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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…

YONECO participated in the third and final round of cash transfers that was facilitated by Eagles Relief in Chikwawa district under the Malawi Drought Response Project, which is funded by ECHO through CARE Malawi. The initiative aims to provide critical support to vulnerable groups, particularly the elderly, expectant mothers, and lactating women, who have been…

Dear readers, Welcome to our June 2025 newsletter. June 2025 means we are half way through the year and it is possibly high time we reflected on the challenges and opportunities after 6 months at personal, organizational, national and global level. We need to seriously rethink development and global issues. We need to ask ourselves…

On 28 May 2025, #YONECO engaged 978 learners from 14 schools in Child Rights Awareness Sessions aimed at empowering them to know and defend their rights while recognizing their related responsibilities. The sessions were held on Children’s Day at this year’s Malawi International Trade Fair at Chichiri, Blantyre. During the sessions, our team discussed with…

Today, YONECO hosted the Hon. Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Hon. Jean Sendeza, during her familiarization tour of the Tithandizane National Helpline Services ahead of International Helpline Consultation to be held in Zambia in June, 2025. In her remarks, Honourable Sendeza described the Helpline Services system as an inspiration that effectively bridges…

Today, 17 May 2025 is the International Child Helpline Day. Let’s celebrate the role child helplines play in protecting and empowering children across the globe. Child Helplines offer safe spaces for children to voice out their issues, seek help when they need it most. In Malawi, the National Child Helpline is operated by YONECO through…

On 14 May 2025, YONECO successfully concluded a training session for community-based Social Accountability Facilitators aimed at enhancing grassroots advocacy for gender-inclusive service delivery. The two-day training targeted eight women and two men from the areas of Traditional Authorities (T/As) Mizinga and Sitola, where YONECO is implementing ‘Sustaining Women Movement for Peacebuilding and Response to…

YONECO, through the UN Women-funded project titled “Sustaining Community Women Movement for #Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Response,” is conducting a five-day training session for community coaches in Sports for Social Change (SSC) in Phalombe district. The training aims to equip community coaches with sport-based skill sets that promote community cohesion, peacebuilding, violence prevention, and gender equality.…