongwe Archdiocese on your consecration. The world of faith needs more of you and a reason to believe.
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My 2Ts couldn't hide their happiness when they met #Malawi's top netball queen Mwawi Kumwenda. In me, the #MalawiQueens and @MelbourneVixens' star shooter has her blackest fan. I just voted for her as my country's best netballer in @MBCNewsLive Entertainers of the Year Awards.
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James Chavula retweeted
UNTOUCHED@Untouched2602 Oct 2023
Koma ine uyu ndikangokumana naye aaah kaya tiona😞😞
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James Chavula retweeted
AEJ Malawi@aej_malawi24 Sep 2023
Today our members @AbrahaBisayi @TNgona and @LusakoNg participated in a nature photography clinic organised by @malawiwildlife Congratulations team! #naturevisuals #ImpactStories @malatamathews @chamkoka @WezieNyirongo @FostinaMkandaw2 @chavulaj
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The 19th #Malawi Agricultural Fair ends today with lots of technologies on display & low attendance. Let's reboot the event to, among other things, make it relevant, accessible on social media, child-friendly, attractive to the youth and nationally representative. Rejig it.
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Replying to @salhaj @UNFPAMalawi @MOFAkr_eng @EzizHellen @RodriguesNeli1 @UNMalawi @chavulaj @EdythK @UNFPA @Atayeshe @UNFPA_ESARO @UNFPAEswatini @MalawiRedCross @hleziwe @LCCRotary @xcintakiehlx @Habitat_AFR @gavi @Nigina_Muntean @UNFPANigeria @CapitalFMMw @undpmalawi @IsabelStMalo @YoshikiOfficial @BagalueSunab @MarieKresbach @KambojAnanya
Thanks 🙏🏼 @RodriguesNeli1 Thanks 🙏🏼 @MOFAkr_eng @UNFPAMalawi Representative Ms. Nelida Rodrigues hands over the winterised dignity kit to Daliso in Mulanje malawi.unfpa.org/en/news/war…
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July 9 marks the International #GunDestructionDay. Today, #Malawi Police Service has destroyed 1073 gunsconfiscated from criminals, including robbers and poachers. More info go.shr.lc/44HOBdx Photos via @zodiakonline. @UNGeneva @UNDP @UNMalawi
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Vincent Nhlema@Vinhlema27 Jul 2023
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Farmers have everything to lose while those in offices have nothing to lose from the delayed validation.
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