{"id":54064,"date":"2023-12-08T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?p=54064"},"modified":"2023-12-08T07:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:43:37","slug":"chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera asks Malawians to embrace self-reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to work together and embrace the spirit of self-reliance for the development of the country. He made the remarks at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the inauguration of the 2023 Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) flag week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalawi is in transition and, as such, we need to take necessary steps that would ensure that we graduate from a low income country. We must work together to achieve that status and also help people who are in need,\u201d said Chakwera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Malawi to attain an inclusive wealth nation status, there is need for concerted efforts by all stakeholders,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) president, Innocent Majiya urged Malawians to donate towards the flag week inorder to reach out to the needy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Lazarus Chakwera has donated 2 million Kwacha to MRCS and the society intends to raise K116 million for disaster response preparedness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to work together and embrace the spirit of self-reliance for the development of the country. He made the remarks at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the inauguration of the 2023 Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) flag week. \u201cMalawi is in transition and, as such, we need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,410],"tags":[233,371,307,306,234,6815],"class_list":["post-54064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-economy","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-red-cross"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chakwera asks Malawians to embrace self-reliance - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to work together and embrace the spirit of self-reliance for the developm ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chakwera asks Malawians to embrace self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to work together and embrace the spirit of self-reliance for the developm ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-08T19:29:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1702008686.019131.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chakwera asks Malawians to embrace self-reliance\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-08T19:29:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1702008686.019131.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"economy\",\"Lazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"Red Cross\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-asks-malawians-to-embrace-self-reliance\",\"name\":\"Chakwera asks Malawians to embrace self-reliance - 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