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As well-wishers, the private sector, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), development agencies and the government are providing support to people who have been affected by Cyclone Freddy which hit Malawi on 12 March 2023 and left a trail of devastation in 8 districts across the southern region of Malawi. Thus, YONECO has embarked on provision of…

Mangochi is one of the districts in the southern part of Malawi that has been greatly affected by the impact of Cyclone Freddy it has claimed a lot of lives and loss of property. A number of evacuation camps have been established to accommodate thousands of people who have lost their homes. On 16th March…

YONECO and other members of Ntcheu District Civil Protection Committee (DCPC) members conducted a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) in the area of Group Village Head (GVH) Phanga, Traditional Authority (T/A) Masasa in Ntcheu district. The exercise was conducted following Tropical Cyclone Freddy which greatly affected districts across the southern region of Malawi. Fortunately, there were…

On February 6th, 2023, YONECO Blantyre organized an economic empowerment session for women in Chiwembe, where they reached out to 32 women who had formed a group of 70 women in 2019. According to the treasurer of the group, each member contributed MK1000 every month on Mondays, and the main objective of the group was…

On the 14th of February, the YONECO Blantyre district office conducted a session on drug and substance abuse with 80 learners (40 males and 40 females) at Golden Gate private secondary school. The aim of the session was to raise awareness among school learners about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse and how it…

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) in partnership with YONECO, mHub, Airtel, TNM, and the Malawi Police Service conducted a series of school outreach sessions in Blantyre, Zomba, and Mangochi in commemoration of this year’s Safe Internet Day (SID). The school outreach activities were organized to create a platform for children and young adults to…

On 8 March 2023, Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day (#IWD) at a function held at Malika School Ground in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Zomba district. The event was graced by the presence of the Minister of Mining, Honorable Monica Chang’anamuno, who was…

As cholera outbreak is still devastating the lives of Malawians, Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) has donated various cholera response and prevention materials to Blantyre and Mangochi District Health Offices (DHOs). The gesture has been made with funds from Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR) at a tune of more than K100 million under a…

On February 21, 2023, YONECO field officers held a highly informative and engaging awareness session at GVH Malengamzizi, T/A Kalumo in Ntchisi District. The objective of the session was to raise awareness among community members on human rights, the different types of abuse, and the impact of climate change on their lives. During the session,…

Greetings Dear Reader, February 2023 concludes with some interesting developments in Malawi in relation to climate change and environment. We have had two cyclones – Cheneso and Freddy. We hope there will not be any more cyclones affecting Malawi this year. However, other countries like Turkey and Syria have also been badly affected by various…