 Independent newspapers and magazines  Provide employment for people experiencing poverty and homelessness  Vendors buy copies at half of the cover price, then sell on, keeping the proceeds  Many offer vendors ongoing social support and training opportunities  Most advocate for the needs and the rights of people living in poverty

 Supports over 100 street papers in 40 countries worldwide  Supports new projects in the developing world  Builds the capacity & sustainability of street papers by providing advice & training  Allows street papers to share resources, experience and mentoring  Runs its own news agency as an editorial resource for street papers

 Bi-monthly, independent magazine  Sold by people living in poverty  51 regular vendors  Content in English & Chichewa  Launched January 2009  Sold for 300 MWK  9 editions of have been published  Sells average of 1000 per edition  Based in Blantyre (also distributes in Lilongwe & Mzuzu)  8 paid staff (2 in Lilongwe)

 To address the problems of unemployment & homelessness  To challenge the stigma surrounding homelessness  To give a voice to the voiceless  To inform and educate Malawian society  To raise international awareness of Malawian issues

 Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger  Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

 Vendors earn an income & support themselves & their families  Vendors can earn enough to meet their basic needs  553 people living in poverty have benefitted directly  (360 female, 193 male)  51 men & women vending regularly  255 dependents have benefitted from a regular household income  8 paid staff employed by the project

 Challenges the stigma surrounding homelessness  Educates & informs Malawian society  Addresses need for media pluralism  Platform for alternative viewpoints  International readers are reached through INSP’s news agency *Video

 Vendor retention  Advertising  Limited resources  Publicity

 Aims to become sustainable and no longer dependent on grants  Sustainability is built into the street paper model with revenue being invested into the running costs  Sales and advertising revenue are rising steadily  Aims to provide employment and training to people living in poverty for years to come