Rather than taking children out of their own environment to live across the world, a spokesperson for Save the Children UK says that vulnerable children are better off in their own country, where they can be looked after by their own people. Save the Children believes that the best way to help a child is [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
May 21, 2009
President Bingu Leads in the Polls BINGU LEADS IN POLLS
According to official figures, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika leads the polls by a wide margin. While the final result of the election has not officially been declared, Bakili Muluzi, former president and supporter of wa Murharika’s opponent John Tembo, has acknowledged wa Mutharika as the winner. The Malawi Electoral Commission said wa Mutharika had 335,752 [...]
May 20, 2009
saucy: A public thank you to my 80 friends who became fans of Goods4Good on Facebook recently. Thanks for helping to spread the word about Goods 4 Good!
saucy: A public thank you to my 80 friends who became fans of Goods4Good on Facebook recently. Thanks for helping to spread the word about Goods 4 Good!
May 20, 2009
Old Phones Can Help Save Lives
Old Phones Can Help Save Lives We wanted to spread the word about this exciting campaign. Hope Phones is a new campaign by FrontlineSMS:Medic that uses recycled mobile phones, laptops, and the FrontlineSMS software to create health networks which enable rural clinics to provide better, more extensive care. From the Hope Phones press release:
Its first pilot [...]
May 19, 2009
A Big Day in Malawi Today is election day in Malawi
A Big Day in Malawi Today is election day in Malawi. The impoverished but relatively stable nation is holding its fourth democratic elections since the one party Banda regime ended in 1993. Malawians will head to the polls to cast their vote in an election that pits current President Bingu wa Mutharika (pictured above) against political rival John Tembo, who [...]
May 18, 2009
Brazilio Chibawana
This is Brazilio Chibawana, one of our teachers at Kachulu Primary School in Malawi. He is holding up one of the lesson plans he uses to teach the 91 students in his third grade class. This past January, Kachulu received a Teachers Supply Closet containing enough school supplies for teachers to teach 1,000 students for an [...]
May 13, 2009
This week we distributed 1,122 pencils and 3,108 pens to three primary schools overseen by the Tiyambe Nawo Goods Distribution
This week we distributed 1,122 pencils and 3,108 pens to three primary schools overseen by the Tiyambe Nawo Goods Distribution. They were black ink pens and lead pencils donated by an American pharmaceutical company and pencils purchased in local shops in Malawi. Before distributing the goods, the chiefs and School Committee members gave a short speech to the children advising them [...]
May 12, 2009
Twitter Drive
Goods 4 Good is new to this whole social media thing, but we’re getting a lot of help. Yesterday, a private donor offered us $1 for every new Twitter follower we can get in the next two weeks. We’ve been on Twitter for just over a week now and we’ve got 75 followers. Think we could [...]
