SIT STUDENT FROM MALAWI TO SPEAK AT BROOKS LIBRARY
Shawo Mwakilama, a student at the School for International Training from Malawi, will speak on MALAWI: Political and Socio-economic Issues, on Wednesday, January 17, at 7 pm in the library’s meeting room. Shawo’s presentation will include a brief political history of Malawi, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, tourism, the education system, human rights, and poverty.
Mwakilama is a human rights activist who has studied 'Prisoners' Rights in Malawi Since Independence (1964 to 2005). He has also performed
HIV/AIDS work in Malawi since 2003. In 2005 was selected by the US State Department to come to the USA to learn how the government, universities, NGOs and other stakeholders are addressing the issue of HIV/AIDS.
Shawo holds a bachelor of Education (Humanities) from the University of Malawi, and has human rights training at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. The event is co-sponsored by nsored the Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont.
More information contact Brooks Memorial Library, www.brooks.lib.vt.us, 802-254-5290.
802-254-5290
CONTACT: JERRY CARBONE
January 14, 2007
SIT STUDENT FROM
Shawo Mwakilama, a student at SIT from
Mwakilama is a human rights activist who has studied 'Prisoners' Rights in Malawi Since Independence (1964 to 2005). He has also performed
HIV/AIDS work in
Shawo holds a bachelor of Education (Humanities) from the
More information contact Brooks Memorial Library, www.brooks.lib.vt.us, 802-254-5290.