Cooperatives for Development, Permaculture for Resilience
It feels like it is just a few days ago when our skies were filled with fireworks and happy songs greeted our ears everywhere we were.
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Development as Freedom
Here is our Founder Shanil Samarakoon’s TEDx talk on “Development as Freedom”. Drawing upon
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The 3 Greatest Lessons I’ve Learnt Through 5 Years of Working in Development
I joined the Empower Malawi team in 2010 as a fresh young graduate with no experience about development work. A scientist at heart, equipped with theories, hope and confidence amassed from the long lecture hours, I was eager to get down to work. I cared less where and how.
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Staff Profile – Bright Msuku
Our PR Officer Kane Callaghan will be in conversation with one of our staff members each month. This month Kane had a chat with the Asst. Project Coordinator of Empower Malawi, Bright Msuku.
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Unpacking the Ego
It became clear to me upon examination that it (working on social projects) was an escape – a drug of sorts. My intentions on the surface were good…but the internal drivers of this call to action were not entirely altruistic.
Read MoreJoining Empower Malawi: The Journey Begins!
It started like a cat playing with a teddy bear when I met Ben Cole an Australian citizen who is currently consulting for the United Nations International Children’s’ Education Fund (UNICEF) in Malawi.
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The Pursuit of Purpose
I was 4 years old as I stood with my mother in a crowded public bus in Kandy, Sri Lanka. I heard the drop of coins across the floor of the bus as an elderly women prepared to pass her bus fare to the conductor who was squeezing through.
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Interview with Empower’s Executive Director
Empower started as a university project in 2007. I had the idea of a rural electrification project in Sri Lanka – I suggested it to fellow students and there was a lot of interest. The designing and fundraising led to us form a not for profit organisation.
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