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Deentrlization in Malawi
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The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not conducted elections for the past nine years but there are high indications that they will be conducted in 2010. As a result of this delay there has been a gap in the District executive Committees’ and therefore, bringing a minor malfunction on the implementation of district development plans because of the lack of representatives from the wards i.e. the councillors. Without the presence of the councillors at the District executive committee meant that there were no representatives from the citizens. And because the people did not have an influence at the district planning meetings and strategic implementations, development initiatives were not demanded and appreciated. The people, whose development was meant for, were not included in the planning process. This is because the citizens themselves are not empowered to question or demand services from their district assembly. Village and Area development committees were established without giving them the capability on how to face challenges like how to operate in the absence of ward councillors and how to demand beneficial services from the district assembly.
It owes from this background that this project seeks to provide capacity building to Area Development Committees and the local communities in general with knowledge on how their local district assemblies work and hence empower them to demand accountable services from their assemblies.
The inability to demand services from their assemblies or to demand democratic decision processes like local government elections proves that the citizens are not aware of their roles
This lack of knowledge about local government procedures among local communities is the major contributing factor to inability to implement sustainable development in the country
Development activities are supposed to be implemented with the local people as the sole beneficiaries and now if they are not involved in the planning and implementing procedures, the development initiatives can not be sustainable

therefore there is need to facilitate the communities by providing them with the knowledge on how their district assemblies work to empower them question and asses their local governance about their rights.

To sensitize and empower Area Development Committees to know their roles and responsibilities in local governance

To actively sensitize the local communities about the structure and responsibilities of their district assemblies through video documentaries

To provide a medium of interactive discussion where marginalized citizens can easily question, assess, contribute and participate in the framework of local governance



February 5, 2010 | 4:17 AM Comments  0 comments

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Decentralization in Malawi
Related to country: Malawi


The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not conducted elections for the past nine years but there are high indications that they will be conducted in 2010. As a result of this delay there has been a gap in the District executive Committees’ and therefore, bringing a minor malfunction on the implementation of district development plans because of the lack of representatives from the wards i.e. the councillors. Without the presence of the councillors at the District executive committee meant that there were no representatives from the citizens. And because the people did not have an influence at the district planning meetings and strategic implementations, development initiatives were not demanded and appreciated. The people, whose development was meant for, were not included in the planning process. This is because the citizens themselves are not empowered to question or demand services from their district assembly. Village and Area development committees were established without giving them the capability on how to face challenges like how to operate in the absence of ward councillors and how to demand beneficial services from the district assembly.
It owes from this background that this project seeks to provide capacity building to Area Development Committees and the local communities in general with knowledge on how their local district assemblies work and hence empower them to demand accountable services from their assemblies.
The inability to demand services from their assemblies or to demand democratic decision processes like local government elections proves that the citizens are not aware of their roles
This lack of knowledge about local government procedures among local communities is the major contributing factor to inability to implement sustainable development in the country
Development activities are supposed to be implemented with the local people as the sole beneficiaries and now if they are not involved in the planning and implementing procedures, the development initiatives can not be sustainable

therefore there is need to facilitate the communities by providing them with the knowledge on how their district assemblies work to empower them question and asses their local governance about their rights.

To sensitize and empower Area Development Committees to know their roles and responsibilities in local governance

To actively sensitize the local communities about the structure and responsibilities of their district assemblies through video documentaries

To provide a medium of interactive discussion where marginalized citizens can easily question, assess, contribute and participate in the framework of local governance



February 5, 2010 | 4:17 AM Comments  0 comments

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Gaining experience Proffessionally
Related to country: Malawi

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there is something amazing when we are growing up in our fields of interest.having graduated from the university with a bachelors in humanities some 18 months ago, the whole humanities field was open to me. i was interested in a lot of issues: development journalism, women issues, development criticism, child development, peace bulding, democracy and development sustainability. and i could tackle all these issues with a passion most people could not understand. but for me it was such an interesting field, i wanted to do all those things! but now 18 months down the line i can feel the excitment of being content with the issues i am currently tackling now. currently am interested in cmmunication in development. i mean i like dealing with issues of gender equality and women in development, i also like dealing with issus about youths and HIV AIDS but the issue of communication in development is what is making me so excited right now.
okay when am saying about communicaion in development i mean issues like
a) how should development facilitators commincate to local communities so that development initiatives are sustainable?
B) which communication channels should be adopted to make development strategies more effective?
c) on what point can we blame communication for an unsuccessful project?
d) are some communication strategies more effective than others?
e) are some communication strategies more appropiate or effective in particular interventions than others?

i mean issues like that. right now i just know i want to study more about communication in general, then communicatin strategies, then communication in development.
maybe i would like an internship or work experience in an organisation that specialises in communication strategies or communication in development..

i think it would be great if i studied an MA in communication in Development or something like that.
i would like to specialise in issues of development facilitation and effective communication in development
in the end become a consultant in development communication because i belive that if we have sufficient expertise in development communication we can avoid most of the ineffective projects that are poorly implemented.

October 21, 2009 | 10:38 AM Comments  0 comments

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life as a choice or a duty?
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i was recently having a discussion with a coleuge about abortion. the choice to abort, the ability to abort, the role of the society in abortion and so on... and the thing that struck me from the whole conversation is the people who argue for pro or against abortion differ on the one fundermantal concept... " what is life for?" do we live for ourselves or the the people around us? one of the major arguments for pro abortion is " a woman has a choice what to do with her body" and one of the major arguments for anti- abortion is " no one has the right to kill another being"
now the basis for this argument is why do humans live?
if we have the choice to life, and have the freedom to live the kind of life we want and the freedom to associate with the people of their choice.. the right to a free social life... to have access to to oportunities to advance their lives..
then they have the right to do what they have to do to attain that life not so?
i.e they have a right to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy if it interfeers with their choice of life...
however if a person is a social being.
born to live their life to the betterment of the human race or living their life for the advancement of the human race.. then no one has the right to make any personal decisions when issues of society' betterment are concerned i.e the interest of a woman are secondary to the interests' of the society..
this argument i think is quite complicated because issues of religion, society values, culture and laws come into play..
i think society was created in a way that people who live their lives for others are celebrated as heroes..
those who sacrifice their personal interest for others are cellebrated as great people.
but in this concept where are personal freedoms?
i think people who seek personal advancement, personal promotional over community or human race development are considered bad people.
but i think the same rules do dot apply to capitalism, education, finance sports.. because in these worlds the toughest, smartest, strongest survive,, and personal achievement is promoted over group achievement....
but why is it tha way??
i think the society in the areas of commerce has moved on to realising that sometimes by achieving personal development we can achieve community development.
but in the social sector we still believe that the heroes are people who put their society at a priority before their selves..
as such as it is today: socially we live because we belong... and we exsist because we are.
and as long as we percive our world as such.... human will and personal choices are limited when issues or societies well being are concerned...

August 20, 2009 | 7:18 AM Comments  2 comments

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women leadership
Related to country: Malawi

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i have recently returned from Ghana from a women leadership empoernment and development institute. now the fact that womens participation nd equal contribution to government and economic desions is a prelequisite to africas econoy is general knowledge and something that is easily accepted. but what i discovered during the whole institute is the holistic or inter connected issues we need to consider of adress before we can achieve womens participation in decesion making. womens leadership is both a mean and an end in itself. it requires women participation in liedsrhip positions to ensure sustainable at equaly distributed and effective development but it also requre good governenve and good strategically planned policies to facilitate and or enhance this participation. as such lectures in the history of womens movemen,pan-africanism, african economy and peace building enlightened me on how holistic we must aproach the issue of womenleadership in africa. according to my malawian persepective i believe that ourbiggest challange is to ensure that girls and women are properly trainned and oriented on leadership before they start their leadership careeres. because experience has shown thet most women are found in leadership positions out of luck, chance, tokenism favour an briberly. as such they are not the kind of women leaders we want. they neither have the skils and ability to advance women agendas. womenleadership courses are a very good initiative to ensuring the king of women leaders we need for the next generation.

August 11, 2009 | 5:15 PM Comments  0 comments

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