On International Mother Earth Day, VSO volunteer Marije contributes a blog about her experiences in Malawi, climate change, and how we can begin to tackle this international issue within the communities it is affecting now.

My name is Marije, a Dutch ecologist and VSO volunteer working as climate change coordinator in the Nsanje district of Malawi. One of the poorest areas in one of the 20 poorest countries in the world. You can imagine, I’m living no life of luxury down here…

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