ICRAF Empowers Partners to Advance Agroforestry Practices
The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) – Malawi says there is a high hope that farmers in the country will benefit more if they adopt agroforestry agriculture systems within their fields. The sentiments follow a four-day training of front-line workers that ICRAF conducted from 8 to 11 May at Lisasadzi Rural Training Centre…
YONECO ED’s Address, May 2023
Dear esteemed reader, 1st May is International Labour Day and Malawi is no exception. We would like to join all workers in celebrating the Day. This year, International Labour Day comes at a time when Malawi is facing serious economic challenges that have led to retrenchments that have affected many workers. Living conditions in Malawi…
TBOs Sensitized on the Rights of the Child
There is a growing concern that Taxi Bicycle Operators (TBOs) in Mangochi are preferring to simply sleep around with a young female customer than get cash for their service. This is not only a breach of the rights of the girl child but also puts them in danger of contracting Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) including…
Children at High Risk of Contracting Malaria in Evacuation Camps
As schools are opening in areas that were affected by Cyclone Freddy in the southern region of Malawi, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have been living in evacuation camps that were established in schools are being relocated to other places. In Mangochi districts, IDPs who were being accommodated in various primary schools around the municipality…
YONECO and OCHA Team Up to Visit Evacuees in Zomba Camps
On 20 April 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in collaboration with YONECO, conducted a visit to Katambasula and Makawa evacuation camps in the areas of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwambo in Zomba district. The visit was conducted in order to understand the living conditions of people who are still…
Embracing Play Therapy to Promote the Well-Being of Children
YONECO provides support to preschool children through the organization’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme which focuses on the holistic development of young learners in various parts across Malawi. It is against this backdrop that YONECO drilled caregivers on how to facilitate child play therapy sessions in order to promote the rights and well-being of children.…
