Malawi’s Secretary for Gender and Child Development, Olive Chikankheni, said on Monday that there was a need for the country to improve the provision of adult literacy to effectively contribute to its sustainable development.
She told journalists in Lilongwe that adult illiteracy in Malawi was at 37.2 percent, representing close to 4.6 million out of a total of 12 million.
« The situation is consistently being compounded by the fact that many youths, more especially in the mainstream formal education system, are each year needlesly joining the pool of illiterates as they are dropping out school, » she said.
A worldwide estimate of 781 million adults live without basic literacy skills, of whom two thirds are women. Approximately 103 million children have no access to school and are therefore not learning, reading, writing or counting.
Malawi’s average literacy rate is at 62.7 percent, the rate among men is at 76.1 percent, while women is at 49.3 percent, she said.
She therefore urged the public and private sectors and development partners to create awareness to the public about the challenges of illiteracy to national development.
Monday, 21 January 2008
Malawi ad agency to attend Africa forum for advertisers
The managing Director of the Malawi’s local advertising agency, Top Ad, Patricia Pindeni, said on Monday that her organisation has been selected to represent the country’s private sector at the Africa Private Sector Forum to be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa from 22 to 23 January.
The Forum will highlight the leadership role that responsible businesses can play in promoting the rapid and sustainable socio-economic development of the continent.
Pindeni told APA in Lilongwe that her organisation would share views on how best private and public sector partnership could be implemented.
« We would like our country to have those policies that can attract more private sector actors to do their business here, thereby increasing economic growth of the country, » she said.
The Forum is an arm of African Union (AU) aimed at enhancing capacity of business community in Africa to ensure economic growth.
The Forum will highlight the leadership role that responsible businesses can play in promoting the rapid and sustainable socio-economic development of the continent.
Pindeni told APA in Lilongwe that her organisation would share views on how best private and public sector partnership could be implemented.
« We would like our country to have those policies that can attract more private sector actors to do their business here, thereby increasing economic growth of the country, » she said.
The Forum is an arm of African Union (AU) aimed at enhancing capacity of business community in Africa to ensure economic growth.
Celtic donate O'Donnell tributes to Malawi mission
SCOTTISH champions Celtic have donated all of the strips left at Parkhead in tribute to Phil O'Donnell to an Edinburgh drive to provide kits to starving children in Malawi.
The Glasgow club announced this week that it would give all of the strips laid in memory of former player O'Donnell to the Play Soccer Malawi fund.
The community initiative allows youngsters in the African nation to develop their football, social and life skills, and offers support and education to those affected by HIV and Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
The Glasgow club announced this week that it would give all of the strips laid in memory of former player O'Donnell to the Play Soccer Malawi fund.
The community initiative allows youngsters in the African nation to develop their football, social and life skills, and offers support and education to those affected by HIV and Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
Globe Uranium commences scoping study at Kanyika project, Malawi
Summary
Globe Uranium is delighted to announce that Coffey Mining, part of the Coffey International Ltd group, has been appointed to manage a Scoping Study on the Company's multi-commodity (Nb-UTa- Zr) Kanyika Project in central Malawi.
Managing Director Mark Sumich said "We anticipate that this Study will highlight the best and shortest route towards a feasibility study and ultimate production from Kanyika. It will also be used to focus the aggressive resource upgrade drilling campaign we have planned for 2008."
The study will assess the economic potential of the Kanyika Project at an indicative level, including:
- Products - products to be produced from Kanyika, and attributable revenues. The multicommodity nature of the deposit provides a range of options as to what products may ultimately be produced.
- Mining and Processing - first-pass design of open pit and mining equipment selection, conceptual process flow-sheet, examination of optimal though-put parameters, design of processing plant.
- Costs - estimates of initial capital expenditure, mining and operating costs and the applicable Malawian fiscal regime.
- Transport and Logistics - optimal routes and attributable costs from mill to potential end users.
- Project Valuation - net present value calculations for each of the final product options.
The Scoping Study will incorporate other work currently underway on the Kanyika Project:
- Resource Estimate - Runge Limited (Perth, Australia) is completing an initial independent JORC-classified resource estimate for part of the deposit which has closer-spaced drilling.
Results are due in March 2008.
- Metallurgy - SGS Minerals (Lakefield, Canada) is undertaking initial metallurgical test work, under the direction of metallurgical consultants Alta Metallurgical Services (Castlemaine, Victoria). Conceptual process flow-sheet, processing route and estimates of metal recoveries will be established from this work. Results are expected in Q2 2008.
Highlights
• International Consulting Group Coffey Mining has commenced a Scoping Study on the Kanyika Project in central Malawi
• Scoping Study report due Q2 2008, to delineate the path to production
• Independent initial resource estimate due March 2008
- Environmental Study - Coffey Natural Systems, a division of Coffey International (Perth, Australia) have completed a "baseline" environmental study at Kanyika, assessing predrilling levels of uranium and other heavy metals in local soils, vegetation and water.
- Marketing Study - van Toll & Associates (Perth, Australia) has been engaged to carry out a marketing study for the specialty metals at Kanyika (niobium, tantalum and zircon). This study will provide price, volume and related information to what are typically mine/end user off-take agreements. Uranium is covered by more established pricing and market arrangements, and does not require additional evaluation as part of this study.
Coffey Mining - Scoping Study Management
Coffey Mining (formerly RSG Global) has over 50 years experience as a specialist mining consulting group. They provide consulting and project management services in over 60 countries on six continents, supported by numerous international offices. Coffey Mining consultants feature some of the best mining industry experts in the world, professionally accredited in all mining jurisdictions globally.
Coffey Natural Systems - Environmental Baseline Study
Coffey Natural Systems (formerly Enesar Consulting) is a specialist environmental and social impact assessment consultancy servicing the mining, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors. Coffey Natural Systems has operated since 1974.and has worked on 600 assignments for 250 clients across Australia and in 38 countries in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe.
Runge Limited - Resource Estimate
Runge (formerly Resource Evaluations Pty Ltd) is a specialist mining consultancy providing geological and mining engineering services to the Australian and International mining industry. Runge's services include resource estimation, due diligence investigations, open pit and underground mine design and evaluation. They have participated in numerous evaluations ranging from scoping level to bankable feasibility studies.
van Toll & Associates - Marketing Study
van Toll & Associates provides consulting services to metalliferous and industrial mineral operations in Australia and internationally. It specialises in the marketing and logistics of rare and precious mineral commodities including tantalum, niobium, platinum group metals, silver, chromite and tungsten. Close metal trading associations are sustained in UK, North America, Sweden, Belgium and South Africa. van Toll & Associates was established in Perth, Western Australia in 1978 by Anthony van Toll. MA, FAusIMM, FAIG. Mr van Toll has served as President of Mining Club of Western Australia.
SGS Minerals Services - Metallurgical Test Work
SGS Minerals Services is the global leader in testing, consulting and on-site services for the mining and minerals sector. They possess unique capabilities in grinding and flotation and have emerged as an industry leader in a full range of metallurgical testing services. SGS Minerals Services' metallurgical group is recognized as the world leader in the development and demonstration of bankable flow-sheets and pilot plant programs. SGS Minerals Services has particular expertise in the metallurgical extraction of uranium, niobium and tantalum.
Globe Uranium is delighted to announce that Coffey Mining, part of the Coffey International Ltd group, has been appointed to manage a Scoping Study on the Company's multi-commodity (Nb-UTa- Zr) Kanyika Project in central Malawi.
Managing Director Mark Sumich said "We anticipate that this Study will highlight the best and shortest route towards a feasibility study and ultimate production from Kanyika. It will also be used to focus the aggressive resource upgrade drilling campaign we have planned for 2008."
The study will assess the economic potential of the Kanyika Project at an indicative level, including:
- Products - products to be produced from Kanyika, and attributable revenues. The multicommodity nature of the deposit provides a range of options as to what products may ultimately be produced.
- Mining and Processing - first-pass design of open pit and mining equipment selection, conceptual process flow-sheet, examination of optimal though-put parameters, design of processing plant.
- Costs - estimates of initial capital expenditure, mining and operating costs and the applicable Malawian fiscal regime.
- Transport and Logistics - optimal routes and attributable costs from mill to potential end users.
- Project Valuation - net present value calculations for each of the final product options.
The Scoping Study will incorporate other work currently underway on the Kanyika Project:
- Resource Estimate - Runge Limited (Perth, Australia) is completing an initial independent JORC-classified resource estimate for part of the deposit which has closer-spaced drilling.
Results are due in March 2008.
- Metallurgy - SGS Minerals (Lakefield, Canada) is undertaking initial metallurgical test work, under the direction of metallurgical consultants Alta Metallurgical Services (Castlemaine, Victoria). Conceptual process flow-sheet, processing route and estimates of metal recoveries will be established from this work. Results are expected in Q2 2008.
Highlights
• International Consulting Group Coffey Mining has commenced a Scoping Study on the Kanyika Project in central Malawi
• Scoping Study report due Q2 2008, to delineate the path to production
• Independent initial resource estimate due March 2008
- Environmental Study - Coffey Natural Systems, a division of Coffey International (Perth, Australia) have completed a "baseline" environmental study at Kanyika, assessing predrilling levels of uranium and other heavy metals in local soils, vegetation and water.
- Marketing Study - van Toll & Associates (Perth, Australia) has been engaged to carry out a marketing study for the specialty metals at Kanyika (niobium, tantalum and zircon). This study will provide price, volume and related information to what are typically mine/end user off-take agreements. Uranium is covered by more established pricing and market arrangements, and does not require additional evaluation as part of this study.
Coffey Mining - Scoping Study Management
Coffey Mining (formerly RSG Global) has over 50 years experience as a specialist mining consulting group. They provide consulting and project management services in over 60 countries on six continents, supported by numerous international offices. Coffey Mining consultants feature some of the best mining industry experts in the world, professionally accredited in all mining jurisdictions globally.
Coffey Natural Systems - Environmental Baseline Study
Coffey Natural Systems (formerly Enesar Consulting) is a specialist environmental and social impact assessment consultancy servicing the mining, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors. Coffey Natural Systems has operated since 1974.and has worked on 600 assignments for 250 clients across Australia and in 38 countries in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe.
Runge Limited - Resource Estimate
Runge (formerly Resource Evaluations Pty Ltd) is a specialist mining consultancy providing geological and mining engineering services to the Australian and International mining industry. Runge's services include resource estimation, due diligence investigations, open pit and underground mine design and evaluation. They have participated in numerous evaluations ranging from scoping level to bankable feasibility studies.
van Toll & Associates - Marketing Study
van Toll & Associates provides consulting services to metalliferous and industrial mineral operations in Australia and internationally. It specialises in the marketing and logistics of rare and precious mineral commodities including tantalum, niobium, platinum group metals, silver, chromite and tungsten. Close metal trading associations are sustained in UK, North America, Sweden, Belgium and South Africa. van Toll & Associates was established in Perth, Western Australia in 1978 by Anthony van Toll. MA, FAusIMM, FAIG. Mr van Toll has served as President of Mining Club of Western Australia.
SGS Minerals Services - Metallurgical Test Work
SGS Minerals Services is the global leader in testing, consulting and on-site services for the mining and minerals sector. They possess unique capabilities in grinding and flotation and have emerged as an industry leader in a full range of metallurgical testing services. SGS Minerals Services' metallurgical group is recognized as the world leader in the development and demonstration of bankable flow-sheets and pilot plant programs. SGS Minerals Services has particular expertise in the metallurgical extraction of uranium, niobium and tantalum.
Yoga Lessons for Inmates
Kigali's Muhima Prison commonly known as 1930 Prison recently conducted an 'Art of Living' programme, which was attended by over 500 inmates.
The 'Art of Living' started in India and spread to Europe and Africa. So far, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and now Rwanda have used this technique successfully as part of Prison Reform programmes.
Inmates, who attended the 10-day training, admitted that they experienced big changes in their daily lives after the course.Some of the inmates health problems like stress, depression, breathing problems, backaches and general fatigue have enormously improved.
Most of the inmates admit that issues of ethnicity and sectarian tendencies are no longer a problem after attending the programme.
The programme, which was conducted by Y.N.S Bhaskar from India, will be introduced in all other prisons throughout the country.
It was sponsored by East African Growers Rwanda SARL, a horticulture company as part of its corporate and social responsibility.
The 'Art of Living' started in India and spread to Europe and Africa. So far, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and now Rwanda have used this technique successfully as part of Prison Reform programmes.
Inmates, who attended the 10-day training, admitted that they experienced big changes in their daily lives after the course.Some of the inmates health problems like stress, depression, breathing problems, backaches and general fatigue have enormously improved.
Most of the inmates admit that issues of ethnicity and sectarian tendencies are no longer a problem after attending the programme.
The programme, which was conducted by Y.N.S Bhaskar from India, will be introduced in all other prisons throughout the country.
It was sponsored by East African Growers Rwanda SARL, a horticulture company as part of its corporate and social responsibility.
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