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Malawi commemorated the World Consumer Rights Day at a function that was held on 11 April, 2025 at Gymkhana Club in Zomba, under the theme “Fair and Safe Digital Space for Consumers.” YONECO participated in the event, which was organized by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), and featured the Director of MACRA, Daud Suleman,…

#YONECO and NGO Gender Coordination Network – Malawi held an engagement meeting with political leaders in Machemba Constituency, Phalombe, aimed at promoting women’s representation in leadership positions ahead of the September 16 General Elections (GE). The meeting urged the leaders to rally behind capable female candidates in the upcoming primary elections and further support their…

On 8 April 2025, YONECO, in collaboration with Ntcheu District Forestry Office, a launch event for the afforestation of land areas in schools and communities around Mpira Dam catchment area in Ntcheu district. The launch event, held in Ntcheu, will see the establishment of fruit orchards and woodlots in villages and 14 schools within the…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

In response to rising cases of child rights violations in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaduya in Phalombe, YONECO and Malawi Police Service (MPS), organized a series of awareness campaigns in a bid to put in check the vice. The awareness campaigns were conducted both in school around the area and at community level.…