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Over the years, the frequency and intensity of disasters has increased in Malawi. Disasters like storms, floods and short rainfall periods have led to an increase in the levels of vulnerability and many households are experiencing perennial food shortages. This scenario has further greatly affected the nutritional status of various vulnerable groups including people who…

Traditional Authorities have called for the development of by-laws to protect game reserves and national parks in the districts. The calls were made during a three-day learning visit which was organized by Trocaire under ‘Building Climate-Resilient Communities Around Wildlife Protected Areas’ Project which is being implemented in communities surrounding Kasungu National Park, Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve…

YONECO officers in Ntcheu conducted a session on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) using Auntie Stella Pack card numbers 6, 32 and 37 as SRH youth participatory tools with Senior primary school learners in Ntcheu. The session was aimed advising the leaners on the negative impacts of early sexual debut and its effects, negative peer pressure…

YONECO conducted a session on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) with members of Wildlife Club Primary School in Ntcheu district. The session was aimed at informing the learners on how they can contribute towards addressing issues of climate change as well as disaster risk reduction and management. The leaners were urged to plant more trees and…

Greetings Dear Reader, We are already in month 11 and we are remaining with only one month to the end of the year. Fundamental questions have to be answered in relation to how we managed to protect women, girls and children. We are beginning the month with the famous 19 days of Activism to Prevent…

On 29 October our Officers in Rumphi conducted a career guidance and counselling session at Chankhomi Community Day Secondary School. The session was aimed at helping students to set up realistic goals in order to fulfill their aspirations. The participants were urged to remain in school and resist negative peer pressure. 250 students attended the…

On 26th October, 2022, Malawi joined various African countries during a one-day hybrid meeting that was aimed at creating awareness on Internet Universality Indicators. A total of 20 invited participants from Malawi attended the meeting of which some convened at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre while others directly joined through Zoom from various locations across the…

Positive parenting is key in ensuring that young people are able to successfully transition into adulthood. Thus, YONECO works with women from rural parts of Mangochi district in a bid to promote positive parenting. Chiwaula Women’s Group is one of the vibrant community parenting forums which YONECO established in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A)…

A good number of men around Mangochi town earn a living as Taxi Bicycle Operators (TBOs) business (locally known as Kabaza) around the town to make a living. The work of Kabaza operators involves a lot of travelling within the town and around its townships without fixed schedules. This automatically places the TBOs into the…

Promotion Early Childhood Development (ECD) is one of YONECO’s strategic interventions under Child Development and Protection Programme. Among other benefits, ECD activities help to create a child’s foundation for learning, enhances child protection and help to promote good health among children. Over the years, YONECO has been facilitating the establishment of ECD centres in rural…