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Hope in ActionMalawi Clinician Fights Malnutrition with Mobile ClinicsIn this episode of "Hope in Action" by AfricaBrief, host Winston Mwale shares the inspiring story of Keston Mhango, a former clinician at Ekwendeni Mission Hospital in Mzimba district, Malawi. Mhango's passion for his community and determination to address the high levels of malnutrition led him to investigate the root causes of the problem. He discovered that hunger and a lack of knowledge on how to prepare nutritious food for children were contributing to malnutrition in the communities served by the hospital.Mhango's innovative solution was to introduce mobile clinics and primary health...
2023-04-1018 min
Hope in ActionMISA Malawi Chairperson Teresa Ndanga hails media training in ATI for Malawi mediaMALAWI: The Media Institute of Southern Africa-Malawi Chapter, with support from Basel Institute of Governance, organized a two-day training in Access to Information (ATI) for the country’s media from Monday to Tuesday in Lilongwe.AfricaBrief’s Editor-in-Chief, Winston Mwale, caught with MISA Malawi Chairperson Teresa Ndanga soon after the training.Among other things, Winston wanted to find out why MISA Malawi organized the training in ATI, and what are the media organization’s expectations from the journalists who attended the workshop.Take a listen! This is a public episode. If you...
2021-12-0711 min
Hope in ActionChildhood hobby pushes Malawian man to establish game ranch in LilongweRashid Geloo says his childhood hobby of keeping animals like birds and white rats pushed him into setting up a game ranch in Lilongwe, central Malawi.Recently, AfricaBrief Editor-in-Chief, Winston Mwale, paid Rashid a visit, to appreciate his work at R and L Farms/Game Ranch, where he keeps animals like zebras, ostriches, emu, kudus, bushbucks, porcupines, and vultures.Take a listen This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit africabrief.substack.com
2021-11-2511 min
WaterlessLamin Jahateh and Jason FlorioThis week, learn about how The Gambia’s plentiful water supply has actually been causing major health problems across the country.
It’s story of how a country with plentiful water resources is failing to provide safe water to its people.
Our host, Winston Mwale speaks to investigative journalist Lamin Jahateh and photographer Jason Florio the duo behind the story, “The Gambia’s Water Paradox,” which covers the full extent to which the water system is failing a large population of Gambians.
The groundbreaking story synthesizes data collected over the past years and tells the...
2021-07-2134 minWaterlessNengi NelsonWhat role, if any, can pictures play in telling water-related stories?
Are there any special tricks that journalists who are planning to cover water-related stories can employ to make their stories lively?
In this episode, host, Winston Mwale, speaks to Nengi Nelson, a photographer and budding film maker born and raised in Port Harcourt Nigeria.
Nengi, together with Festus Iyorah and Yuxi Wang, recently published a story titled “Waterpreneurs” cash in on government failure to deliver clean water to islanders” in Nigeria on CCIJ website.
It’s a story that talks about th...
2021-07-1411 minWaterlessYuxi WangIn the previous episode, our host, Winston Mwale, spoke to Lesotho-based investigative journalist, Pascalinah Khabi, who, together with Sechaba Mokhethi, recently did a great story titled “water, water everywhere…but not a drop to drink”.
Apart from the great pictures that accompanied it, the story also had great data visualizations that were done by Yuxi Wang, a freelancing writer, and data journalist.
In this episode, Winston talks to Yuxi about her for passion for data storytelling, visualization, and her recent data visualizations for the story “Waterpreneurs”, which talks about government’s failure to deliver clean water to isl...
2021-07-0724 minWaterlessPascalinah KabiThe idiom "so close, yet so far" or "so near and yet so far" rings true for communities living within sight of Lesotho’s two biggest dams.
The villagers endure a daily struggle to access safe water because the “white gold” they can see, but cannot reach, is destined for neighbouring South Africa.
In this episode, host, Winston Mwale, speaks to Lesotho-based investigative journalist, Pascalinah Khabi, who, together with Sechaba Mokhethi, recently did a great story titled “water, water everywhere…but not a drop to drink” which was published on CCIJ website.
It’s a story that...
2021-07-0624 min
Hope in ActionKodi katundu yemwe amayenera kupita ku chipinda chothandizira amayi oyembekezera pa chipatala cha pa Mkanda m'boma la Mchinji alikuti?M'chaka cha 2018, bungwe la Results Based Initiative( RBF), lomwe limalandira thandizo la ndalama kuchokera ku mayiko a Germany ndi Norway, lidamanga chipinda cha amayi oyembekezera chatsopano pa chipatala cha pa Mkanda m'boma la Mchinji.Koma mpaka pano chipindachi sichikugwira ntchito kamba koti katundu yemwe amayenera kubwera pa chipatalachi akuti anapita ku chipatala china, m'boma lomwelo. Kodi izi zinatheka bwanji? Nanga zikudzetsa mavuto anji? Winston Mwale, mothandizana ndi mtolankhani wa wailesi ya Mudziwathu m'boma la Mchinji, wakonza pologalamu yapadera.Mvetserani. This is a public episode. If you would like...
2021-02-1131 minWaterlessJoshua VissersJust how do you deal with sources who show no interest to speak to you, and then later get back to you after the story is published?
In this podcast, host Winston Mwale speaks to JOSHUA VISSERS, Associate Editor of the Mining Gazette, a US online publication, about his story “Residents of Cole’s Creek Road left out to dry."
The residents are accusing the the Houghton County Road Commission for cutting off their water supply with no warning, but HCRC says they did nothing wrong. When Joshua was gathering facts of the story, some sourc...
2020-10-1420 minWaterlessJane JohnstonHow do you make sure you tell a seemingly complex story in an engaging way that even your family members would love to read it, from the beginning to the end?
And, as if this was not enough, just how do you put a human face to such a complex story?
In this episode, Jane Johnston, a US-based journalist, reveals the answers to these and many more questions that Waterless podcast host, Winston Mwale, asked about her story "One Michigan County Tells The Story of a Nation Plagued by Water Pollution".
2020-10-0722 minWaterlessBrezhnev MalabaIn 2018, a twin cholera and typhoid outbreak hit Zimbabwe’s capital, piling on the misery. It claimed 69 lives and over 10,000 people were affected by the diseases, highlighting the dangers of Harare’s dilapidated water-supply system.
In this podcast, host Winston Mwale speaks to Brezhnev Malaba, the Zimbabwean journalist who did a wonderful story about Harare’s crumbling water infrastructure, with support from CCIJ.
Why did Brezhnev do the story? What challenges did he face when doing the story? And any tips for young investigative journalists?
You’ll learn about this and more in the podc
2020-09-3020 min
Hope in ActionKazako Preaches Malawi Government's Gospel Amid Covid-19AfricaBrief Editor in Chief, Winston Mwale, engages Malawi's Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako, on his government's decision to limit to 10 the number of attendees to religious gatherings, as one way of curbing the spread of coronavirus in Malawi.This follows a barrage of criticism the move has received from some quarters in Malawi.Take a listen! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit africabrief.substack.com
2020-08-1011 minWaterlessWinston MwaleToday's guest is Winston Mwale. Mwale is a CCIJ member and the founder and editor of Africa Brief, a news aggregator for stories about Africa. A veteran journalist, Mwale has years of experience across east and southern Africa-- and beyond. He has racked up cross-continental bylines and regional awards on this journey. He specializes in investigative and solutions journalism. In this episode, Mwale discusses his work as a journalist and his new story-- published with CCIJ--that explores the women fighting for water from unprotected wells in Malawi.
Read Winston's work with CCIJ:
Daily scramble for wat...
2020-07-2214 min
Hope in ActionDaily scramble for water part of life for millions in MalawiResidents of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, tell journalist Winston Mwale about their daily struggle for water.Fifty-six years after independence, potable water is still a literal pipe-dream for many people in Lilongwe and elsewhere in Malawi.Listen to the podcast here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit africabrief.substack.com
2020-07-2111 min
Hope in ActionAfter Babel, a New Common Language EmergesIn our special report this week, Winston Mwale tells the story of how Malawi has been losing out millions of dollars because of a poor taxation framework and lack of bargaining power with international investors, especially in the extractive industry.However, as Winston explains in this report, after years of Babel-like talk on the extractive industry, a new common language is slowly emerging with plans to reform the extractive industry.Will these reforms materialize?Insert| special report………..reading that special report by Winston Mwale, written as part of Wealth of Nations, a pan...
2019-10-2710 min