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Today, 17 May 2025 is the International Child Helpline Day. Let’s celebrate the role child helplines play in protecting and empowering children across the globe. Child Helplines offer safe spaces for children to voice out their issues, seek help when they need it most. In Malawi, the National Child Helpline is operated by YONECO through…

On 14 May 2025, YONECO successfully concluded a training session for community-based Social Accountability Facilitators aimed at enhancing grassroots advocacy for gender-inclusive service delivery. The two-day training targeted eight women and two men from the areas of Traditional Authorities (T/As) Mizinga and Sitola, where YONECO is implementing ‘Sustaining Women Movement for Peacebuilding and Response to…

YONECO, through the UN Women-funded project titled “Sustaining Community Women Movement for #Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Response,” is conducting a five-day training session for community coaches in Sports for Social Change (SSC) in Phalombe district. The training aims to equip community coaches with sport-based skill sets that promote community cohesion, peacebuilding, violence prevention, and gender equality.…

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Nyanjiwa Savings and Loan Group (#SLG) is among the groups that were established under the SP-GEAR Project in Nsanje district. The group’s inspiring investment in crop farming stands out as an example for Community-led poverty reduction effort. The group’s hard work and determination has led to a promising path from acute poverty to financial independence.…

On May 2, 2025, YONECO joined community members and various key stakeholders in an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) awareness campaign that was held at St. Augustine 3 Primary School in Mangochi District. The event that was held under the theme “Human Trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation” aimed to raise awareness on the…

Today, a delegation from the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), that was led by the Deputy Director of Legal Services, Kelious Mlenga, visited YONECO to assess progress towards the implementation of the toll-free national child helpline #116. The officials expressed their satisfaction with the scope of services that YONECO offers. “We are more than satisfied…

Today marks the beginning of a five-day training programme for mentors of Sports for Peace and Community Development in Machinga District. This approach harnesses the power of sports to promote community cohesion and facilitate peacebuilding efforts at community level. The training kit consists of four modules: Peacebuilding through Sports; Gender and Women’s Development through Sports;…

YONECO, through its district office in Mwanza, organized a youth engagement session as one of the steps towards ending Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the district. The activity that was held on 16 April 2025, aimed at promoting dialogue and empowering the youth to take active roles in prevention of GBV in their communities. The session…

With support from UN Women, YONECO has equipped members of various community protection structures with knowledge and skills in conflict analysis and resolution, effective communication, decision-making, leadership, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention in Phalombe district. The training session primarily focused on key thematic areas to enhance the capacity of the targeted structures to manage community-level…