{"id":276,"date":"2017-05-21T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2017-05-21T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:20:47","slug":"about-malawi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/theproject\/about-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"About Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi is a sub-Saharan land locked country located between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. Known as <em>&#8216;the warm heart of Africa&#8217;<\/em>, Malawi has been recognised as one of the poorest countries in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"googlemaps\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3976999.30345416!2d32.05216439676899!3d-13.238592996920003!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x18d85bdd9313c0d7:0x44a32e1729668543!2sMalawi!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1495383313291\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>Capital:<\/strong> Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Official currency used:<\/strong> Kwacha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main languages:<\/strong> English and Chichewa, (spoken by 52% of the population).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Industries in Malawi:<\/strong> Tea, tobacco, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods, tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses, cattle, goats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Trading Partners: <\/strong>US, South Africa, Germany, Japan, Zimbabwe, UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong>: 17.2million (2015 World Bank), growing at 3.1% per year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0 \u2013 14 years old = 45%<\/li>\n<li>15 \u2013 64 years old = 52%<\/li>\n<li>65+ years old = 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Life expectancy at birth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Females \u2013 62 years<\/li>\n<li>Males \u2013 60 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>48%\u00a0of children in Malawi are <strong>chronically malnourished<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>42%\u00a0of the population are <strong>illiterate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1%\u00a0of the population go to <strong>University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malawi has two distinct seasons<\/strong>: a wet, warm season and a dryer, cooler season. The wet, rainy season runs from October to April, while the dry season runs from May to September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Individuals using the Internet in 2014 (%):<\/strong> 5.8% (estimate)<\/p>\n<p>7%\u00a0of the population have <strong>electricity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi has competed at eight <strong>Olympics<\/strong> but never won a medal. At the Commonwealth Games, it won three bronze medals, all for boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi is a sub-Saharan land locked country located between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. Known as &#8216;the warm heart of Africa&#8217;, Malawi has been recognised as one of the poorest countries in the world. Capital: Lilongwe. Official currency used: Kwacha. Main languages: English and Chichewa, (spoken by 52% of the population). Main Industries in Malawi: Tea, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/theproject\/about-malawi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Malawi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13766,"featured_media":0,"parent":127,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13766"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions\/278"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/braidhurstmalawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}