In One of the World’s Poorest Nations, Malawi Students Hope for a Better Future Through Education

Students protest water shortages outside of the Malawi Polytechnic Campus in Blantyre, Malawi, on Sept. 26, 2018. Charles Pensulo/Special to The Epoch Times

BLANTYRE, Malawi—It’s 7:30 in the morning in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital. A minibus driver, carrying passengers, is trying with little success to zigzag through a line of cars ahead of him.

The cars shuffle forward a few inches before coming to a stop again.