Representing the SADC
First Lady Monica Chakwera has launched the 2023 Muslim World League Orphan Allowances Distribution Program worth K8.5 billion. The First Lady has also received K15 million towards her Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF) from the Saudi Arabia based World Muslim League. Speaking in Lilongwe on Saturday during the launch of the program, Madam Chakwera, said … Read More “Malawi: Madam Chakwera Launches K8.5bn Orphan Allowances Distribution Program” »
NGO Coalition on Child Rights (NGOCCR) has told the ongoing Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) CSO Programme Regional Learning Workshop in Lilongwe that trafficking for commercial and sexual exploitation remains a serious problem affecting Malawi. NGOCCR is one of the organizations implementing child-centred interventions with financial support from … Read More “Malawi: Trafficking for Commercial, Sexual Exploitation Still a Serious Problem in Malawi” »
For several years now, streetism, a situation in which children and adults roam streets to ask for alms, has been a time bomb waiting to explode. In fact, it is a societal nuisance which many people feel should be nipped from the bud like yesterday. While the Government through the Ministry of Community Development and … Read More “Zambia: Is Public Encouraging Streetism?” »
Lusaka, Zambia — Zambia’s traditional counselors are rethinking the country’s puberty rites, which some argue are detrimental to girls’ well-being. On a sunny afternoon in Chipungu, a clean-swept hamlet in Rufunsa, a rural district east of Lusaka, three girls who have recently reached puberty sit on the floor of a thatched roof hut in the … Read More “Zambia: Trauma or Training? Zambians Split Over Sexual Initiation Ceremonies” »
Malawi National Association for the Deaf (MANAD) on July 21, 2023, successfully conducted the first ever National Spelling Bee Competition targeting learners with hearing impairments. Spelling Bee Competition is one of the activities MANAD is implementing under the All Children Reading (ACR) initiative through its sign language in action prize whose project is titled ‘Promoting … Read More “Malawi: Manad Holds First Ever Spelling Bee Competition for Deaf Learners” »
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has disclosed that it has finalized drafting National Child Online Protection Strategy, which seeks to protect children from threats and harms on the internet. Speaking during the validation meeting of the strategy in Lilongwe on Wednesday, MACRA Director General, Daud Sulemani, said the authority’s aim is to provide a conducive … Read More “Malawi: MACRA Finalizes National Child Online Protection Strategy” »
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights remain a pressing and critical topic in today’s world. As young individuals navigate the complexities of adolescence, it is crucial to understand and address their distinct sexual and reproductive health requirements. During a side event of the Women Deliver conference held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel on … Read More “Rwanda: New Research Launched to Tackle Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights” »
Ministry of Education has announced the release of a total number of 8,552 students selected into public universities in 2022-2023 selection results. In a statement signed by Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa, available to Nyasa Times on Tuesday, the figure represents 14.4 per cent increase from a total number of 7, 473 selected last year. … Read More “Malawi: Govt Releases 8,000 Students to Universities” »
President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Monday received rare applause from delegates when he made a passionate plea to African leaders to include youth and women in development agenda if the continent is to have accelerated development. Chakwera was speaking on Monday in Accra, Ghana during a panel discussion titled Delivering the Vision: The benefits … Read More “Malawi: Chakwera Tells African Leaders to Include Youth, Women in Development Agenda for Africa Economic Growth” »
Blantyre, Malawi — The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF says it needs $88 million to address food insecurity for millions of people in Malawi. The agency warns that hundreds of thousands of children in the southern African country are at risk for malnutrition because of the impact of Cyclone Freddy in March. In the new appeal … Read More “Malawi: Unicef Makes Appeal for $88 Million to Fight Malawi Malnutrition” »
