This month I was trying to monitor the performance of some of the VSLAs, and as I was doing so I got some interesting stories from two women who come from different Traditional Authorities. Ekrina Zimba and Dorothy Mthiko are some of the women who inspired me because of what they are through VSLA.                        Dorothy Mthiko is a member of Luntha Village Savings and Loan Association from Traditional Authority (TA) Santhe. She explained to me that she has never borrowed money from any savings and...
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Since its launch, Join My Village has built an incredible global family – in Malawi and around the world.  Our staff is dedicated to providing the best quality programs and opportunities for women and girls in Malawi, and they in turn are fulfilling their potential through hard work, passion and dedication.  Our friends on this site and through Facebook are helping us to release generous funds from General Mills and Merck.  And our donors make the circle complete by contributing funds to expand our impact.  Recently, I had the opportunity to...
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Join My Village is thrilled to announce a new partnership that gives you access to great seats for some of the biggest concert tours and sporting events—and directly support JMV at the same time! Through our partner, Tickets-for-Charity®, we are able to offer supporters access to some of the hardest-to-find seats around, while automatically benefiting Join My Village. Plus, every donation is matched by General Mills and Merck! Tickets-for-Charity (TFC) works with some of the biggest names in entertainment and sports to make some of the...
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Just as it is everywhere and with everyone - when you sow, you expect to reap.  And so it is for the tobacco farmers in Kasungu district.  You may remember how they grew their seedlings in nurseries in early October, since then they have transplanted the small tobacco plants to the fields and have been tending to them over the past few months.  It is now time to reap.All tobacco farmers are now busy with plucking, drying and grading in readiness for the market. Plucking...
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It is a happy period of the year when everybody has something delicious to put on the table! Pumpkins have dominated most of the kitchens and markets at this particular time of the year in Kasungu. I am so excited!Pumpkins can be grown in the same field as other crops such as tobacco and maize, as most farmers already do, which makes it a very useful vegetable and an important part of the diet of most people in Kasungu. They are relatively easy to grow,...
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