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About 14.87 % of the total population in Malawi has access to electricity. Consequently, the pressure is mounted on forests as people are continuously in need of energy for cooking. Thus, trees are primary sources of cooking energy in form of charcoal and firewood. The adoption of sustainable and energy efficient sources of energy are…

As the agricultural sector continues suffering from the diverse effects of climate change like short rainfall periods and dry spells, young people from Mlongoti area in Rumphi are saving the day through the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices.

Officers from the Tithandizane Helpline Services Department conducted a series of human rights awareness sessions in various villages around the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwambo in Zomba district. The sessions were held to combat various forms of violence which women and children are subjected to at community level. The sessions mainly focused on dymistifying…

We are now in the 10th month of the year. Welcome to October, 2022. This is the month in which rural women are put in the forefront of business with various activities that are focused on their empowerment. The month is dedicated to them as we join the global community in commemorating the “17 Days…

Yesterday, the Executive Director of YONECO, MacBain Mkandawire, had a meeting with the Executive Secretary and the Acting Director of Child Rights at Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC). The main objective of the meeting was to discuss various strategic ways of protecting the rights of vulnerable groups of people in Malawi. Remember to call the…

On 29 September, 2022, YONECO facilitated a community dialogue meeting on child labour prevention in the mining sector at Chiyenda Usiku in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nsamala in Balaka district. The meeting was a response to community members who reported to the child labour practices in various mining sites that are in the…

On 24 September 2022, YONECO Helpline Services Department conducted a Food and Nutrition awareness session at Mtewa Village in the area of Group Village Head (GVH) Chopi, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Zomba district. The session was aimed at sensitizing community members on how to enhance nutritional status of children and expectant women as well…

YONECO has appealed to the youth in Machinga district to spearhead Cholera prevention interventions in order to contain the disease which has claimed many lives of people in Malawi since its outbreak in March, 2022. The plea was made during a sensitization meeting on cholera prevention which YONECO organized for young people at Ntaja Youth…

YONECO conducted a child rights awareness session at Kalambwe Primary School in Nkhata Bay ahead of a long end of academic year holiday in which leaners need protection as they spend most of their time in their communities.  As such, the session was organized to empower the leaners to understand critical child rights issues in…

In August 2022, the Directorate of Health Services and Social Welfare (DHSS) for Nkhata Bay firstly confirmed a Cholera outbreak around Tukombo Trading Centre in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Zilakoma in the district. By the 2oth September, over 660 cases were reported in various parts of the district with at least 17 deaths…