Washington Mission Made Me Proud to Be Malawian

The Malawi Mission in Washington has made me proud to be Malawian and indeed if all the foreign mission were like the Malawi Embassy to Washington, then Malawi will best be marketed in the world. First I have been to many Malawian Embassies world all over and while i have been overly satisfied with the services rendered in the mission, today's visit to Washington Mission has left a lasting impression of what warm heart of Africa really means

We met with the Deputy Ambassador, Ms. Jane Nankwenya and First Secretary for Tourism Yvonne Kalumo Banda who took us through the inside of the operation of the mission. By the end of the visit, i did not only feel that we had the right people in place but we had true Malawians who would go all the way to build Malawi

Colleagues travelling with us from other Nations were overly impressed as well with one remarking how articulate and on top of issues are staff at the mission but also the aspirations of the country. "The tourism secretary is not only on top of business but also is the tourist attraction herself" my foreign friend commented.

The experience at the Mission made me understand that with the right people in the right place, Malawi indeed is not a poor country rather needs few mindset change to move forward. Thumbs Up Malawi mission and i believe the Ambassador is equally great.

Government Must STOP Encouraging Deforestation

As Malawi continues to struggle with deforestation and wanton cutting down of trees, the Government is the worst culprit in terms of encouraging the cutting down of trees and deforestation and this must stop. Malawi cannot go green if the hierarchy of the Government continues to condone cutting down of trees. This is hypocrisy at its best from the government when they continue to say people should stop using and buying charcoal yet itself continue to encourage the use and cutting down of the trees.

Unless the Malawi Government changes its policy as regards to use of burnt bricks in all the construction development, then they are culprits who are encouraging the cutting down of trees. To burn 100,000 bricks, 4 big trees have to be cut down. Imagine how many bricks would be used to build a school? Imagine a full school would use 1,000,000 bricks then we would assume that 40 trees were cut down just to help the same government. I will not even raise the scientific issues as regards to carbon emissions as a result of the process of burning these bricks.

Therefore the go green campaign and forcing charcoal sellers to stop making charcoal is hypocrisy on the part of government if it can’t adopt a policy to stop using burnt bricks. This should be done and must be done now. If we are to serve the environment in Malawi, cement bricks is the only option and therefore should be made affordable.

STOP BURNT BRICKS NOW!!