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the international trade fair
Related to country: Malawi

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i was at the international trade fair this week and i think the youth are coming up. most of the people who were coming to visit the stands were the youth. but i was mostly encouraged by some few youths who were responsible for several exhibitions. but i think we did not have a lot of youths who were exhibiting their products. but i think generally we can say the youth are coming up. because i met a few of youths like from bvumbwe vegetable growers who were looking for markets. i also met some youths from chancellor college who have some theater group and were looking for NGO's to use them for disseminating their messages. however i would like to see alot of youths displaying their products like art and furniture. i think its high time the youth know the importance of marketing themselves and telling stakeholders how they can be useful. instead of just complaining that the youth are not being used. and that the skills of youths are not being fully utilized. a big up to all the youths who are taking an initiative to expose themselves especially those taking part at the trade fair, the road to being used is to tell the stakeholders that we are available.

May 21, 2008 | 7:00 AM Comments  0 comments

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th media and development
Related to country: Malawi

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i was listening to the state broadcaster last night and i think politicians are abusing the role of the media in development. the state broadcaster has the role to be independent and inform the rural masses out there who depend entirely on the radio for all their news. most illiterate people will believe all that is said on radio as the gospel truth because they can not compare the news from newspapers or other mediums because they don't have access to them. and if all we inform them is pro-government whether it is right or wrong i think we are abusing their right to correct information. and maybe the broadcasters will argue that their budget comes from the government and they cant possibly be anti government. my suggestion would be why don't we do the pro government programmes. but present the news as honest as possible so that those who entirely depend on state broadcasters for news has a dose of true news? why don't we have reporters trained and skilled to know when to do propaganda programmes and when not to? honestly am not against pro government programmes on state radio. but its disturbing when everything is pro-government and the truth is not told anymore! a big up to journalist who are dedicated to presenting news in a fair and true manner despite their political affiliations! people out there depend on u for professional journalism!

May 16, 2008 | 4:17 AM Comments  1 comments

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youth initietives
Related to country: Malawi

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my country is going through a lot of political instability at the moment and wondering what role the youth can take at this whole impasse. every time politicians divert away from discussing development in parliament an concentrating on purely political issues am concerned. and maybe i shouldn't be. what do others think? should we really depend on politics to develop or should we start looking for other ares for development? we have other areas like the private , bussines sectors or even the ngos. but maybe these depend on government and foreign aid for their finances. maybe its time we concentrate more on NGO's for development. if NGO's become effective and sustainable maybe they can be able to concentrate entirely on development without being distracted on other issues like politics

May 15, 2008 | 1:49 AM Comments  0 comments

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projects in rural development
Related to country: Malawi

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i have been involved in various projects by a number of NGO's intended to reduce or inform people on developmental issues. but one thing that always troubles me is the implementation stage. these people are supposedly ignorant about their situation & developers are trying to make them change their behavior or attitudes about a certain idea or behavior they have been doing all their lives!
and that change does not take an hour or a number of days. rural development projects expects people to change their attitudes within the project circle so that they can assess the results. but what if the people are not ready? what if they need more time?w hat if they require more proof? what if they need more human resource to demonstrate what u are telling them? the project cycle does not always allow that much time. and that is quite understandable considering the amount of money that can be involved. but at the same time it is problematic to the people expecting to change because the little time they are expected to change might not be enough to make a sustainable change. however little is better than none. i wish as developers we could us extensive programmes but thats not always possible! still let Africa develop!!

May 9, 2008 | 10:00 AM Comments  0 comments

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the youth & development
Related to country: Malawi

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i think the greatest challange
African states are facing now is to create a sustainable economy
that can sustain both
this generation & the coming genaration
7 this requires the youth to be involved
we do have the passion an time to get involved
what we need most is time & exposure
A big up to all those who are giving the youth a chance!

May 8, 2008 | 10:10 AM Comments  1 comments

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