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CYCLING home through the African night, his feet bare and wearing only ragged shorts and a grubby shirt, a crop farmer stops under the stars to give his views about the latest scandal involving Madonna, a woman whose lifestyle could hardly be further removed from his. And yet his views are worth listening to, for this is Yohane Banda, the biological father of the Malawian boy adopted by the Material Girl when she decided to add 'poverty-chic' to the long list of fads she has followed in her 30-year career.
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THE graveyard is just 100 metres from his mud and brick shack home... and Chimaloizeni knows he will soon be making that short journey for good. HIV is no longer the inevitable death sentence it was in the African country of Malawi but the statistics are still brutal.
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HAVING returned from Malawi last week after an intensive ten days training fire brigades, I was concerned to read about the millions of dollars wasted by Madonna's Malawi project (Mail). My work was part of a Fire Aid package of four second-hand Essex Fire & Rescue fire engines and fire equipment to revitalise the country's fire services. With just a small amount of the Madonna project's money, I could have transformed the Malawi Fire & Rescue Service and provided it with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), of which they have none. My concern is that this exposure of the apparent corruption and misappropriation of millions of dollars will have a negative effect on my project to help provide life-saving services.
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SPORTS fans in Cheltenham have long been hoping to see powerhouses of world athletics up close. Now their dreams look set to come true. Malawi's national Olympic team has chosen the town as its training venue for the build up to the 2012 Games. Track and field athletes, swimmers and tennis players from the African country will make their final preparations before heading to London to bid for Olympic glory.
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PUPILS from Sunderland High School are preparing for their expedition to Malawi in June 2011. When you think about the day-to- day life at senior school, you don't always think about building or painting classrooms or building desks and teaching equipment in a developing country, you tend to think about coursework, exams and more work in the classroom or library. These pupils from Sunderland High School, aged between 16 and 18 are not only studying for their A-levels to take them on to University and beyond but are fundraising to achieve their target of buying classroom equipment for children living in poverty-stricken Nkhota Kota in Malawi. Not only are they doing their fundraising within the school and Sunderland city, these teenagers are getting themselves physically and mentally pre...
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CYCLING home through the African night, his feet bare and wearing only ragged shorts and a grubby shirt, a crop farmer stops under the stars to give his views about the latest scandal involving Madonna, a woman whose lifestyle could hardly be further removed from his. And yet his views are worth listening to, for this is Yohane Banda, the biological father of the Malawian boy adopted by the Material Girl when she decided to add 'poverty-chic' to the long list of fads she has followed in her 30-year career.
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There probably aren't many orphanages set up as a result of sticking a pin in a map. But when Alice Pulford set out for Malawi on her gap year, initially as a volunteer teacher, she didn't know precisely where in Africa she was going. 'I sort of flicked through a catalogue of gap-year opportunities and went, "Right, that one..."' There are, famously, many more hedonistic ways to spend the year before university. But Leicestershire-born Alice was determined to 'give back' during her time off. Just before she left school, Alice's grandfather - a great influence on her life - died, leaving her a small legacy with which to travel. 'He was a huge inspiration to me,' she says. 'He did a lot with the local Rotary Club and was dedicated to "giving back". When he died, I wanted to do something t...
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THE graveyard is just 100 metres from his mud and brick shack home... and Chimaloizeni knows he will soon be making that short journey for good. HIV is no longer the inevitable death sentence it was in the African country of Malawi but the statistics are still brutal.
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MADONNA is being sued by eight members of staff who lost their jobs when she scrapped proposals to build an elite girls' school in Malawi. The singer abandoned plans for the school, which she had planned as a "gift" for the country where she adopted two of her children, after concerns about a lack of progress.
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POP star Annie Lennox will be accompanied by her eldest daughter on her first trip as a Government-appointed envoy to Malawi. The visit will be Lennox's first to the African country since she was appointed to the post, which is aimed at developing Scotland's ongoing links with the state and its people.
