Malawi faces recurrent drastic weather conditions that includes dry spells, seasonal droughts, intense rainfall, riverine floods, and flash floods. Malawi has had three major cyclones in a space of less than 15 months – Cyclone Ana (January 2022), Gombe (March 2022) and Freddy (March 2023). Health service delivery have been affected by…
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YONECO with support from FDH Bank and other well-wishers has supported disaster survivors in four disaster evacuation camps in the areas of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwambo and Ngwelero in Zomba district. After Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a number of evacuation camps were established in the affected areas around the Southern Region of Malawi where many people…
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YONECO mobilized young people to co-lead a cleanup exercise at South Lunzu Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi in response to the two-front war of Cholera and the effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy which the country is currently facing. YONECO staff and volunteers collaborated with the youth from the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Machinjiri in…
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Economic empowerment of women is critical to the realization of sustainable socioeconomic growth. Empowered women are more likely able to avoid Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and prevent contracting Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). Thus, YONECO has been conducting a number of empowerment activities targeting women in various parts of Malawi. The interventions include training sessions to impart…
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