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Page 1: RACHEL SILUNGWE MALAWI. Rachel Rachel Silungwe, Malawi 38 years old Married Capacity building & Organisation development At work

RACHEL SILUNGWEMALAWI

Page 2: RACHEL SILUNGWE MALAWI. Rachel Rachel Silungwe, Malawi 38 years old Married Capacity building & Organisation development At work

Rachel•Rachel Silungwe,•Malawi•38 years old•Married•Capacity building & Organisation development •At work

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FAMILYRachel with husband & sister

Page 4: RACHEL SILUNGWE MALAWI. Rachel Rachel Silungwe, Malawi 38 years old Married Capacity building & Organisation development At work
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MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA

Geography

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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

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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

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PEOPLE & CULTUREMalawian people,Doing what they know best

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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%

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HEALTHY & MORTALITYBirth rate 41.7/1000Infant mortality 90.5/100012% HIV/AIDS prevalence rateLife expectancy 43.4Population growth 2.4 %Literacy levels 63 %

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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

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More tourist attractionsA beach along lake Malawi

Lake Malawi

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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

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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.

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Rotarians - good samaritans

Education is the key to sustainable development

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Rotarians in action

Feeding orphans

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RotariansAttending a meeting