We're exploring International Partnerships by having People to People conversations. As a Scot and a Malawian, we're particularly looking at the friendship between Scotland and Malawi. We chat about climate justice, gender, equality, COVID, privilege, history, farming and the future, oh... and MANGOES! Everyone wants to tell us how good Mangoes taste in Malawi. An important and complicated conversation filled with laughter, respect and warm-hearted love. How can you have an equal partnership ...
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Effie and Tracy: Mental Health in teenagers
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In this episode Professor Tracy Morse and Dr. Effie Chipeta join Chimzy and Hazel for a conversation about their partnership project which looks at mental health and wellbeing in adolescents in Malawi with the University of Strathclyde. They’ve also both worked in sexual and reproductive health and we touch on that. You can hear from the start that…
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Refugees in Malawi (Part 2 of 2) with Maria and Florisa
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This is Part 2 of a conversation that we had Maria Chiponde and Florisa De Leo Magambi. Florisa is handing over the Kibebe organisation to Maria, and we heard about that in part one. But we had to also publish some of the other compelling conversation that we had about the refugee community in Malawi. Chimzy and Hazel were both quite moved to hear …
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Refugees in Malawi with Maria and Florisa part 1
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Hazel and Chimzy chat with Maria Chiponde and Florisa De Leo Magambi from Kibébé. Kibébé in the Swahili dialect used in the Dzaleka refugee camp where they work means a big fat healthy baby. This episode captures an amazing moment in the organisation's history as Florisa passes over the leadership of the organisation to Maria. This episode features…
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Nature Sanctuaries in Malawi with Karen and Simon
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In the latest people-to-people podcast, Malawian wildlife biologist and aquatic ecologist Simon Munthali shares some of the highlights of his fascinating 43 years working in conservation. As well as having operated in multiple African countries, Simon is a co-founding member of the Southern African Foundation for Agriculture and Climate Change (SAF…
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Jeremy and Mwpatsa (Malawi Scotland Dental partnership)
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Our guests on this episode are Dr Jeremy Bagg form the University of Glasgow and Dr Mwpatsa Mipando from Kamuzu University. They discuss the partnership central to the MalDent Project https://themaldentproject.com/ https://www.facebook.com/moyendaband/ You can hear all about successful partnership and find out where that's leading to next in a conv…
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McArthur and Kate (Theatre and International collaboration)
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McArthur Matukuta is the Exectutive Director of Solomonic Peacock Theatre in Malawi and Kate Stafford is a theatre director in the UK, who has spent several years making work in Malawi. Hazel and Chimzy want to find out about their connection and what international theatre collaborations could look like between Malawi and Scotland. "We are able to …
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Kath, Matthew and Charles talk Fairtrade and farming
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Hazel and Chimzy host a discussion between Scottish farmers Kath and Matthew Aitken and Charles Chavi about farming, bees, fairtrade and resilience. Charles is from the Kasinthula Cane Growers Association in Malawi, he is in the Shire Valley region in the South of Malawi. An association (transitioning into a co-operative) of 762 farmers farming und…
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Richard and Nohara (Rugby in Malawi)
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Chimzy and Hazel have a conversation with Richard Bennett and Nohara Chinguwo from the Bhubesi Pride foundation. They discuss the ways that the organisation is changing and has become a Malawian NGO. This series looks at partnerships between Scotland and Malawi and we think this is an interesting example to learn from. They promote sports for devel…
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The second half of a conversation about decolonisation with Dr Yonah Matembe and Amy Blake from the Challenges group (formerly Chief Executive of Classrooms for Malawi.) They discuss Neocolonialism, Afro Colonialism and decolonising ones own self first. An introduction to a huge topic that we hope to explore further in the series. This episode incl…
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The first half of a conversation about decolonisation with Dr Yonah Matembe and Amy Blake from the Challenges group (formerly Chief Executive of Classrooms for Malawi.) They discuss Neocolonialism, Afro Colonialism and decolonising ones own self first. An introduction to a huge topic that we hope to explore further in the series. This episode inclu…
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Mercy Sibande is visiting Scotland to talk about the work she does in Malawi for the Mamie Martin Foundation. Chimzy and Hazel grab her for a chat in the first episode of this new series exploring what People to People partnerships look like in 2023. She is joined by Moira Dunworth and they look back over the last 30 years, and forward to the next …
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Hazel and Chimzy are sharing a feeling about embarking on this project. It's going to be amazing but it's going to be hard too. We're preparing to open up and get ready for some honest conversations about the relationship between Scotland and Malawi.Kirjoittanut Hazel Darwin-Clements and Chimzy Dorey
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People and the President
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What would you ask the President of Malawi? How did the youth in Malawi interact with COP 26? This special episode was recorded in Malawi and in Edinburgh, focussing on conversations about the Climate. It contains our interview with the President Dr Lazarus Chikwera recorded at the Scotland Malawi Partnership Homecoming Reception in Edinburgh durin…
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People and Possibilities
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Is the next chapter Africa's chapter? Will the Brough family stay longer in Malawi? What will become possible with the new research facility in the University of Malawi which was built in partnership with the University of Glasgow? How can women be empowered to have a career in environmentalism? How can we increase awareness and mobilise communitie…
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We talk teenage pregnancies, vaccine hesitancy and emergency oxygen. What is the impact of the COVID pandemic on partnerships between Scotland and Malawi? How was the emergency response organised? How has the pandemic impacted on the rate of teenage marriage and pregnancy in Malawi? What other knock on effects have we seen on vital projects? How wi…
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What happens when you are working in partnership with someone and you both hold different principles? Should you challenge or 'live and let live?' How do you sensitively respect other cultures yet stand up for Human Rights? Chimzy and Hazel host a respectful and safe space to explore what happens when we face some of the more sensitive issues that …
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How do you balance economic development, with food security and caring for the environment? Why is it so important to understand where our food comes from? How do we create fair trade links between Scotland and Malawi? How are farming co-operatives working together to be more resilient faced with the impact of Climate Change? Chimzy Dorey and Hazel…
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An honest, reflective conversation explaining how we are feeling this week and why we are taking a pause in publishing the planned episodes. Sometimes we just need to take a moment to breathe, to listen and to grow. There are no other voices in this episode besides Hazel and Chimzy, but, as ever, we do have an open door and an open mind. You're wel…
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What does it mean to recognise our privilege? Where's the line between something that is a human right (water, food etc.) and something that is a privilege? How does a deeper understanding of privilege become meaningful action? Why are Malawian Children still being taught in English? The sixth episode in this series about the unique relationship be…
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What is Restorative Climate Justice? What do you want to be prioritised at COP 26? How must Scotland (one of the world's biggest polluters) work with Malawi (one of the countries that will be most affected by the Climate Emergency) to mitigate the affects of Climate Change? The fifth episode in this series about the unique relationship between Scot…
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What does it mean to be 'Globally competent and locally relevant?' Has the media depoliticised African countries? The fourth episode in this series about the unique relationship between Scotland and Malawi. Unafraid of approaching any conversation Chimzy and Hazel think about sharing another person's perspective. We talk about haggis, dentistry, ve…
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The third episode in this series about the unique relationship between Scotland and Malawi. Unafraid of approaching any conversation Chimzy and Hazel think about the motivation behind Scottish and Malawian partnerships. We talk about water pumps, tourism, #TradenotAid, community minded social enterprises and Coco Pina. We speak with Professor Rober…
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The second episode in this podcast series about the unique relationship between Scotland and Malawi, exploring what partnership really means. Hazel and Chimzy chat with comedian Daliso Chaponda, members of the Malawi and Scotland Partnership Andrew Namakhoma and Linda Dembo, Scot settled in Malawi Reverand Kenneth Ross, and Widlife and Environmenta…
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We begin this series with a look at the significant historical moments in the relationship between Scotland and Malawi. Hosts Chimzy and Hazel introduce the series and bring everyone up to speed with how Scotland and Malawi have become entwined through people to people connections over several generations. In this episode we're speaking with the Lo…
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Hosts Chimzy and Hazel welcome you to the People to People podcast. We're exploring the unique partnership between Scotland and Malawi by having People to People conversations. "I want people to see a different side of Malawi that is not shown in the media through the conversations that we have" "The western world has a lot of assets but it seems t…
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