Inspired by a DRP-funded radio program, members of the Mlonyeni Youth Network met and organized a series of events to bring attention to the needs of the disabled and to stop discrimation Grace Muonjeza, who is 13, and her classmate James Mussa, who is one year older, attend a small primary school in rural Mchinji, Malawi, and they used to endure taunts from fellow pupils over their hearing impairments. Living in Maliwane village, they thought the insults were just part of ru

Chief Gumba stepped in to help a young man living with HIV after hearing him on a Mudzi Wathu Community Radio program. When Mudzi Wathu Community Radio did a story about a young man in a remote village in Malawi facing discrimination because he is living with HIV, the local chief was listening. Chief Gumba in Mchinji district decided to intervene on behalf of 22-year-old Damiano Kuseni. Damiano, who has been HIV-positive since 2023 and recently disclosed his status, lives wit

DRP partner Mudzi Wathu Community Radio in Mchinji, Malawi organized gatherings like this one in four rural schools where students learned about mental health - through theatre skits, poetry, music and discussions. Mudzi Wathu Community Radio, through its DRP-trained youth reporters, led mental health campaigns at four schools in Mchinji, amplifying radio messages into community action against stigma and substance abuse. More than 23-hundred young people attended the events.

This simple brick building in rural Malawi has changed the lives of school girls. Mchinji, Malawi – A simple brick changing room topped with an aluminum roof at Chapanama Primary School is transforming the lives of hundreds of girls every month, keeping them in class instead of at home during their menstrual periods. Fourteen-year-old Doreen Makukula recalls the challenges before its construction: "Many girls, including me, were choosing not to attend classes when we were exp