1. GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE PRESENTATION
RACHEL SILUNGWE
MALAWI

2. Rachel Rachel Silungwe, Malawi 38 years old Married
Capacity building & Organisation development
At work

3. FAMILY
Rachel with husband & sister

5. MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA
Geography

6. MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA
Landlocked
Located in South East Africa
Surrounded by Mozambique, Zambia & Tanzania
Area of 118,484 square kilometres, which is about size of Pennsylvania
20% Lake Malawi
South of the equator – latitudes 9/45 & 17/16 and longitudes 33 degrees 35 minutes.
900 km long with a width between km
Population million people.
Capital – Lilongwe
Currency – Malawi Kwacha
Official language – English
National language - Chichewa
Very friendly people

7. HISTORY, GOVT & POLITICS
First settled in the 10th Century.
Colonised by the British up to 1964.
Became a one party state upon independence until 1994
Multi party democracy from 1994 to date.
The President who heads state & government is elected for a five year term. Eligible for two consecutive terms.
193 seat national assembly
3 regions (provinces), North, Centre & South
28 Districts

8. PEOPLE & CULTURE
Malawian people,
Doing what they know best

9. ECONOMY Least developed country (LDC)
90% of the population is in rural areas.
GDP =$10.51 billion
Per capita = $800
Agro based economy. Agriculture accounts for 37% of GDP & 85% of export revenues.
Major exports – tobacco, tea & sugar
Real growth rate 7.4%

10. HEALTHY & MORTALITY Birth rate 41.7/1000 Infant mortality 90.5/1000
12% HIV/AIDS prevalence rate
Life expectancy 43.4
Population growth 2.4 %
Literacy levels 63 %

11. Tourist Attractions Fresh water lake Game Reserves and Parks
Lake Malawi
Third largest in Africa
Along Great African Rift Valley
Yachting marathons
Game Reserves and Parks
Safaris
Rolling Hills and Mountains
Mulanje Mountain
Third highest peak in Africa – 3,002 m

12. More tourist attractions
A beach along lake Malawi
Lake Malawi

13. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS – Mulanje mountain with tea fields in the background.

14. NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

15. ROTARY CLUBS
Five Rotary clubs namely: Blantyre, Limbe, Lilongwe, Bwaila & Muzu
Chairman of Limbe Rotary club RTN. Dudha poses with students after making a donation of computers to Zingwangwa Secondary school in the city of Blantyre.

16. Rotarians - good samaritans
Education is the key to sustainable development

17. Rotarians in action
Feeding orphans

18. Rotarians
Attending a meeting