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YONECO established an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre at Mangochi Boma in 2020. The centre started like a musturd seed and it has now grown into a reliable child care and development centre. Currently, the centre has a total of 86 children of which 40 are boys and 46 are girls. The ECD centre has…

Drug and Alcohol abuse continues to have devastating effects among young people, and its impact, lasting. High unemployment rates in Malawi has resulted in many young people resorting to drug and alcohol abuse as one way of escaping the harsh realities of poverty. This poses a danger to the youthful population who are mostly seen…

Young people in Malawi fail to access business loans due to various sureties which lending institutions demand from them. Despite having the energy and determination to enhance their welfare, most young people do not have collateral to get loans and this prevents them from venturing into small and medium enterprises. It is against this background…

The youth have the potential of being lead producers of horticultural crops in Malawi and enhance their wellbeing. YONECO provides technical support to young people to realize this possibility.   Individual young farmers from Chipaika in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nyaluwanga in Nkhata Bay district are excepted benefit from their sweat after cultivating…

YONECO is participating in this year’s National Agriculture Fair (NAF) which is currently underway at Chichiri Trade Fair Grounds in Blantyre. The official opening ceremony of the Fair was held yesterday and it was presided over by the President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency Dr. Lazurus Chakwera. We have set up our stand…

Today, 12 November 2021, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) which, among others, will see to it that all the survivors of defilement are getting justice. By Titus Linzie- Lilongwe

Yesterday, we organised a learning visit to Lake Malawi Museum for children who attend sessions at an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre which we established at Mangochi Boma. The session was aimed at ensuring that the children should be able to learn and appreciate the history of the area in which they live in. A…

MacBain Mkandawire – It’s always satisfying when you see the project results. Our young women doing the internship at Amarylis Hotels in Blantyre. Thanks to Management of Amaryllis Hotels for being there to partners on this. This us under the Ana Patsogolo Activity (APA) and this is the Siyankha Model for economic empowerment. APA is…

As one way of improving nutrition and economic status of Young People Living with HIV (YPLH), YONECO through Investing for Impact of HIV/AIDS among Young People Project supported four youth support groups from Ntcheu district with portable groundnuts grinders. The handover ceremony of the groundnuts grinders was done in the area of Group Village Head…

Today, YONECO conducted a career guidance session with girls at St Monica Secondary School in Mangochi district. The session was aimed at equipping young girls with knowledge on how they can set goals and have them achieved. Students were also advised to desist from sexual relationships because they may result in them making poor choices…