Christians on Friday, March 29, 2024 celebrated Good Friday by participating in the way of the cross.
President Lazarus participated in the commemoration organized by different denominations at the Botanical gardens in the Lilongwe.
The presidency as malawians observe Easter occasion, they should put the the word of God into action to unlock opportunities in their lives.
“If we put into practice the word of God, most of the challenges we have will go,” Chakwera said.
This article critically looks at some of the challenges people face in Malawi today and possible solutions how the country can move forward.
What are some of the challenges facing Malawi?
In my opinion and careful observation the first challenge we have in the country today is the president himself and his leadership style.
His leadership lacks a clear plan, experience, focus, lost of ideas, incompetent and very corrupt.
Malawi has struggled to sustain growth and to reduce poverty and food insecurity for decades, despite large inflows of official development assistance. The past three years have been particularly difficult.
Increases in capital goods, labor force, technology, and human capital can all contribute to economic growth. Economic growth is commonly measured in terms of the increase in aggregated market value of additional goods and services produced, using estimates such as GDP.
How can economic growth be made sustainable? Economic growth can be made sustainable by capitalizing on using clean energy sources that preserve natural resources.
Economic growth can be made sustainable by applying advanced technological methods. Also, economic growth can be made sustainable by recycling waste.
Broadly speaking, there are two main sources of economic growth: growth in the size of the workforce and growth in the productivity (output per hour worked) of that workforce.
Either can increase the overall size of the economy but only strong productivity growth can increase per capita GDP and income.
State-of-the-art sustainability practices can transform traditional economic development and poverty alleviation strategies.
Creating resource efficiencies in areas such as water, transportation, energy, and material use makes communities more equitable and resilient while lowering the cost of living.
Countries cannot adequately address poverty and inequality without also improving people’s well-being, including through more equitable access to health, education and basic infrastructure.
Empowering women, girls and youth will maximize impact across communities and generations.
We can reduce poverty through educating children. Education is one of the best solutions to poverty, providing clean water, ensuring basic health care, empowering a girl or woman, improving childhood nutrition, supporting environmental programs, reaching children in conflict, and preventing child marriage.
The president of Zambia for example promises ambience free education during campaign period. After he won election he implemented the concept of free education.
Today is India has free education program from primary to secondary School. No child is paying school fees in Indian education system today.
The only children who are paying others who go to boarding secondary schools in what they pay is not school fees but just bolding fees to cut for food items meant for them in those particular boarding secondary schools.
Planning to college education in Zambia president of that country has not used tuition fees and in all colleges thereby making colleges education accessible by the majority of money.
We can rightly say that something education today is more accessible by millions of the population.
According to the vision of the president of that country he says education is the best equalizer for the economy which I agree in totality.
International trade reduces poverty. For example, trade can benefit the poor by reducing the price of what they consume and increasing the price of what they sell.
As producers, the poor can gain by selling their output in overseas markets where they can get a better return.
Trade can help developing countries eradicate poverty. Trade liberalization helps the poor in the same way it helps most others, by lowering prices of imports and keeping prices of substitutes for imported goods low, thus increasing people’s real incomes.
Malawi Government can work with farmers to coordinate the global food trade. They can also provide funding options for poorer areas.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)’s major role must be, among others, to ensure that opportunities are created to encourage Malawian citizens to participate in agriculture and produce to reduce food insecurity in the country.
A study identified key policies that can reduce food insecurity: expanding the use of modern inputs to increase agricultural land productivity; increasing investment in road infrastructure to improve market access; expanding irrigation, agricultural extension activities, and social safety net programs.
The role of the local government in urban food security is to reduce urban food insecurity, local governments need better information on the priorities of the residents of low-income settlements, and to work in partnership with them to find solutions.
Conclusion
The Bible says something about poverty in Proverbs. “Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss” (Proverbs 22:16). “Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate; for the Lord pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them” (Proverbs 22:22-23).
Making the poor pay for a bag of fertilizer when poor farmers couldn’t receive that bag of fertilizer from government in 2022/2023 farming season in order to enrich themselves, and helping the rich, will lead only to government’s downfall.
