YONECO ED’s Monthly Address – April 2025

April 1 marks the beginning of quarter two of 2025 and about 169 days to the 2025 General Elections which are slated for September 16, 2025. We see escalating intra and inter party political violence with some language that does not resonate with a democratic culture. We are seeing a lot of intolerance within political…

UNFPA Resident Representative Visits Bwananyambi Safe Space Mentors

On 3 March 2025, the UNFPA Resident Representative to Malawi, Nelida Rodrigues visited Safe Space mentors in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Bwananyambi in Mangochi district. During the visit, Nelida Rodrigues encouraged the mentors to continue supporting adolescent girls and young women who are challenged by multidimensional harmful sociocultural norms that perpetuate Gender-Based Violence…

2025 Eid Al-fitr Mubarak

Greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters on this joyous occasion of Eid Al-fitr Mubarak

Stakeholders Convene to Address Learners’ Academic Challenges

On 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…

EdTech Nurturing a Future Nurse in Rumphi

Bridget 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…

School Management Committee Members Hails Tablet Learning Sessions

Joseph 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…