YONECO engaged leaners at St Denis Primary school in Rumphi district on child protection issues in order to ensure that children have adequate information pertaining to their rights and responsibilities. Children from Rumphi district are exposed with various forms of abuse both at school and in their designated communities. Key to this is the fact…
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In October 2021, YONECO, with financial support from Egmond Trust, provided portable ground nuts grinders to four Youth Support Groups from the area of Sub Traditional Authority (STA), Tsikulamowa in Ntcheu District. The intervention was aimed at contributing towards economic wellbeing and positive health outcomes among Young People Living with HIV (YPLWH) in the area.…
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Nsanje District Council has given YONECO a go-ahead to implement the Empowering for Resilience, Mitigation and Protection of women, girls and children survivors of Cyclone Ana Impacts (ERMPS) Project. The disaster response project which is being funded by Vitol Foundation has been welcomed as an important intervention which will reach out to survivors of Cyclone…
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Grace Jeke is a 53-year-old social worker, who begun working with YONECO under child protection services on 11 November 2008 as a volunteer at Zomba Youth Drop-in Centre (DIC). ‘Amayi’ (mother)’, as Grace is fondly called by the children she supports, further explained that her 14-year-old journey as a social worker mainly focuses on providing…
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Today, 56 girls from various parts of Malawi participated in the 2022 Girls Summit that was organized by African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) in partnership with #YONECO and the Malawi Government through the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare. The girls forum was concluded with a communique which relays a number of recommendations…
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Village Head Mtalimanga from the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mponda in Mangochi district has reaffirmed her commitment to support interventions that are aimed at helping young people to desist from alcohol and drug abuse in her area. Village Head Mtalimanja has been at the centre of promoting the adoption of positive behaviours among young…
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Care Givers from the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Zomba district who formed a Village Savings and Loans (VSL) groups have ventured into agribusiness in order to raise funds for a bigger business venture. Currently, there are three groups in the area and the members used their individual VSL earnings to buy various…
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YONECO Programmes team had an engagement session with Investigative Justice Mission (IJM) at its Head Office in Zomba. The two parties mainly zeroed in on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) which is one of the gloss human rights violations that are still prevalent in Malawi. Before the discussions, the delegation…
Read More3 March 2022: The Director of Programmes and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Trocaire, Finola Finnan, visited YONECO Head Office where she appreciated some of the interventions that are being implemented to enhance the rights and welfare of the youth, women and children. During her visit, Finola Finnan who was also accompanied by Trocaire’s…
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International Women’s Day is a global celebration that falls on 8 March every year. The Day was set aside to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. The Day also brings global attention to issues that affect women which include gender equality, reproductive rights, as well as violence and abuse against women. This…
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