Year: 2025

Today, we were honoured to host the US Chief of Mission to Malawi, Amy W. Diaz, at our Head Office in Zomba. Chargé d’Affaires Diaz held a fruitful engagement meeting with our programmes team, which was led by our Vice Board Chairperson, Dr Immaculate Chamangwana. After a tour of our key departments, including our ICT…

Ana mukuwawona pa chitchunziwa ndi apa Lilongwe Social Rehabilitation Centre komwe Boma la Malawi mothandizana ndi bungwe la YONECO amapeleka chisamaliro kwa anawa. Anawa lero atchena ma yunifomu aku sululu atsopano. Yunifomuzi ndi mphatso kuchokera kwa mayi Kaitano komanso mayi Chimwaza omwe ndi munthu ndi mkulu wake. Mayi Chimwaza ali ndi shopu yosoka zovala ndipo…

The Executive Director of YONECO was among key participants at the Voice Up Online: Training and Consultation on Online Harms, held on 23rd June 2025 in Livingstone, Zambia. The high-level event was convened by Child Helpline International in collaboration with UNICEF and the Global Cybersecurity Forum, bringing together regional child protection experts and frontline practitioners…

Enhanced coordination between school and community members across various schools in Chitipa district has led to significant progress in the implementation of the Building Education Foundations Through Innovation and Technology (#BEFIT) programme. There has been a notable reduction in cases of damaged gadgets and a surge in community participation during various activities organized under the…

#YONECO is attending the regional dialogue on feminist funding for women’s movements in East and Southern Africa, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 16th to 20th June 2025. Key items on the agenda include discussions on strengthening financing for women’s rights organizations amidst ongoing pushbacks against efforts to achieve gender equality. Speaking to representatives…

From 16 to 18 June 2025, YONECO organized a three-day review and planning meeting with district staff from Chikwawa, Mulanje, Ntcheu, and Nsanje. The session aimed to assess the progress of the Social Protection for Gender Empowerment and Resilience (SP-GEAR) project, focusing on its journey from inception to this date. During the meeting, district teams…

Malawi is today hosting the continental commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. This year’s event is being held under the theme: “Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights: Progress Since 2010.” The high-level gathering has brought together over 800 children and various stakeholders from across…

World Day against Child Labour falls on 12 June. The Day brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and people from around the world to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them. Child labour is a crime in Malawi. Please report such cases by calling…

The Government of Malawi acknowledges the significance of Early Childhood Development (ECD) and promotes access to a minimum of 12 years of formal education for all citizens. In a bid to compliment Malawi government’s efforts towards sustainable national development, YONECO has ECD Programmes in 16 districts across country. Quality early childhood education lays the foundation…

Today, Andrew Winkelman, the US Embassy Political and Economic Counselor who is also the Deputy US Ambassador to Malawi, visited the YONECO Head Office in Zomba. Top on the agenda was for him to understand YONECO’s perspective on youth in relation to the political and economic situation in the country. The two parties discussed how…