Malawi has been like a holiday within a holiday. The country has huge variety from the:
highlands of Nyika; beachlife around Lake Malawi; wildlife of the National
Parks; lushness of the tea plantations through to the hustle and bustle of city
life in Blantyre and Lilongwe. Malawi is
one of the world’s poorest countries, and the poverty of families has been quite
overwhelming at times, but the people of Malawi have been amazingly open and wonderfully
friendly throughout the country. Deforestation
across Malawi is ubiquitous and the continuing pressure for wood to enable
house building (brick making) and cooking will continue to drive this. We did see some small attempts to set up
managed forestation and replanting programmes, such as at Ripple Africa –
hopefully these will be taken up nationally. Education is also a major focus
for the country – the government has stated that all children must be educated
at primary level. Currently, however,
there are not the teachers and resources to enable this to happen, and the
result is children arriving at school to class sizes way over one hundred. Despite
the country’s problems we would definitely recommend anyone wanting to come to
Southern Africa to visit Malawi – we have absolutely loved it here.
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