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The Big Issue Malawi project started on the 24th January 2009 with the first issue of the magazine coming out in January 2009.
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The Big Issue Malawi is a street paper in Malawi. It is a bimonthly magazine sold only by homeless individuals. The project's facilitator is a local charity known as the "Culture Awakening Society"
The Big Issue Malawi project started on the 24th January 2009 with the first issue of the magazine coming out in January 2009. The founder and current Executive Chairman of the project, Dr. John Chikago, imported the street paper concept from Japan, where he was working as Malawi's ambassador. He said that he was fascinated by the experience of The Big Issue Japan and decided to establish a similar project in Malawi.
The magazine
The Big Issue Malawi is currently sold in the main Malawian cities: Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba, Mzuzu and Karonga. In July 2010 its circulation accounted to 2000 copies. The language of the magazine is both English and Chichewa, a Bantu idiom widely spoken in Malawi.
Vendors buy the magazine for 150 Kwacha (around 1 USD) and sell it for 300 Malawian Kwacha. They are trained in business management skills and sign a code of conduct outlining rules they must adhere while selling the magazine (including no begging, no drinking, no swearing and no harassment of the public) and are issued an official identity card. Vendors wear identifying bright reflectors. As of 2010, approximately 200 people have been recruited; the majority of whom are women.
Funding
The Big Issue Malawi receives funding through the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund, who are supporting the project with a three-year grant of £93000 GB sterling (starting in 2009). The publication is produced with the assistance of the United Nations Democracy Fund. It has also received financial support from Ubuntu Trading, the company the produces the fair trade version of Coke.
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