November 2023

My Name is Alinafe Raphoyo; I am 17 years old. I come from Lupiya Village, TA Njema in Mulanje District. I am the fourth born in a family of six children.  My parents are farmers and all of my older siblings left school to work on the tea estate where they farm. I have to […]

Abgail Milward is a 14 year-old Form 1 (equivalent to a high school freshman) scholar at Mulunguzi Secondary School in Zomba district. She is the oldest three children and lives with her mother, who is currently unable to find a job to sustain her family. Abgail is a very quiet and scholarly student despite coming

Lucy Morris is a 17 year-old AGE Africa scholar who comes from Namadingo village, T/A Kuntumanji. Lucy is 7th of 9 children, who all live with their mother, and attends Nsondole Community Day Secondary School (CDSS). While the school fees at Nsondole CDSS are not as lofty as other secondary schools, it wasn’t easy for

Mulunguzi Secondary School conducted a school cleaning campaign as part of a CHATS session. The scholars had recently learned some practical lessons, like the importance of adequate personal hygiene and caring for themselves and their surroundings, and had just started learning about rights and advocacy, when the idea sparked to do some community service around

Olivia is a Form 4 student at Mchinji Mission Community Day Secondary School who dreams of becoming a Chief Systems Analyst. In her quest for success, Olivia joined CHATS (Creating Healthy Approaches to Success) after being inspired by AGE Africa’s pitch day at her school. CHATS focuses on developing girls’ agency and is having a

The club started with ten girls in Gulumba. They gather on blankets strewn below the greenery of Malawi on Saturday mornings. Brought together by Lucy Bright Morris, who understands the power and agency provided by AGE Africa’s weekly radio program Ticheze Atsikana (Let’s CHAT!), this diverse group of girls started a society they named Unity Radio Listening Club.