Comments on: The Big Issue Malawi: Fighting poverty with social enterprise

By: sydney

sydney — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:16:30 +0000

Oh my god I have been talking about this for ages! That the current forms of aid simply do not work, and something has to be done to create and support internal economies.

Build from the ground up.

The problem of corrupt government will still remain though, no idea what is to be done about that and there will be no lasting solution while the status quo remains.
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By: Bobbert

Bobbert — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:54:34 +0000

Agreed. Glad to actually see a newspaper that is giving information and promoting something important at the same time.

By: Nerisa Eric

Nerisa Eric — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:59:46 +0000

very attractive and informative article

By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:41:02 +0000

Wow! This seems to be very interesting as well. Thanks Austin for pinging me on this one. I surely was not aware of it.

By: Austin Madinga

Austin Madinga — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:35:29 +0000

You may be interested to know that Beehive Centre for Social Enterprise – http://www.beehivecse.org is also doing it’s bit in Chilomoni, Blantyre.
.-= Austin Madinga´s last blog ..Power all day, party all night! =-.

By: Darryl Noble

Darryl Noble — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:49 +0000

Love this idea, seen it also where some of the vendors do the writing. It is a bit surprising that a periodical would sell, but the proof is in the success. .-= Darryl Noble´s last blog ..Go Sooners! =-.

By: Global Voices Online » Malawi: Fighting poverty with social enterprise

Global Voices Online » Malawi: Fighting poverty with social enterprise — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:19:30 +0000

[...] writes about The Big Issue project in Malawi: “This project is affiliated to the Big Issue, London. It has the same objective of working [...]

By: Patrick Oden

Patrick Oden — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:39:23 +0000

I’d be interested in knowing why (if there is a knowable why) most of the vendors are women.

I agree that it’s easy for outsiders to see the numbers and not be impressed, even though the numbers require the proper inside perspective to appreciate.