About Malawi
Photo: Lake Malawi
The african country Malawi was granted independence in 1964, after decades as a British Protectorate called Nyasaland…
The country is land-locked in southeastern Africa, surrounded by Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. Malawi’s greatest natural resource is Lake Malawi, which defines most of its eastern border.
Malawians are categorically enthusiastic, with a desire for improvement and a cheerful approach to work and school, even when these are markedly insufficient. But it is the poorest African democracy, in which the skills and talents of its 19 million people remain untapped and under utilized.
Map of Malawi. The capital city of Lilongwe is marked on the map above by a red square. The city of Blantyre is marked by the red square with black outline.
Malawi’s major cities are Lilongwe, the governmental capital, and Blantyre, the commercial center. Cities of 20,000 to 75,000 serve as regional trading centers for countless small villages. Almost all of the efforts of large international NGOs have been directed towards the countless number of small communities. Projects in the large cities, ignored for many years, are beginning to attract more attention. With the GranCommunity, we will be able to emphasize the importance investing in urban projects.
Blantyre is Malawi's commercial capital. With a population of over 500,000. It is the oldest city in southern Africa. It is surrounded by hills. Has College of Medicine and business school the Polytechnic under University of Malawi. It is robust with student population. Hotels include the Marriott Ryalls hotel, Mount Soche hotel, Amarylis Hotel, Holden Peacock hotel.
Namalimwe is a short walk away from the oldest Blantyre Presbyterian Mission with a 125years old church building. The name Blantyre is named after birth place of a Scottish Missionary Dr. David Livingstone. Two rivers run through Namalimwe. With a voting population of 7,000 people it is home to a lot of retired people who own land and have housing but struggle to make ends meet. With the HIV pandemic leaving orphaned children. Its population has more than 60% youth. Most of whom lack skills to sustain themselves thereby posing a burden to the grannies.
There is a top girls primary school nearby where this year, students performed well and selected to go to public secondary school and national secondary school. We have a national secondary school called Blantyre Secondary schools. It is a national school where best performing students from across Nalaeo are selected to do their studies.