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

Agnes Jarafi, Youth Friendly Health Services coordinator, highlights the importance of radio in maintaining access to reproductive health...