Britain has announced that Malawi is among the eight countries that will benefit from a new UK £119 million (about K120 billion) aid package to combat the threat of coronavirus and famine. This is contained in a statement by British High made available to Nyasa Times announcing UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) merger with the Foreign Office […]
The government of Malawi has launched a major new partnership between 20 district councils and the Local Government Accountability and Performance (LGAP) project, which is co-financed by USAID and UKAID. The new Memorandum of Understanding will support 20 district councils in Malawi to strengthen development planning and implementation, financialmanagement, human resource,and health and education services, […]
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID) under the Tsogolo Langa (My Future) programme on Monday officially handed over a consignment of family planning commodities, procured through UNFPA, to the Malawi Government. Tsogolo Langa is a £50 million six-year programme delivering sexual and reproductive health and family planning services to Malawians, especially young people. […]
First Lady Getrude Mutharia dominated the British media headlines which has criticesed her for extravagance after she reportedly enjoyed an £80,000 (about K61 200 000) pubic funds for a personal trip to London last week to see her son graduate from university. Britain’s Daily Mail, The Express and The Sun have all carried the story […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has provided about £478,000 to UNICEF for Ebola preparedness and prevention work in Malawi. With the funding, 500 health workers from nine districts (Chitipa, Karonga, Mzuzu, Dowa, Lilongwe, Mchinji, Dedza, Mwanza, and Blantyre) will be trained to prevent, detect, treat and manage Ebola. According to DFID Malawi Health […]
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DfID) has announced that it is providing £3.4 million to provide immediate life-saving aid to victims of recent floods in Malawi. A statement issued Thursday by DfID states that it will provide emergency shelter, food, clean water and sanitation facilities, and health support. DFID support responding to this crisis […]
British government has announced that the Department for International Development (DFID) will allocate support to the flood response in Malawi, including by providing health support, as well as support immediate food needs. The aid which is up to £6 million will also support victims of deadly cyclone Idai in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, International Development Secretary […]
Malawi has been listed as one of the developing countries across the world expected to master the art of managing improved tax systems that will, in turn, ensure maximum collection of taxes with assistance from UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The new package of support will among others help tackle tax evasions and avoidance […]
At least 440 Malawian ex-servicemen are among the 7000 Commonwealth war veterans who, from this year, will start receiving regular cash transfers to prevent them from going hungry under the new Department for International Development (DFID). The programme, worth £11.8 million, extends to their widows and widowers in more than 30 countries. Making the announcement during the Remembrance Day centenary […]
The United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development’s (DFID) has announced a £50.1 million (about K47.5 billion) six year family planning programmes in Malawi under the ‘Tsogolo Langa’ [My future] programme. A statement issued by DfID made available to Nyasa Times says the family planning services was announced by Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin. […]
Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) outgoing head Jen Marshal has said corruption remains the greatest setback to Malawi’s investment and development. She has since urged government to curb corruption. Marshal has made the comments to the local press on her reflections as she wound up her four-year tour of duty in the country. She […]
Malawi has received a boost in addressing the increased cases of the Gender Based Violence (GBV) with financial assistance from the British government through the Department for International Development (DFID) with a maximum of £19 million (MK18,679,961,152). Head of DFID in Malawi Jen Marshall said in a statement seen by Nyasa Times on Friday that the […]
The British Council, as part of its work towards changing lives and promoting cultural relations and educational opportunities worldwide, is implementing a project called Connecting Classrooms in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) to give Malawian teachers the opportunity to compare and share approaches with teachers from the UK. This global education programme is designed […]
About 20,000 households to will access clean and safe drinking water through an innovative Household Water Treatment and Storage product that’s being produced by Arkay Plastics Limited and SAFI with financial support from UK AID and UNDP through the Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF). The product, which was launched earlier this week in Blantyre, can […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday officially opened Phalombe Teacher Training College (TTC) which is co-funded by United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID). DFID provided 3.9bn kwacha (£4.2m) of UK aid for Phalombe TTC, to help address Malawi’s current and future need for qualified teachers. “The opening of this Teacher Training College should serve […]
The Department for International Development (DfID) through UK Aid on Friday handed over 3,200 bicycles and 60 motorcycles to the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and the Judiciary towards improving access to justice for the most vulnerable populations of Malawi. The handover ceremony of the motorcycles and bicycles worth £470,000 (about K418 million) […]
Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program, or FISP, has been dealt a big blow following the decision by Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) to withdraw its £700,000 (about K630million) funding. The government effort, introduced eight years ago, enables the poor farmers to buy farm inputs including fertilizers at reduced prices. But Jean Marshall, head of […]
Malawi is amongtst four southern African nations that will benefit from a a grant of £16.9 million ($20.8 million) by the UK Department for International Development to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for life-saving interventions to prevent the escalation of malnutrition and child illness or death as counties are approaching the peak of the lean season, […]