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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE PRESENTATION

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE PRESENTATION. RACHEL SILUNGWE MALAWI. Rachel. Rachel Silungwe, Malawi 38 years old Married Capacity building & Organisation development At work. FAMILY. Rachel with husband & sister. MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA. Geography. MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA.

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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE PRESENTATION

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  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

  4. MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA • Geography

  5. 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 80 -160 km Population -13.1 million people. Capital – Lilongwe Currency – Malawi Kwacha Official language – English National language - Chichewa Very friendly people

  6. 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

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

  8. 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%

  9. 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 %

  10. Tourist Attractions • Fresh water lake • 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

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

  12. NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

  13. 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.

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

  15. Rotarians in action Feeding orphans

  16. Rotarians Attending a meeting

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