Staff Highlight: Ronald Makamba
Staff Highlight: Ronald Makamba Data allows us to measure impact and test efficiency. It keys us into blind spots and shows us where we need to grow. For these reasons…
Malaria in Rural Malawi: Beatrice’s Story
Malaria in Rural Malawi: Beatrice’s Story the necessity of mobile medicine Imagine the sickest you’ve ever been. You have a fever. You can’t stop shivering. Standing up makes you dizzy…
Practices for a Moral Revolution
Practices for a Moral Revolution Book by Jacqueline Novogratz offers insights on how to build a better world Manifesto for a Moral Revolution by Jacqueline Novogratz In a small village…
Learn to Make Nsima, Malawi’s Staple Food
Learn to Make Nsima, Malawi’s Staple Food Nsima is the staple food in Malawi. It’s a thick porridge made out of maize flour and water. Typically, nsima is eaten with…
Meet Jessie Zulu: An Orant Sponsored Student
Meet Jessie Zulu: An Orant Sponsored Student “For me, education means independence and adventure,” says Jessie Zulu. She, along with two of Orant’s other sponsored students, took their Malawi National…
photo of fresh heads of corn by marc verch
5 Facts about Maize in Malawi
5 Facts About Maize in Malawi Photo of corn by Marc Verch Fresh green corn, enjoyed in an open field under the Malawian sun. Fluffy nsima, spooned onto plates. A…
Staff Highlight: Tango Phiri
Staff Highlight: Tango Phiri Tango Phiri, Orant's Financially Empowering Microloans for Women Program Manager “It is such a great honor to be part of a team that is working tirelessly…
Zaina Kapachika, President of BOMFA, gives a thumbs up in a field of crops
Meet Zaina: President of BOMFA
Meet Zaina: President of BOMFA Zaina Kapachika, President of BOMFA, gives a thumbs up in a field of crops Zaina Kapachika is a life force. She points to a field…
Covid-19 Vaccines in Malawi
Covid-19 Vaccines in Malawi “We will not end the pandemic anywhere unless we end it everywhere,” said the World Health Organization Director-General. On March 5th, 2021, Malawi received its first…
Poverty Myths: Reading Heartland
Poverty Myths: Reading Heartland Heartland by Sarah Smarsh isn’t a book about Malawi, but it is a book about poverty. Smarsh writes about growing up in the United States among…