The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Board of Malawi–a state owned registrar and regulator of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)–on Friday started consultations on the Draft NGO Act Amendment Bill of 2020, giving stakeholders two weeks to give their inputs. According to the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare–Roselyn Makhumula–the […]
Key development partners (DPs) have weighed in on the proposed NGO Act Amendment Bill, recommending that Non-Governmental Organizations Board (NGO) Board of Malawi should conduct comprehensive and inclusive consultations before taking the Bill to parliament. Among other things, the NGO Act Amendment Bill seeks to transform the NGO Board of Malawi into a more powerful […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has become the latest organisation to publicly resist the NGO Act Amendment Bill of 2018 and asked state owned NGO Board of Malawi to withdraw the bill “completely” until it conducts thorough consultations on the matter. Some civil society organisations (CSOs) feel the provision threatens to wipe out civic […]
Civil Society Organisations Network has appealed to government to create a position of district child officers to handle issues affecting children. The chairperson of the network Teckson Amadu said this in Mzimba on Saturday during a child protection stakeholders’ meeting which was organised with funding from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). Amadu said the […]
The Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) operating under the banner Malawi Black Economic Empowerment Movement (Mablem) have come gun blazing in defense of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife, Mary, calling on government to stand up for the power couple not to be extradited and face prosecution in South Africa where they are facing money laundering and […]
The feud over projects, funds and grants between local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGOs) and International NGOs (INGOs), has prompted the NGO Board of Malawi to start getting recommendations from stakeholders to feed into the development of subsidiary regulations that will help enhance good working partnerships between LNGOs and INGOs. According to the board, the recommendations will […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed influential female human rights activist Martha Kwataine as a presidential advisor on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) overcrowding State House with the inflation-busting league of advisors. Kwataine appointment came to light when she spoke during a governance and human rights commentators dinner meeting on expanding the civic space to safeguard Malawi’s democracy […]
Absence of a stand-alone ministry of children and district child offices in Malawi, are some of the “worrying” issues in a civil society organizations (CSOs) alternative report to be submitted to the African Union (AU) committee of experts on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). The report, which will […]
Civil Society Organizations Nutrition Alliance (CSONA), a coalition of local and international non-governmental organizations working in the nutrition sector, has commended the Tonse-led administration for increasing allocation to nutrition. The Malawi government has remarkably increased the nutrition allocation from 0.5 percent in the 2019/20 national budget to 3.7 percent of the 2020/21 national budget. The […]
The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Board of Malawi–a state owned registrar and regulator of all NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country–has embarked on a process of developing a web-based information management system which will consolidate all the information pertaining to NGOs and CSOs so that is easily accessed. According to the board, a […]
Civil society organizations (CSOs) operating under the banner of National Advocacy Platform (NAP) have petitioned President Lazarus Chakwera to withdraw Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Amendment Bill which is currently in the office of the Attorney General, fearing the provision threatens to wipe out civic space. NAP chairperson Benedicto Kondowe said they want to meet President Chakwera […]
Some local and international non-governmental organisations classified as “top 20 NGOs” in Malawi, have asked the government to remove excise duty on more of the products they are importing so that the money can benefit more people in communities where they are implementing projects. Each of these “top 20 NGOs” is reportedly spending not less […]
The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) and Forum for National Development (FND) have challenged the Tonse Alliance-led administration to clear the mist surrounding the future of the development of police infrastructure between an investor and the Malawi Government. The infrastructure—to be built by contractor World Wide Construction Limited—includes 140 new police staff houses and an […]
The Non-Governmental Organizations Board (NGO Board) has advised NGOs to align their interventions to Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III) and district development plans (DDPs) so that their interventions can have meaningful impact on Malawians. NGO Board Director of Economic and Monitoring Services, Geoffrey Chimwala, emphasized that by aligning their work to MGDS III […]
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has ordered the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board of Malawi to close at least 124 unregistered NGOs in Blantyre, saying they are operating illegally and that their proprietors are benefiting at the expense of the residents. Kaliati said this on Friday in Blantyre when she addressed […]
The Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare through the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board of Malawi is building the capacity of Area Development Committees (ADCs) to enable the committees help in bringing about transparency and accountability in the operations of NGOs. One of such capacity building interfaces -held Thursday in Nsanje – drew together […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has urged Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati that her ministry must work with the Ministry of Justice to lift an injunction on tabling of the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Bill Amendment to resolve issues amicably with NGOs. Chilima, , who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development […]
The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board of Malawi has assured local NGOs and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) of availability of a conducive civic space by constantly engaging them especially in the implementation of the NGO Policy which is key in harmonising roles and activities in the NGO sector. The NGO Board of Malawi is a state […]