Malawi
General Country Information
Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 13,603,181 (July 2008)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 45,000 (2000)
Telephone- mobile: 49,000 (2000)
Internet hosts: 18 (2003)
Internet users: 35,000 (2002)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.09
World Rank 2005/2006: 175
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA)
fedoma@sdnp.org.mwfedoma@malawi.net
Members : Association of the Physically Disabled in Malawi (APDM)
charleskhaula@hotmail.comfedoma@malawi.net
Disabled Women in Development (DIWODE)
fedoma@malawi.net
Malawi Disability Sports Association (MADISA)
fedoma@malawi.net
Parents of Disabled Children Association of Malawi (PODCAM)
fedoma@malawi.net
Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB)
fedoma@malawi.net mub@clcom.net
The Albino Association of Malawi (TAAM)
fedoma@malawi.net
Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD)
fedoma@malawi.net
Other organisations:
Disabled Women in Development (DIWODE)
no contact information currently available
Malawi Disability Sports Association (MADISA)
no contact information currently available
Economic Empowerment for People with Disabilities
fedoma@sdnp.org.mw
Harry Foundation for Development
hafodk@yahoo.com
Office of the Minister of State Responsible for People with Disabilities (OPC Disabilities)opcdisabilities@sdnp.org.mw
torild.almes@nhf.no
Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA)
godfrey@macoha-hqts.sdnp.org.mw
The Sue Ryder Foundation in Malawi
srfim@sdnp.org.mw
Mulanje Vocational Training Centre for the Blind
no contact information currently available
Society for the Blind In Malawi
no contact information currently available