In a bid to influence positive behavior change among the youth, YONECO with support from UNFPA trained 20 peer educators from the areas of Traditional Authority (TA) Kaphuka, Kachere and Chilikumwendo in Dedza district under Action for Teen Mothers and Adolescent Girls Project. Youth spaces have proved to be one of the most effective platforms…
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YONECO joins the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children and the rest of the world in commemorating this year’s International Missing Children’s Day. Let’s honor missing and abducted children and celebrate those who have been found. #missingchidren #internationalmissingchildrensday
Read MoreMangochi is among the 11 districts that were affected in March, 2023 by Tropical Cyclone Freddy whose socioeconomic impacts are still being greatly felt. Many people including the youth and women were cut off from accessing essential services as important roads were damaged with their bridges washed away by the cyclone-induced floods that ensued. Thus,…
Read MoreThere are high hopes that the youth and women from the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Khosolo in Mzimba district will benefit from the new agricultural technologies that are being introduced in the area through Sustainable Management of Landscape (SAMALA) Project. This became apparent during a field day event that was held under the project…
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On Tuesday, 5 May 2023, our office in Blantyre joined other stakeholders in the launch of cholera awareness and clean-up exercise which took place at Mdeka Trading Center in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Chigalu. The aim of the launch was to sensitize and create awareness of the dangers of cholera and to educate…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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