dmatekenya/chichewa-machine-translation huggingface dataset:
English: “Art is a powerful element in as far as shaping narratives is concerned and that is why we have converged various forms of art. This is with a view of coming up with a different dimension of a narrative which has a visual rhetoric because what people see, people believe,” he said
Chichewa: Luso ndi chinthu champhamvu positha ziinthu ndichifukwa taphatikiza za luso zosiyanasiyana. Izi zikutsatira ndi ganizo loti kubwera ndi mafotokozedwe osiyanasiyana zimene zili zowoneka chifukwa zomwe anthu awona, anthu amakhulupilira. anatero
English: Currently, there is a core group of 54 young men who will participate in the project until they graduate. We initially started with 20 young men, and then we have extended it to women as well, bringing the total to 54
Chichewa: Pakadali pano, pali gulu la anthu makinu asanu ndi anayi amene atenge nawo gawo mu polojekiti mpaka atamaliza. Tinayamba ndi achinyamata makuni awiri kenako tinafikila kwa amayi kufitkira nambala ya makinu asanu ndi anayi
English: However, other people can engage with us through our social media accounts on Facebook, instagram, Twitter and listen and watch our content on Soundcloud and Youtube
Chichewa: Komabe, anthu ena amatenga nawo gawo kudzela m’masamba a mchezo monga facebook, instagram, twitter komanso kumvetsera ndikuwonera zithu zathu pa soundcloud ndi youtube
English: We are now carrying out a number of outreach programmes in college campuses and secondary school and this will create another opportunity for people to engage with them
Chichewa: Pakali pano tikugwira ntchito  yofikila anthu ku sukulu zawukachenjede komanso kusekondale ndipo izi zipeleka mwayi ku anthu kuti azipanga nawo nawo
English: “We did a survey which revealed that men tend to abuse women when they realise that they do not have any financial resources of their own. “Due to this, women suffer abuse silently; hence, our intervention through trainings,” she said
Chichewa: Tinapanga kafufukufuku amene anapeza kuti amuna amakonda kunzuza amayi chifulkwa amadziwa kuti alibe chithandizo pa chuma pawokha. Pachifukwa cha ichi, amayi amafulalala m’chibisila; nidndichufukwa kuwombolaku kudzera m’maphunziro
English: Apart from the training, the organisation also give the women start-up capital in form of materials. Increased cases of gender-based violence (GBV) have forced men to take part in fighting against domestic violence, according to police
Chichewa: Kupatira izi , bungweli lapelekaso katundu woyambira monga zipangizo. Kuchuluka kwa nkhanza za kwa amuna kapena akazi kwapangitsaso amuna kutenga nawo gawo patchito yolimbana ndi nkhanza,izi ndi momwe apolisi amennera
English: He said: “Our beloved relatives and families are exposed to various types of abuse and exploitation such as child trafficking, body parts mutilation, domestic abuses, abandonment and neglect, and sexual abuse such as rape.
Chichewa: Ananena kuti:”abale athu ndi mabanja okondedwa amakhudziwa ndi nkhanza zambiri komanso kuzunzidwa monga kuzembetsedwa, kudulidwa ziwalo, kuzizidwa pakhomo, kuleleledwa komanso kuzunzidwa pogonana monga kugwiliridwa
English: Therefore, I urge each one of us to report any case of abuse to nearby police victim support units
Chichewa: Nidyer, ndikupepha aliyense wainu kuti tikafotokoza za nkhanza ku malo othandizira anthu okhudzidwa
English: Nsanje District Health Office (DHO) says it has started offering fistula services to women and girls in the district. Speaking in an interview on Sunday, Nsanje District director of health and social services said they trained health workers to help girls and women with fistula
Chichewa: Chipatala cha boma ananena kuti ayamba kupeleka chithandizo cha kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi kwa amayi ndi atsikana mu m’bomali. Poyakhula ndi atolankhani pa sabata, woyendetsa za umoyo komanso makhalidwe a anthu ananena kuti aphunzitsa wopeleka chithandizo cha umoyo kuti athandize atsikana ndi amayi amene ali ndi kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi
English: Now women and girls with fistula condition can receive services at the district hospital unlike in the past when we used to refer them to Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, thereby spending more money on transportation,” he said.
Chichewa: Pano amayi ndi atsikana  a matenda a kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi akhoza kulandilandira chithandizo pachipatalachi kusiyana ndi kale pamene timawauza kuti apite ku chipatala cha bwaila ku lilongwe, pamene amaononga ndalama zabwiri kuyenda,” anatero
English: “No patient will be referred to Bwaila Hospital again because we are now able to carry out the services at the district hospital,” he said
Chichewa: Anena kuti palibe odwala amene azawuzidwa kuti apite ku chipatala cha bwaila chifukwa tikupanga chichilichonse pa chipatalachi
English: Another trained healthcare worker, Noah Vizyalona, a nurse, asked Nsanje DHO authorities to schedule days to take the services to hard-to-reach areas such as Muona, Fatima, Nthondo, Misamvu and Makhanga
Chichewa: Wophunzitsidwa wina wazaumoyo, noah vizyalona, namwino anapepha woyendetsa chipata cha nsanje kuti akhoze masiku kuti azikathandiza anthu amene ali kumadera ovuta kufikako ,monga muona, fatima, nthondo komanso makhanga
English: “This initiative should be implemented in all districts in the country if we want to treat fistula cases,” he said. Nsanje resident Ethel Malunga commended the DHO for introducing fistula services at the district hospital
Chichewa: Ndondomeko imeneyo ikhazikitsidwe m’maboma onse mu dziko mu muno ngati tikufuna kuchiza matenda a kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi, anatero. A ethel malunga a m’boma la nsanje anayamikira chipatala cha nsanje pobweletsa chithandizo cha kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzipa chipatalachi
English: “However, we need non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders to conduct awareness campaigns on how women develop fistula and how the same can be avoided,” she said
Chichewa: Anena kuti akukhumba mabungwe omwe siaboma komanso ena ogwira nawo ntchito kuti apangitse ma kampeni ozindikilitsa m’mene amayi amayambira kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzindi m’mene angapewere
English: She said: “I was really very happy when I fell pregnant for my fourth child. As a family, we had planned that this could be my last pregnancy since we already had three children “You can imagine the excitement I felt for having a last born child
Chichewa: Ananena kuti ndinali okondwa kwambiri pamen ndinali ndi mimba ya mwana wanga wachinayi. Ngati banja timapnga dongosolo kuti iyi ikhala mimba yanga yotsiliza chifukwa tinali tili ana kale atatu. Mukhoza kuganiza chimwemwe chomwe ndinali nacho chokhala ndi mwana omaliza
English: She said: “Immediately after I gave birth, I discovered that I had lost some senses, especially when it came to urinating and defaecating
Chichewa: Ananena kuti atangobeleka anazindikila kuti samamva chilichonse makamaka pokodza ndiponyela
English: “I could not even know when I wanted to urinate or defaecate, but I could only notice flies and bad odour and was covered by faeces and urine
Chichewa: Sindimadziwa pamene ndikufuna kukodza kapena kunyela, koma ndimangodabwa tchetche nd fungo loipa ndipo ndimapezeka ndili ndi manyi komanso mkodzo
English: “I started thinking that someone had bewitched me because of the new baby boy. With this in mind, I convinced myself that my problem could well be handled by traditional doctors
Chichewa: Ndinayamba kuganiza kuti munthu wina wandilodza chifukwa cha mwana wamwamuna amene ndinabeleka. Ndinaziuza ndekha kuti matendawa ackhoza kuchizika ndi adokotala azitsamba
English: “We then went to various traditional healers to seek help, but it all ended in vain as the problem continued
Chichewa: Tinayenda kwa asin’ganga ambiri kusaka chithandizo koma sizinatheke ndipo vuto linapitilira
English: Nyasulu said she could not figure out what was going on. She says she could not go to church, funerals and other social gatherings as some poked fun at her
Chichewa: Nyasulu akuti samadziwa kuti chikuchitika ndi chani. Akuti samapita ku tchalitchi, kumaliro komanso mikumano ya m’mudzi chifukwa anthu ena amaseka
English: Her husband, Maliko, said he also faced stigma because of his wife’s condition. He said: “My fellow men mocked me and wondered why I was still staying with a woman who defaecated and smelt bad on her own
Chichewa: Amuna awo, maliko akuti amasalidwa chifukwa cha m’ene alili akazawo. Ananena kuti abambo anzanga amandiseka komanso kudabwa chifukwa chimene ndimakhalira ndi m’mayo wozinyelera komanos wonukha
English: Had it been that I was not strong enough, the family could have collapsed. It was really the lowest point of our lives as a family
Chichewa: Chikhala kuti sanali olimba mtima, banja bwenzi litatha. Zinali zokhudwa kwambiri kwa banja lathu
English: After exhausting all means to end the problem, Nyasulu and her husband decided to try the hospital. She said they approached health surveillance assistant Lucky Matemba
Chichewa: Titamaliza njira zonse zothanirana ndi vutoli,nyasulu ndi amuna ake anaganiza zokayesa kuchipatala. Anati anawapeza azaumoyo lucky matemba
English: The healthcare worker said: “After I interacted with her, I suspected fistula. But since matters of such nature are beyond my control, I referred her to a fistula disease coordinator at M’nyanja Health Centre
Chichewa: Azaumoyo anena kuti akuganizira kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzinditayakhula nawo. Koma chifukwa nkhani za mtundu umenewu zinali zodutsa ine, zinatumiza kwa oyan’ganira kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudziku chipatala chachin’gono cha m’nyanja
English: She said: “Women should not get worried with fistula because it can be treated. This mostly happens during the time of giving birth if the child inside has grown bigger than the outlet. During birth, a child may panic in the process of trying to come out and this may cause fistula
Chichewa: Ananena kuti amayi asamaope kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi chifukwa ndiyochizika. Izi zimachitika kwabwiri nthawi yobeleka pamene mwana ndi wamkulu kwambiri kupoosa njira. Pobeleka mwana akhoza kupanga phuma potuluka ndipo izi zimayambitsa kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi
English: “Women are encouraged to rush to the hospital to seek help than to go to traditional healers to avoid losing the unborn child and risking their lives
Chichewa: Amayi akulimbikitsa kuthamangila kuchipata kukapeza chithandizo osati kupita kwa asin’ganga kuti apewe kutaya mwana osabadwa komanso kuika moyo wawo pachiopezo
English: She also bemoaned discrimination, saying fistula patients are marginalised in some hospitals in the country
Chichewa: Anadzudzula kusalana, kunena kuti odwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi amasalidwa muzipatala zina mu dziko muno
English: “Discrimination of people who are suffering from fistula is very common. To avoid this challenge, women that are suffering from the disease they should go and seek treatment from government hospitals where patients receive fair treatment for free
Chichewa: Kusala anthu amene akudwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi zimachitika kwambiri. Kuti tipewe vuto limeneli, amayi amene akudwala matendawa akuyenera kupeza chithandizo ku chipatsala cha boma kumene amapeza chithandizo chabwino komanso mwaulele
English: At last, Nyasulu can have her dignity restored as a woman through early diagnosis and treatment of fistula. Although Marita Vula was in pain, she tried as much as possible to ignore it. The 28-year-old woman was experiencing her first labour pains. Vula had waited for this moment and couldn’t wait to be a mother
Chichewa: Tsopano, nyasulu ulemu wake wabwelera ngati mzimayi chifukwa chakudziwa ndikuchiza kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi. Ngakhale malita vula anali pa ululu anayesetsa ku kuiwala za izi. Mzimayi wa zaka makumi awiri zisanu ndi zitatu anayamba kumva ululu obeleka. Vula wakhala ukudikila nthawi iyi ndipo amayembekezera kukhala mayi
English: “When I got married, I stayed for three years without a child,” says Vula, from Kambola Village in Ntchisi. “In our culture, one is expected to have a child as soon as they get married
Chichewa: Nditakwatira , ndinakhala zaka zitatu opanda mwana, watero vula wa m’mudzi wa kambola mu boma la ntchisi. Mu chikhalidwe chathu, ndimayembekezela kukhala ndi mawa nditangokwatira
English: Try as they could, Vula could not get pregnant. This displeased her in-laws who wanted grandchildren. One day, her husband was tending their maize field. When he heard the news that her wife was in labour, he hurried back home. Since the hospital was too far, he took Marita to a traditional birth attendant to help her deliver
Chichewa: M’mene anayambila kuyesela, vula samatengabe pathupi. Izi sizinasangalatse apongozi ake amene amafuna chidzukulu. Tsiku lina pamene amuna awo anali kumunda wachimanga, ndipamene anamva kuti akazi wa akufuna kubeleka nidpo anathamangila kunyumba. Chifukwa kuchipatala kunali kutali atenga azamba akumudzi kuti amuthandize kubeleka
English: “That was the only option we had that time,” recalls Vula, adding, “I didn’t see the labour coming that soon and hadn’t planned to travel to the hospital
Chichewa: Iyi inali njira yokhayo panthawiyo, akukumbukila vula, kuwonjezera apo sindimadziwa kuti ndibeleka nthawi ina iliyonse ndipo sindinapange madongosolo wopita ku chipatala
English: For hours, the traditional birth attendant tried to help Vula to deliver but without luck. In desperation, the traditional birth attendant prepared some herbs to help “push the baby out”. Instead, the herbs made her lose a lot of blood
Chichewa: Kwa nthawi yayitali, azambawa anayesetsa kuthadizira nyini kuti abeleke koma opanda mwayi. Pofuna kukwanilitsa, azambawo anapanga mankhwala achikuda kuti athindizire kukhalira mwana panja. Koma mankhwalawo anapangitsa kuti ataye magazi ambiri
English: My husband became worried and he rushed to the nearby village to hire a car,” she said. “When he came back, I had passed out. The next thing I remember was in a hospital. The look on my husband’s face told me that something terrible had happened
Chichewa: Mwamuna wanga anali ndi nkhawa ndipo anathamangila ku mudzi wapafupi kukabwereka galimoto: anatero. Pamene amabwera ndinali nditakomoka. Chithu zimene ndikukumbukila ndili m’chipatala. M’mene amawonekela mwamuna wanga ndinadziwa kuti chinachake chachitika
English: Vula arrived at the hospital semi-conscious. Medical staff had to perform a caesarean section to save both mother and child. Unfortunately, the child didn’t make it
Chichewa: Vula anafika ku chipatala ali chikomokere. Achipatala anapanga opaleshoni kuti apulumutse mayi ndi mwana. Koma mwachisoni mwana sanakhale ndi moyo
English: “This was devastating news. I was looking forward to holding my child in my hands,” she says. Although Vula recovered well, she could no longer control her urine and she kept wetting herself. The prolonged labour caused her to develop a hole—obstetric fistula—between the birth canal and the bladder
Chichewa: Izi zinali zokhudza.ndimkayan’ganira kumunyamula mwana wanga,” anatero. Ngakhale vula anachila amakanika kusunga mkodzo ndipo amangozinyowetsa. Kuchedwa pobeleka kunakuza njira- kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi- pakati pa njira yobelekera komanso chikhodzodzo
English: “When I returned home, my husband’s attitude towards me changed,” she says. “He started sleeping in his own bed
Chichewa: Nditabwelera kunyumba, khalidwe la amuna anga linasitha,” anatero. Anayamba kugona pa kama lawo
English: For eight months, nothing changed. Eventually, her husband disappeared only for Marita to learn that he had married in another village
Chichewa: Kwa miyezi isanu ndi atatu, panalibe chositha. Kenako, amuna anga anasowa kenaka ndinamva kuti anakwatira ku mudzi wina
English: “I was okay with him sleeping on another bed,” she says. “But running away from me was the last thing I expected from him. He was responsible for the pregnancy and I wouldn’t have developed a fistula if it wasn’t for him
Chichewa: 
 Kunali kwabwinobwino kwa ine iwo kugona pa kama lina,” anatero. Koma kundithawa chinali chithu chomaliza kuchokera kwa iwo. Anali mwini wake wa mimbayo ndipo sindikadwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi chipanda iwo
English: With time, Vula learnt to accept her condition. One day, as she was listening to the radio, she heard a testimony of a woman successfully treated for fistula. She learnt that the operation was done at Bwaila Fistula Centre in Lilongwe
Chichewa: Ndi nthawi, vula anaphunzira kuvomeleza matenda awo. Tsiku lina, pamene amavera wayilesi, anamva nkhani ya nzimayi anachillitsidwa kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi. Anamva kuti opaleshoni kuchipatala cha kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi ku bwaila ku lilongwe
English: Vula saved money for transport to seek treatment at the centre. The waiting list was long and she stayed at the centre for a month to get fistula repair
Chichewa: Vula anasunga ndalama zoyendela kuti akapeze thandizo. Anthu odikila anali ambiri ndipo anakhaa mwezi ku maloko akudikila kuti akhoze
English: “The support I received from the fistula centre transformed my life,” says Vula, who is now a fistula ambassador in her community. “I have moved from being a social outcast to become one of the community’s respected tailors
Chichewa: Chithandizo chomwe ndinalandila ku malo ochizila kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi chinasitha moyo wanga,” akutero vula, amene ndi kazembe wa kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi mu dela lawo. Ndachoka kukhala osalidwa ndikukhala telala olemekeza mu derali
English: “I am saving money to buy iron sheets for my house,” she says. “I have lived a difficult life and now I just want to make the best of what I have
Chichewa: Ndikusungila ndalama kuti ndigule malata anyumba yanga,” anatero. Ndakhala moyo wovutika ndipo pano ndikufuna kupanga zabwino ndi zomwe ndili nazo
English: In 2021, UNFPA successfully lobbied for the reopening of the Bwaila Fistula Centre after it was converted into a Covid-19 isolation centre
Chichewa: Mu chaka cha 2021, UNFPA inaneneza kutsegulaso kwa malo ochizira kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi ku bwaila pamene inasandutsidwa malo amatenda a covid-19
English: The closing of the centre inconvenienced hundreds of women suffering from fistula from getting treatment. Since reopening, the centre, with support from the Spotlight Initiative, has successfully assisted 90 women suffering from fistula
Chichewa: Kutseka kwa malowa kunatakwanitsa azimayi zana odwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi kupeza chithandizo. Chitsegulireni,malowa, ndichithandizo chochokela ku spotlight iniative, akwanilitsa kuthandiza mayi makumi asanu ndi anayi odwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi
English: On a fateful Tuesday evening in 2017, the most of Elluby’s [not her real name] pride was forcefully taken away from her—she was defiled
Chichewa: Tsiku lomvetsa chisoni lachiwiri madzulo mu chaka cha 2017, umuthu wa elluby unachotsedwa- anagwililidwa
English: Elluby’s psychological trauma has been compound by the fact that she was later dealt with a double-blow of tasting positive to HIV, coupled with struggle with fistula
Chichewa: Matenda am’maganizo a elluby anawonjezeleka ndi chilungamo choti pataita nthawi anayenela kuthana ndi zinthu ziwiri kupezeka ndi kachilombo koyamvitsa edzi ndi kulimbana ndi matenda a kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi
English: As if that is not enough, Elluby cannot get justice on her defilement case after a medical report obtained at Nkhulambe Health Centre in Phalombe soon after the incident subsequently grew wings and flew away from police custody
Chichewa: Ngati izi ndizokwanira. Elluby sakupeza chilungamo pa nkhani yake patapezeka kuti chikalata chakuchipatala ku chipatala cha chichin’gono ku phalombe patangochtika izizi chinamela mapiko ndikuwuluka m’manja mwa apolisi.
English: Before the fateful day, Elluby, then seven years old, was in Standard 2 at one of the primary schools in the district. She used to be happy, just like any other child of her age, till some evil-minded man saw a woman in her
Chichewa: Lisanafike tsiku la tsokali, elluby ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, anali mu sitandande 2 ku sukulu ina m’bomalo. Anali wosangalala, ngati mwana wina aliyense wa msikhu wake, kufikila munthu wina wamaganizo ausatana anaona mzimayi mwa iye.
English: Her happiness was taken away by the selfish man who, for purposes of this story, we have called Adolf. He crowned the poor girl with this sadness, which seemingly has come to stay
Chichewa: Chisangalalo chake chinatengedwa ndi mwamuna odzikonda, pankhaniyi tamutchula kuti adolf. Anamuveka mwanayu chisoni, chimene chikuwoneka chinabwera kuzakhala
English: Elluby comes from a child-headed family and her elder sister, whom she calls mother, who we shall call Tisungane, is only 15
Chichewa: Elluby amachokela ku baja lomwe mutu wabanja ndi mwana ndipo mchemwali wake wamkulu, amene amawaitana kuti amayi, amene timutcule kuti tisungane ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu
English: It was Tisungane who narrated to us her younger sister’s ordeal. “I suspect that the man bribed the police, but since I am poor, what else can I do. I have accepted and dropped the case,” said Tisungane while fighting tears
Chichewa: Anali tisungane amene anatifotokozera zimene zinachitikila mchemwali wake wan’gonoyu. Ndikuganazira kuti abambowo anapeka chiphuphu kwa apolisi koma chifukwa ndine osauka ndikanachita chani. Ndinavomeleza ndipo nkhaniyi ndinaisiya ,” anatero tisungane uku akubweza misozi
English: Despite being arrested soon after committing the crime and stakeholders pushing for the law to take its course, two years on, Elluby’s case has stalled in the court, with some quarters claiming lack of evidence
Chichewa: Ngakhale kuti munthuyo anatsekeledwa atapalamula mulanduwu ndi ena kuthandizila kuti lamulo ligwire ntchito, padutsa zaka ziwiri, nkhani ya elluby sinalowe ku bwalo la milandu, ena ponena kuti chifukwa chakusowa umboni
English: But there was evidence that after Elluby was allegedly defiled, she was rushed to Nkhulambe Health Centre in Phalombe where tests confirmed she was defiled and a medical report was issued to that effect
Chichewa: Koma panali umboni kuti elluby anagwiliridwa, anathamangila naye ku chipatala chachin’gono ku Nkhulambe m’boma la phalombe kumene anamuyesa ndikutsimikizila kuti wagwililidwa ndipo chikalata cha chipatala chinapelekedwa
English: But to date, only police are better-placed to explain how the report grew wings from their custody. National Police spokesperson asked for more time to find out how Elluby’s medical report went missing in police hands
Chichewa: Koma mpaka pano, apolisi okha ndamene ali ndikuthekela kofotokoza m’mene kalata ya chipatala inamelera mapiko m’manja mwawo. Woyakhulira apolisi dziko lonse anapempha nthawi kuti afufuze m’mene kalata yachipatala ya elluby inasowela m’manja mwa apolisi
English: “There are a lot of cases of this nature, which have stalled in my court. I wish we could complete them and the victims see justice and those in the wrong, meet their fate,” he said
Chichewa: Pali nkhani zambiri za mtundu umenewu, zimene zinayima ku bwalo la milandu. Ndikanakonda tikanazimaliza ndipo okhudziwa apeze chilungamo ndi kuti olakwila aziwe tsoka lawo
English: Chairperson for Nkhulambe area mother group, Chrissy Malikete, said stalling of cases at the courts as well as lenient sentences to offenders, and worse still corruption, are some of the setbacks in the fight
Chichewa: Wa mkulu wa gulu la amayi ku dela la Nkhulambe, chrissy malikete ananena kuti kuchedwetsa milandu ku bwalo la milandu koamsno kupeleka chilango chochepa kwa opalamula, komanso chinyengo ndi zina zimene zikubweza m’buyo ntchitoyi
English: One of the youth and child rights organisations in the country, Youth Net and Counselling says what is happening in Phalombe demotivates players in the fight against GBV
Chichewa: Limodzi mwa mabungwe a achinyamata ndi maufulu a ana mu dziko muno, Youth net and counselling lanena kuti zimene zikuchitika ku phalombe zikufowoketsa ntchito yolimbana ndi GBV
English: “What is difficult about asking the health facility to provide a duplicate report?” he asked, further urging the powers that be in police to intervene in the matter
Chichewa: Anafunsa kuti chovuta ndi chani kuwafunsa a chipatala kuti apeleke kalata ina yotsala, kuwonjezela kuti mphamvu za apolisi kulowelerapo pa nkhaniyi
English: Fistula repair surgeries are liberating women dehumanised by the treatable birth-related condition which leaves them disgraced and discriminated
Chichewa: Maopaleshoni okhoza matenda a fistula akuwombola amayi amene satengedwa ngati anthu kamba ka matenda apobeleka ochizika zimene zimawasiya amanyazi ndi wosalidwa
English: It is sweltering in an overcrowded maternity section of Mulanje District Hospital at the bottom of the country’s largest mountain, an astonishing rock outcrop in the middle of postcard tea fields of the Southern Region
Chichewa: Ndi m’malo mwathukuta chipinda chobelekera chodzadza pa chipatala cha boma la mulanje pansi pa phiri lalikulu mudziko muno, mwala owoneka modabwitsa pakati pa munda wa tiyi ku chigawo cha ku ‘mmwera
English: Yet the heat—which easily leaves clinical staff, patients and guardians perspiring profusely—is not the reason Line Gwinya, 38, does not appear particularly happy as she sits by an open window in a 26-bed ward that houses up to 40 pregnant women a night, she says
Chichewa: Koma kutetha- kumene kumapangitsa ogwira ntchito zachipatala, odwala ndi osamalira odwala kutuluka thukuta kwambiri- sichifukwa chimene line gwinya wa zaka makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi atatu, sakuwoneka osangalala atakhala pafupi ndi zenela lotsegula mu chipinda cha anthu makumi awiri ndi asanu ndi limodzi limene limasunga anthu okwana makuni anayi pa usiku umodzi, anatero
English: She is lucky to be perching on a bed in the lengthy hall where sights of women sleeping on the floor are not unusual
Chichewa: Ndi wamwayi kuti wakhala pa kama mu chipinda chachiikulu m’mene kuwona amayi atagona pansi sizodabwitsa
English: A similar scene so shocked Tanzanian president John Magufuli that he sacked Muhimbili hospital chief when he made a surprise visit to the facility in Dar es Salaam three years ago
Chichewa: Zomwezi zinadabwitsa mtsogoleri wa dziko la tanzania john magufuli mpaka anachotsa ntchito wamkulu wachipatala cha muhimbili pamene apanga ulendo wodzidzimutsa pa chipatalachi ku dar es salaam zaka zitatu zapitazo
English: However, this too is not what depresses the woman from Mwetiheni Village in Traditional Authority Nkanda in the tea-growing district
Chichewa: Komabe, izi sizomwe zakhumuditsa m’mayi wochokera m’mudzi wa mwetiheni kwa mfumu yayikulu nkanda muboma lolima tiyili
English: It is common to see patients and pregnant women in State-run hospitals lying on the floor—“and this did not begin yesterday,” she says
Chichewa: Zimachitika kupeza odwala ndi amayi oyembekezera mu zipatala za boma atagona pansi- ndipo izi sizanayambe dzulo,” anatero
English: Since 1996, Gwinya has three times spent days in similarly overcrowded maternity wards in anticipation to give birth and she has one child to show for it
Chichewa: Kuchoka chaka cha 1996, gwinya wakhala maulendo atatu mu ku chipinda chodzadza cha amayi oyembekezera akudikila kubeleka koma ali ndi mwana m’modzi yekha pazonsezi
English: Her “worst tragedy” is that her second visit two decades ago left a hole in her birth canal. She has been leaking urine uncontrollably and her husband fled as he could not stand it
Chichewa: Tsoka lake lalikulu ndi ulendo wake wachiwiri zaka makumi awiri zapitazo unasiya denje mu njira yachibelekelo. Amachucha mkodzi mosalekeza ndipo amuna ake anathawa chifukwa sanakapilira
English: “Being here brings to mind bitter memories of my futile attempts to have children,” she says with nostalgia in an interview in the packed ward. “My husband wanted us to have three children, but I have only one, born through a surgery in 1996
Chichewa: Kukhala muno kumabweletsa chikumbutso chowawa chakulephera kokhala ndi mwana,” anatero. Akuyakhulana akukumbukila mwachisoni mu chipinda chodzadzacho. Amuna anga amafuna titakhala ndi ana atatu, koma ndili ndi m'modzi, amene anabadwa pawopaleshoni mu chaka cha 1996
English: I carried the pregnancy for 11 months. Two years later, I had a stillbirth after enduring another operation. I got pregnant again in 1999, but it was another operation and stillborn
Chichewa: Ndinanyamula pakati kwa miyezi khumi ndi umodzi. Patatha zaka ziwiri, ndinapita padera nditapilira opaleshoni. Ndinakhalaso ndi mimba chaka cha 1999, koma inali opaleshoni komanso kupititsa padera
English: The two stillborns have left Gwinya weighed down by a sense of loss—all after going under the knife. But memories of the second pregnancy keep haunting her. She lost her dignity to the hole that developed after futile labour pains
Chichewa: Kubadwa kwa ana awiri omalira kwamusiya gwinya ali othodwa chifukwa cha kuluzaku-kumanso kuti anachita kupanga opaleshoni. Koma chikumbutso cha mimba ya chawiri ndimene imaiganizirabe. Anataya ulemu wake chifukwa cha dzenje limene linyamba chifukwa cha kupweteka pobelekapo
English: The hole, termed obsteric fistula, instantly turned her into a laughing stock in her rural community and everywhere she went
Chichewa: Bowo, limene likutchulidwa kuti kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi , linamupanga kukhala choseketsa mu mu mudzi mwawo komanso kulikonse kumene amapita
English: “When I was told that a baby I had carried for nine months was born dead, I wept. I endured two operations. After the second one, I started leaking urine without control, an embarrassing condition I have lived with for 20 years,” she recounts
Chichewa: Pamene anandiuza kuti mwana amane ndinanyamula kwa miyezi isanu ndi inayi wabadwa omwalira,ndinalira. Ndinapilira ma opaleshoni awiri. Patatha yachiwiri, ndinayamba kuchucha mikodzo yoseletseka, matenda amene ndakhala nawo kwa zaka makumi awiri tsopano.” akukumbukila
English: Gwinya’s decades of shame came to an end last month, thanks to a campaign by United Nations Populations Fund to end fistula one surgery at a time
Chichewa: Zaka makumi awiri zamanyazi kwa Gwinya kunafika kumapeto mwezi watha, zikomo ku ndondomeko ya thumba la maiko lowona za kuchulukana kwa anthu kuti athetse kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi popanga opaleshoni imodzi imodzi
English: She was among 30 women admitted to Mulanje District Hospital’s two-week fistula treatment UNFPA organised with funding from Iceland International Development Agency (Iceida)
Chichewa: Anali m’modzi mwa anayi makumi atatu amane anaikidwa m’chipatala cha boma la mulanje kwa masabata awiri kuti alandile chithandizo cha kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi chomwe anapangitsa ndi a UNFPA ndichithandizo cha ndalama zochokela ku Iceland International Development agency
English: These women were visibly happy to see the back of one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries
Chichewa: Azimayiwa anali okondwa kuwonaso kutha kwa kuvulala koopsa komanso komvetsa chisoni pobeleka
English: Fistula leaves women with puncture between the birth canal and bladder or rectum due to prolonged, obstructed labour
Chichewa: kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi imawasiya amayi ndi kun’gambika pakati pa njira ya chibelekelo ndi chikhodzodzo kapena konyelela chifukwa cha kuchedwa pobeleka
English: “Getting healed will be like being born again. I have suffered for many years. I couldn’t participate in public life because I was leaking urine. I couldn’t go to funerals. I couldn’t go to church
Chichewa: Kuchilitsidwa zili ngati wabadwanso mwatsopano. Ndavutika kwa zaka zambiri. Sindimatenga nawo gawo zochita za gulu chifukwa zimachucha mikodzoo. Sindimapita ku maliro. Sindimapita ku tchalitchi
English: I couldn’t go to the market. Everywhere I went, people were sneeringly pointing at me, saying: ‘here comes the woman who wets herself like a baby in nappies’
Chichewa: Sindimapita ku msika. Kulikonse kumene ndapita, anthu amangondiloza, akunena kuti akubwera mzimayi amene amangozinyowetsa yekha ngati mwana ovala matewela
English: “Some were even fanning their noses or spitting because I was emitting a foul smell. I sought assistance from numerous health facilities but they all gave me tablets and injections that did not change the situation
Chichewa: Ena amakupiza phuno zawo kapena kulavula chifukwa ndimatulutsa fungo lonukha. Ndisaka chithandizo ku zipatala zingapo koma onse amangondipatsa mankhwala ndi nyeleti zimene sizinasithe mavuto anga
English: When I heard on radio that a foreign doctor was coming to repair fistulas, I hurried. I did not want to miss this one-off chance
Chichewa: Nditamva pa wayilesi za dokotala amene amabwera kuzakoza ma kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi , ndinafulumila. Sindimafuna kuti mwayi wakamodziwu undiphonye
English: Admittedly, Gwinya could not wait to go back home and show everyone that the person they once despised is healed. “I want them to accept me as a woman like any other,” she said, feeling liberated at last
Chichewa: Movomeleza, gwinya amaona kuchedwa kuti apite kunyumba ndikuwonetsa aliyense kuti munthu amene amamunyozetsa uja wachilitsidwa. Ndikufuna andivomele ngati mayi wina aliyense, anatero ali womasulidwa
English: Her long search for a healing mirrors the plight of many people struggling with the chronic condition which leads to depression, social exclusion and deepening poverty
Chichewa: Kufufuza kwa chithandizo zikusonyezaso kwa ena amene akuvutika ndi matenda okhalitsa zimene zimapangitsa kuti akhale okhumudwa, azisalidwa komanso kusawukitsitsa
English: She puts a human face to the silent problems which mainly affect poor women, especially in rural setting where health facilities are few and far apart despite the huge unmet need for quality healthcare services
Chichewa: Amakhala ndi khope yaumunthu kumavuto amene amakumana nawo amayi wosauka makaka ku mudzi kumene malo olandilira chithandizo cha zaumoyo ndi zochepa komanso zotalikilana ngakhale kuti khumbo la chithandzi cha zaumoyo chabwino sichikwanilitsa
English: “One Malawian woman lived with fistula for 66 years. We thank donors for financial support towards restoring the dignity of a woman like her who suffers a lot and is usually made to feel as if it was of her own making
Chichewa: Mzimayi wina waku malawi anakhala ndi kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi kwa zaka makumi sanu ndi limodzi ndi asanu ndi limodzi. Tikuthokoza chithandizo cha ndalama chomwe chapelekedwa kubwezeletsaso ulemu wa amayo ngati iye amene amavutika kwambiri ndipo amapangidwa kukhala ngati izi anazipanga okha
English: This is the story of Alice Sabuni, a rural woman in Blantyre District who lived with fistula since 1949, when she gave birth to her firstborn at age 17
Chichewa: Iyi ndi nkhani ya alice sabuni, mayi wa kumudzi mu boma la blantyre amene anakhala ndi kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi kuchoka chaka cha 1949 pamene anabeleka mwana wawo woyamba ali ndi zaka khumi limodzi ndi asanu ndi ziwiri
English: The grandmother of 25 regained her smile in 2016, aged 83, when she travelled almost 100 kilometres (km) from her remote village to Mulanje Hospital where she had a successful repair surgery at a similar camp
Chichewa: Gogo wazidzukulu makuni awiri ndi zisanu anayambaso kusekelera mu chaka cha 2016 ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu ndi zitatu pamene anayenda mtunda okwana makilomita zana limodzi kuchoka kumudzi kwawo kupita ku chipatala chachikulu cha mulanje kumene anakhala ndi opeleshoni yopambana kumalo komweko
English: Sabuni counts herself lucky that her husband did not walk away. He stuck by her, supporting her to access treatment and overcome its devastating social impacts
Chichewa: Sabuni amazitenga wamwayi chifukwa amuna ake sanachoke. Anakhala naye limodzi, kumuthandiza kuti apeze thandzio komanso kuthana ndi zovuta zokumana nazo kukhala ndi anthu
English: “I think this man loved me a lot because most men would not stay with a woman who had this condition. There were times people thought he had been bewitched,” she recounts
Chichewa: Ndikuganiza kuti mwamuna uyu anandikonda kwambiri chifukwa amuna sangakhale ndi mkazi amene ali ndi vuto limeneli. Panali nthawi pamene anthu amaona ngati andipangira matsenga, akukumbukira
English: Opening up about her major heartbreaks, she narrates: “It left a hole in my heart. Just a week after I started leaking urine, my husband left and married another woman
Chichewa: Akufotokoza za kusweka mtima kwake kwa kukulu, akufotokoza kunasiya bowo lalikulu mu mtima mwanga. Patatha sabata ndiyamba kuchucha mikodzo, amuna anga anandisiya ndikukakwatira mkazi wina
English: “I raised the baby single-handedly until 2004 when another man asked for my hand in marriage. I protested vehemently, telling him no sane man would love a leaky woman. But he insisted. I gave him a chance
Chichewa: Ndinalera ndekha mwana kuchoka mu chaka cha 2004 pamene mwamuna wina andifunsila banja. Ndinamukanila kwambiri kumuuza kuti palibe mwamuna waumunthu wake angakonde mayi ochucha. Koma anakakamila. Ndinampatsa mwayi
English: The fistula survivor salutes her new spouse for walking side by side with her as she groped for medical treatment at various health centres
Chichewa: Wochila kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi akupeleka ulemu mwamuna wake watsopanoyu poyenda naye nthawi posaka chithandzio ku zipatala zosiyanasiyana
English: “He has been very supportive and loving. He works hard to ensure we do not starve as fistula made it almost impossible for me to do a small business to improve our livelihoods,” she said
Chichewa: Wakhala othandiza komanso okonda. Amagwira ntchto molimbikila kuti tisakhale ndi njala chifukwa kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi inapangitsa kuti ndisakwanitse kupanga malonda kuti moyo wathu usithe, anatero
English: Upon handing over the items to the patients, St Pius CWO secretary Pilira Songo said their visit to the hospital did not only benefit the patients but that the Christian grouping learnt more about fistula
Chichewa: Atamaliza kupeleka zinthu kwa odwala, mlembi wa st pius CWO pilira songo anena kuti kupita kuchipatala sikunathandize odwala okhawo komanso mkumano wa akhirisitu kuphunzila za kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi
English: She said: “We agreed to come and cheer fistula patients here at the same time we wanted to learn more about fistula. We are happy that we have learnt about fistula from the nurses and shared some great moments with the patients
Chichewa: Ananena kuti agwirizana kuti abwera ndikuzacheza ndi odwala kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi komanso kuzaphunzira za kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi. Tili okondwa kuti taphunzira za kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi kuchoka kwa anamwino komanso takhala ndi nthawi yopambana ndi odwalawa
English: Speaking during a media orientation on fistula in Lilongwe last Wednesday, director of reproductive health Fannie Kachale said government is currently training health workers to repair obstetric fistula as it remains a major health problem in the country
Chichewa: Poyakhula ndi wofalitsa mawu pa nkhani ya kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi ku lilongwe sabata latha la chitatu, mtosogoleri wa zauchembere wabwino fannie kachale wanena kuti boma likuphunzitsa ogwira ntchito za umoyo kukhhoza kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi chifukwa ndi vuto lalikulu lazaumoyo mu dziko muno
English: “We value this orientation knowing that when we give the media the right information, we will be able to create the much-needed awareness to the public hence help in reducing the problem,” said Kachale
Chichewa: Tikulemekeza chidziwitsochi kudziwa kuti pamene tapeleka uthenga wowona kwa ofalitsa nkhani, tipanga chizindikilitso chofunika ku anthu kenako kuthana ndi vutoli anater kachale
English: She added that as obstetrics fistula remains a major health problem in the country, government continues to encourage women to attend anti-natal care early in their pregnancies to be examined if labour is progressing very well
Chichewa: Anawonjezera kuti kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi ndi vutobe lalikulu lazaumoyo mu dziko muno, boma likupitiliza kulimbikitsa amayi kuti azipita ku sikelo nthawi yabwino pamene ali ndi mimba kuti akaone ngati mimba yawo ikuyenda bwino
English: Contrary to cultural norms whereby women’s reproductive issues are discussed among women secretly, Chalingana told the gathering, which comprised dignitaries from various government sectors and non-governmental organisations, that his wife Esther had fistula after the birth of their fifth child
Chichewa: Zosiyana ndi chikhalidwe pamene nkhani za uchembere wa amayi zimakambidwa mwa chinsinsi, chalingana anawuza mkumanowo, umene panali woyimila pa nthambi za boma komanso mabungwe oyima pawokha kuti esther anali ndi kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi atabeleka mwana wawo wachisanu
English: Esther, a “survivor” of the condition medics call obstetric fistula, understands the emotions that it causes all too well. The condition has become so prevalent that doctors say something has to be done to stem it, fast
Chichewa: Esther, wopulumuka ku matenda amene achipatala ati kadzankodzo kapena kadzachimbudzi , amadziwa maganizo amene amapangitsa izi. Vutoli lakhazikika mpaka madokotala anena kuti china chake chikuyenera chichitike kuti lithetsedwe mwachangu
English: Prolonged labour and obstructed delivery—in most cases because the woman is unable to access medical care in time—puncture a hole between the birth canal and the excretory system, resulting in an abnormal connection
Chichewa: Kubeleka mochedwa- nthawi zambiri amayi amalephela kupeza chithandizo cha chipatala nthawi yabwino- kun’gambika bowo pakati pa njira yobelekera ndi njira yotulutsila zoipa kudzetsa kulumikizana kodabwitsa
English: People living with HIV may potentially face physical and emotional health issues as they age. However, with the appropriate interventions, lifestyle choices and integrated support from health care professionals and community groups, the impact of these challenges can be effectively managed
Chichewa: Anthu omwe ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV akhoza kukumana ndi mavuto akuthupi komanso a m’maganizo akamakula. Komabe, ndichithandizo choyenera, makhalidwe komanso chithandizo kuchokera kwa akadaulo a za umoyo komanso magulu a m’mudzi, zotsatira za zovutazi zikhoza kuthetsedwa bwino
English: They had nothing to do and nowhere to seek help. Everyone in society regarded them as unimportant, they say
Chichewa: They had nothing to do and nowhere to seek help. Everyone in society regarded them as unimportant, they say
 Akunena kuti analibe chochita china chilichonse komanso kunalibe kopeza chithandizo. Aliyense mu dela amawatenga osafunikila
English: The mockery and hardship they were subjected to forced them to unite and form a group where they could discuss what to do for a living and prove to the world that disability is not inability
Chichewa: Kunenedwa ndi zovuta zimene amakumana nazo zinawakakha kuti abwele pamodzi ndikupanga gulu kumene amakambilana zomwe angapange kuti azithandize pa moyo wawo komanso kuliwonetsa dziko kuti ulumali si kulephera kuchita zinthu
English: Between 2019 and 2020, Amin from Mponda in Mangochi battled with bilharzia. The 39-year-old fisher says she was passing bloody urine and had pains when urinating
Chichewa: Pakati pa chaka cha 2019 mpaka 2020, amin wa kwa mponda amalimbana ndi likodzo. M’sodzi wa zaka makumi atatu asanu ndi anayi akuti amatulutsa magazi ndipo amamva ululu akamakodza
English: “So, I went to see a doctor where I was given the bilharzia drug. The drug made me nauseous and I developed diarrhoea. But I felt better in the end,” he recalls
Chichewa: Kenako, ndinapita kukamuna ndi adokotala kumene anandipatsa mankhwala alikodzo. Mankhwalawo anandipangitsa nselu ndipo ndimatsegula m’mimba koma ndinapeza bwino pamapeto pake,” akukumbukila
English: Sanudi, who has been fishing since he was 18, vowed not to quit fishing, notwithstanding the dangers of bilharzia. The lake, just like for many others, is a source of livelihood
Chichewa: Sanudi, amene wakhala akuwedza kuchokera pamene anali ndi zaka khumi limodzi zisanu ndi zitatu, analumbila kuti sazasiya kuwedza, osalimba ndi kuwopsya kwa likodzo. Nyanja, ngati kwa ena onse, ndikopezela chithandizo
English: “I need money to feed my family and to send my children to school. Fishing is the only way I know how to earn money,” he says
Chichewa: Ndimafuna ndalama zothandizira banja langa komanso kutumiza ana anga ku sukulu. Usodzi ndi njira yokhayo ndimadziwa yopezela ndalama,” anatero
English: Bilharzia infection comes when one gets in contact with contaminated freshwater where snails that carry schistosomes live
Chichewa: Matenda alikodzo amabwera pamene munthu wakhudza madzi owonongeka amene muli nkhono zimene zimatenga kachilombo ka schistosomes
English: World Health Organisation (WHO) says transmission happens when those suffering from bilharzia contaminate fresh water sources through urination or defaecation, which carries parasitic eggs that hatch in water
Chichewa: Bungwe lowona zaumoyo pa dziko lonse la pansi anena kuti kupatsilana kumachitika pamene odwlaa likodzo awononga madzi pakukodza kapena kunyela zimene zimatenga mazila a tizilombo kukaikila madzi
English: Studies indicate that fishers and those in remote areas who have no access to safe water sources are mostly at risk of contracting bilharzia
Chichewa: Kafukufuku wawonetsa kuti asodzi ndi ena okhala kumadera akumudzi amene alibe kotunga madzi abwino ali pachiopsezo chotenga likodzo
English: As one way of protecting people like Sanudi from bilharzia and HIV, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust is identifying ways of delivering integrated bilharzia and HIV services to fishers
Chichewa: Ngati njira imodzi yotetezera anthu ngati sanudi ku likodzo komanso kachilombo ka matenda a edzi, malawi liverpool wellcome trust akupeza njira zopelekera chithandizo chophatikiza cha likodzo komanso kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a edzi kwa asodzi
English: The trust is investigating the effects of using social networks, HIV self-test kits and beach clinic services under the creating demand for Fishermen’s Bilharzia and HIV Services study
Chichewa: Bungweli likufufuza zotsatira zogwilitsa kulumikizana kwa anthu, zipangizo zoyesera kwa chilombo koyambitsa matenda a edzi pawekha komanso chipatala cha ku nyanja pansi pa kafukufuku wofuna kubweletsa kufuna kwa asodzi chithandizo cha likodzo komanso kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a edzi
English: He says bilharzia prevalence ranges widely, from as low as two percent to 50 percent in some fishing communities in Mangochi, according to the study’s preliminary findings
Chichewa: Akunena kuti kuchuluka kwa matenda alikodzo kumasiyanasiyana, kuchoka mapelesenti awiri kufikila makuni asanu mu dela ena owedza nsomba kumangochi malinga zinditsatira zoyamba zakafukufukuyi
English: Choko says that the study is an example of integration of services essential to maximise service provision to fishers often missed by conventional service delivery
Chichewa: Choko akunena kuti kafukufuku ndi chitsanzo cha kuphatikiza kapelekedwe kachithandizo kuti kuchukukitse kupeleka chithandizo kwa asodzi amene amaiwalidwa ku njira zopelekela chithandizo zokhazikika
English: He explains: “For instance, when services are being offered, fishers are unavailable due to fishing during the day or night and some rest in between
Chichewa: Akufotokoza, “mwachitsanzo, pamene chithandizo chikupelekedwa, asodzi amakhala kuti kulibe chifukwa chowedza nsomba masana kapena usiku ndipo ena amapuma pakatipa
English: “Thus, having convenient services with added flexibility in terms of timing is essential to tackling these problems
Chichewa: Ndichifukwa chake kukhala ndi chithandizo chopezekelatu ndikumasuka makamaka nthawi ndikofunika pothetsa vuto limeneli
English: Mkumba beach village committee treasurer Bamusi Aladi says many fishers go for HIV and bilharzia testing and get treatment for the two conditions in the beach clinics
Chichewa: Msungi chuma wa gulu la m’bali mwa nyanja bamusi alasi anati asodzi ambiri amapita kukayezetsa kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a edzi komanso likodzo ndikutenga chithandizo cha matendawa pa kuchipatala cha m’bali mwa nyanja
English: He admits that bilharzia affects the fishers, adding that eradicating it will help them to concentrate better on their economic activities
Chichewa: Akuvomeleza kuti likodzo limasokoneza asodzi, kuwonjezera kuti kuthana nalo kuthandiza iwo kuti akhale olimbikila pa ntchito zobweletsa ndalama
English: “Fishers earn a lot from fish sales and other activities that take place on the shores. With that, they tend to go after different women, often sleeping with them without protection,” he says
Chichewa: Akunena kuti asodzi amapeza ndalama zambiri akagulitsa nsomba komanso ntchito zomwe zimachitika pa madzi. Ndi izi, amafunsira amayi wosiyanasiyana, nthawi zambiri kugonana nawo opanda chitetezo