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MADonnA plans to open an orphanage in Malawi, it has been revealed. The 52-year-old singer said she wants to help orphaned children with a new centre as well as giving financial support to current orphanages in the area.

• Daily Mirror
• June 30, 2011

• Parties, Cars and Hotels... But Where Is Madonna's Money for Malawi? ; Special Dispatch [Eire Region]

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.

• Daily Mail
• April 04, 2011

• Malawi Reacts to British Aid Blow

MALAWI will introduce austerity measures this year to deal with a hole in its budget left by the freezing of $550 million (pound(s)340m) in British aid over the next four years, finance minister Ken Kandodo said. Britain was Malawi's single largest bilateral donor but relations have nosedived since a leaked diplomatic cable had Britain's ambassador describing President Bingu wa Mutharika as "autocratic and intolerant of criticism". Malawi expelled the ambassador last month, then Britain responded by expelling its former colony's acting ambassador to London, and earlier this week said it would freeze new aid.

• The Herald
• May 23, 2011

• Church Demands Malawi Funding Promise

THE Church of Scotland has called on the UK Government to guarantee that a cut to aid funding for Malawi will not lead to more suffering for the impoverished country's most vulnerable people. Leading figures have sent an open letter to Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, seeking assurances that his department will continue to support projects that help the poorest people in Malawi.

• The Herald
• July 23, 2011

• Teachers Chosen for Malawi Trip

GLASGOW'S Malawi Leaders of Learning have been chosen. Ten members of Glasgow City Council's education department will travel to the African country this year with a further six flying out in 2013.

• Evening Times
• January 09, 2012

• Madonna in Malawi Kids' Charities Row ; Fury As She Shuts Down Their Africa Offices

MADONNA has been accused of abandoning her Malawi children's projects after shutting down the offices of both her charities there. The move, which has seen the closure of the Raising Malawi Trust and the Kabbalah-backed Success For Kids, has triggered scathing criticism from the government of the impoverished African country.

• Sunday Mirror
• April 01, 2012

• Malawi, Her Tour, and Album Soul Uk

The voice at the end of the phone is drowsy, weak and raspy - apart from the Midlands accent, I could never have guessed this was the voice of powerhouse soul singer Beverley Knight. Beverley picked up a bug while visiting Malawi with Christian Aid recently. Sounding - and apparently feeling - like death warmed up, the singer should probably be fast asleep rather than talking to me from her sick bed.

• Western Daily Press
• November 04, 2011

• Government Announces Millions in Aid for Malawi

The Coalition Government today announces tens of millions of pounds of "urgently needed" help for Malawi's health service and economy as ministers signal they could restore full aid relations with the troubled African state that has strong ties with Scotland. The International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said the money would help Malawian hospitals buy much needed vaccines and drugs, train staff and feed malnourished children.

• The Herald
• May 12, 2012

• Anthony's African Adventure to Help Youngsters in Malawi

BRISTOL Rovers defender Byron Anthony is supporting a move to promote football in one of the poorest countries in Africa. And local amateur players are being offered the chance to take part in a unique ten-day football tour to Malawi in September.

• Evening Post (Bristol, UK)
• April 25, 2011

• Horror & Hope ; World Aids Day Malawi's Struggle

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.

• Daily Mirror
• December 02, 2010