The raging waters are refusing to settle at the Adventist Development Relief Agency of Malawi (Adra). Barely a few months after the agency lost funding from donors who are protesting the abuse of office and plunder of resources at the institution, concerned members of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church and a section of the […]
The Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) – a relief arm of the Seventh Adventist Church in Malawi – risks losing K7.3 billion in donor support if the board of directors do not fire the agency’s top managers over abuse of resources. Nyasa Times understand that the agency has suffered massive abuse of resource and this has […]
Traditional donors for Adventist Development Relief Agency (Adra) Malawi have suspended funding to the organisation sighting gross mismanagement of funds; lack of adherence to laid down procedures and protocols as well as pure incompetence on the part of current Acting Director (AD), Hastings Jabulani Lacha under the board chairmanship of Pastor Frackson Kuyama as some […]
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi has sent a congratulatory and good will message to its Ex-Country Executive Director Dr. Michael Usi who resigned to join frontline politics. This follows UTM presidential candidate Saulos Chilima naming his runningmate to be Usi, director of strategic planning in UTM Party who now becomes the party’s vice-president as […]
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi has a new Acting Chief Executive Officer in the name of Hastings Jabulani Lacha. He replaces Dr. Michael Usi who has joined frontline politics and he is currently the Chief Stategist for the newly formed UTM Party led by State Vice-President Dr. Saulos Chilima. Jabulani Lacha has served […]
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Adra) Malawi has donated assorted items to Tsabango Health Centre in Lilongwe due to a cholera outbreak that has hit the area. ADRA Malawi Regional Administrator, Dyson Mbengo said they saw the need to make the donation because they work in the communities that have been affected, Tsabango being […]
Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) on Friday bailed out Ministry of Health with a K1.2 billion donation of surgical and medical supplies to be distributed to hospitals countrywide. Malamulo Adventist Hospital which provides some of its services for free will also benefit from the donation which has been funded by Globus Relief and Islamic Relief USA. The […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top brass have ganged up against Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) Country Director Michael Usi, using their political powers to have him fired from his position. The party has forged war against Usi due to his continued critic of government and President Peter Mutharika’s leadership. Usi, popularly known by his […]
Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA)-Malawi Programmes Director Michael Usi has warned authorities responsible in handling food relief distribution exercise against politicizing the programmes. Usi was speaking at the launch of a Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) response launch at Nkhulambe in Phalombe district on Tuesday. He said when distributing relief food items, authorities should refrain from corrupt practices […]
Social commentator Michael Usi has called for a revolution in the way Malawians, including government, respond to disasters—saying relief items sometimes scratch displaced Malawians where it does not really itch. The deputy country director of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Adra) called for a mind-set change when the organisation donated cash amounting to K1 million […]
Malawi government must turn the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) into a ministry, Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) deputy country director, Michael Usi has suggested. “The issues therein managed by the department are too big for the office, they are supposed to be handled at a ministry level,” Usi raised this in an interview. He […]
Government says it is committed to empowering teen mothers socially and economically for them to go back to school after giving birth. In an interview with Malawi News Agency, Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati recently said teen mothers should be urged to go back to school for them to become […]
Adventist church relief arm, the Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) through its deputy director of ADRA Michael Usi has severely criticised the government for its failure to table the Access to Information bill, saying the government is creating a breeding ground for corruption. Usi says the government is insenstive to the plight of Malawians, most of […]
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) country director Michael Usi has taken a swipe at state broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), mainly it’s director general Aubrey Simbuleta for blocking latest ‘Tikuferanji’ episode. The latest episode was supposed to be aired last Saturday, but the state broadcaster’s Director General reportedly shoved the series as its content […]
A local charity, the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA-Malawi) says it has set aside about K240 million for relief aid distribution exercise that seeks to reduce the suffering of people who have been affected by the devastating floods that have hit over half of the country’s districts. Deputy Country Director for ADRA, Michael Usi, told […]
Chancellor College (Chanco) students, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) have asked government and the corporate world to take an active role in the promotion of fine arts in the country. Speaking during the Chanco Fine Art Exhibition held at the campus over the weekend, President of Chanco Fine Arts Students Association, […]
Ahead of the country’s flagship Super League 2014-15 soccer season, which kicks off on April 19, financially strapped Big Bullets FC and Mighty Wanderers FC on Wednesday received a boost following a K2 million donation from Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi. The donation was made in Blantyre by ADRA Malawi’s country director and renowned comedian, […]
Malawi’s top notch comedian, Michael Usi popularly known as Manganya has re-iterated that he has no intention to join politics despite several political parties’ approaching him to stand as Member of Parliament on their ticket come 2014. Usi said in an interview that he is satisfied with his rewarding job as deputy country representative for […]