Nkhani

Despite energy playing a significant role in improving the lives of people and achievement of Malawi’s development goals, currently the main sources of lighting for 90 percent of non-electrified households are battery torches, elephant grass, candles and paraffin lamps. For cooking, about 95 percent depend on biomass like firewood and charcoal, only a fraction of […]

Nearly 20 women wait to give birth at Mulanje Mission Hospital every day Three years ago, giving birth at the 220-bed hospital, which handles 440 outpatients daily and 250 births a month, was a matter of life or death due to frequent power cuts. Health workers were literally groping in the dark to save lives. […]