RACHEL SILUNGWEMALAWI
Rachel•Rachel Silungwe,•Malawi•38 years old•Married•Capacity building & Organisation development •At work
FAMILYRachel with husband & sister
MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA
Geography
MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA•Landlocked•Located in South East Africa•Surrounded by Mozambique, Zambia & Tanzania•Area of 118,484 square kilometres, which is about size of Pennsylvania•20% Lake Malawi•South of the equator – latitudes 9/45 & 17/16 and longitudes 33 degrees 35 minutes.•900 km long with a width between 80 -160 km•Population -13.1 million people.•Capital – Lilongwe•Currency – Malawi Kwacha•Official language – English•National language - Chichewa•Very friendly people
HISTORY, GOVT & POLITICS• First settled in the 10th Century.Colonised by the British up to 1964.Became a one party state upon independence until
1994Multi party democracy from 1994 to date.The President who heads state & government is
elected for a five year term. Eligible for two consecutive terms.
193 seat national assembly3 regions (provinces), North, Centre & South28 Districts
PEOPLE & CULTUREMalawian people,Doing what they know best
ECONOMYLeast developed country (LDC)90% of the population is in rural areas.GDP =$10.51 billionPer capita = $800Agro based economy. Agriculture accounts
for 37% of GDP & 85% of export revenues.Major exports – tobacco, tea & sugarReal growth rate 7.4%
HEALTHY & MORTALITYBirth rate 41.7/1000Infant mortality 90.5/100012% HIV/AIDS prevalence rateLife expectancy 43.4Population growth 2.4 %Literacy levels 63 %
Tourist AttractionsFresh water lake
Lake Malawi Third largest in Africa Along Great African Rift
Valley Yachting marathons
Game Reserves and ParksSafaris
Rolling Hills and MountainsMulanje Mountain
Third highest peak in Africa – 3,002 m
More tourist attractionsA beach along lake Malawi
Lake Malawi
NATIONAL HOLIDAYSPublic day Date
New year’s day 1st January
Chilembwe day 15th January
Martyr’s day 3rd March
Good Friday Mid April
Easter Monday Mid April
Labor day 1st May
Kamuzu day 14th May
Independence day 6th July
Mother’s day 15th October
Eid Ul Fitri Upon siting of the new moon in the month of Ramadan
Christmas day 25th December
ROTARY CLUBS•Five Rotary clubs namely: Blantyre, Limbe, Lilongwe, Bwaila & Muzu•Chairman of Limbe Rotary club RTN. Dudha poses with students after making a donation of computers to Zingwangwa Secondary school in the city of Blantyre.
Rotarians - good samaritans
Education is the key to sustainable development
Rotarians in action
Feeding orphans
RotariansAttending a meeting