Before 19-year-old Linda Nyemba began listening to community radio programs about sexual and reproductive health, she didn't believe she had the right to ask a partner to use a condom. “I believed only men had the right to insist on condom use,” Nyemba said. Nyemba, who lives in Mchinji District and listens to her local station, Mudzi Wathu Community Radio, said the radio programs changed how she understood both contraceptive use and her own ability to make decisions about he

When Timothy Banda heard young people on the radio discussing the correct use of contraceptives, he recognized a need in his own community: many of his peers in Mlonyeni Village still lacked accurate information about condoms and other methods. Banda, who chairs the Tikondwe Youth Club, had listened to the July 14 broadcast on Mudzi Wathu Radio in Mchinji about the importance of using condoms correctly to prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce the spread of sexually transmit

When Apostle Emmanuel Malunga heard young people speaking openly on Mudzi Wathu Community Radio in Mchinji, Malawi about the obstacles they face in seeking sexual and reproductive health services, he felt called to act. Malunga, who chairs the Pastors’ Fraternity in Mchinji District, was especially concerned by the misinformation described on the program. Young people spoke of persistent myths—such as the false belief that contraceptives can make someone permanently infertile

Youth waiting to speak with a doctor at a Mchinji, Malawi hospital. As of July, they will be able to talk in a private space with the doctor after youth complained on a radio program about the lack of privacy at the hospital. 21-year old Gift Mwale of Mchinji, Malawi went to his local hospital in May 2026 with questions about sexual and reproductive health for the doctor. But he noticed there was no private space to ask personal questions – just a crowded public area where e