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Read MoreOn 29 March 2025, YONECO and authorities at Chipitu Primary School in Chitipa hosted various community-level education stakeholders in a bid to address various pressing issues that are contributing to marginal academic performance of learners at the institution. The participants shared their concerns, experiences and insights on the matter. The meeting bemoaned poverty, parental neglect…
Read MoreBridget Mkandawire is a seven-year-old girl who hails from Chimduzi Village in Rumphi district. Bridget is currently a Standard 2 learner at Chankharamu Primary School and dreams to become a nurse. This ambition has been a great push to Bridget who works very hard to realize wonderful dream. Despite her efforts, Bridget also faced some…
Read MoreJoseph Chirwa is a member of the School Management Committee (SMC) for Mbulunji Primary School in Rumphi District who often conducts monitoring visits of tablet learning sessions at the school. Joseph is one of the stakeholders who proclaim that the tablet learning sessions that were introduced under the Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology…
Read MoreIn response to rising cases of child rights violations in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaduya in Phalombe, YONECO and Malawi Police Service (MPS), organized a series of awareness campaigns in a bid to put in check the vice. The awareness campaigns were conducted both in school around the area and at community level.…
Read MoreIn a bid to enhance transparency and accountability to communities affected by El Niño-induced hunger, YONECO engaged communities in Blantyre, where CADECOM, one of the implementing partners of the Malawi Drought Response Project, was disbursing social cash transfer funds at Chigalu and Kunthembwe. The engagement was aimed at raising awareness about the rights of the…
Read MoreMwendowangoma Savings and Loans Groups (SLGs) was established under the Social Protection for Gender Empowerment and Resilience (SP-GEAR) Project in September 2024 in the area of Senior Traditional Authority (STA) Golasi in Chikwawa. The group was established to help recipients of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (#SCTP) in graduating to economic independence by saving and…
Read MoreAndrew Mlenga, a hardworking eight-year-old Standard 4 learner at Kaseye Primary School, hails from a remote and mountainous village called Vumbo, in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwaulambia in Chitipa district. Andrew is among the many primary school learners in Malawi who have experienced a remarkable positive impact on their learning abilities with the…
Read MorePartners that are implementing the Malawi Drought Response Project, which is being funded by ECHO, have handed over Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) materials to Thyolo District Council to support 188 households that have been affected by Cyclone Jude. The partners, YONECO and FOCCAD, led by Self Help Africa, provided the humanitarian assistance that included…
Read MoreYONECO, in collaboration with the Chikwawa District Agriculture Office, conducted a hands-on training session for facilitators in cooking demonstrations under the Social Protection for Gender Empowerment and Resilience (SP-GEAR) project. The training aimed to equip 23 Community-Based Trainers (CBTs) with essential skills in preparing nutritious meals. These trained CBTs will, in turn, share their knowledge…
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