Minister of Gender, Disability, the Elderly and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has threatened to close any building with disability unfriendly structures. Speaking in an interview with state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Wednesday, Kaliati said her ministry is now impatient with the increasing number of buildings which are not friendly to people with disability. […]
People with disabilities need to have business skills for them to venture into different businesses to live a normal and independent life. The remarks were made by Davie Banda, Programs Officer for Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) in Ntchisi. “The Handicapped are supposed to be empowered in different ways including giving them business skills […]
Minister of Gender, Child welfare and Disability Patricia Kaliati has threatened goverment will seal off all buildings which are not friendly to persons with disability. Kaliati said this Thursday after visiting FMB Bank in Mzuzu where she ordered management to modify the bank building to be disability friendly. This was part of the commemoration of […]
United States of America (USA) Ambassador Virginia Palmer on Monday awarded K59.5 million grants to nine organizations working with people with disabilities across Malawi through the Ambassador’s HIV and Aids Small Grants Fund. Speaking to representatives from the organizations that received grants, Ambassador Palmer said the organisations are implementing programmes which help to promote access to […]
Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (Fedoma) has started taking strides to ensure more people with disabilities are participating in development initiatives on district level through formation of District Disability Forum (DDF). Through the DDF, more people with disabilities have been elected into Area development Committees (ADCs) and Village Development Committees (VDCs) with some taking […]
People with physical disability in Malawi names water, sanitation and hygiene facilities as the most challenging things to access in their daily lives. Anecdotal results from Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Disability study done in Rumphi district in the northern part of Malawi by two English Universities and two Malawian universities, reveals that every […]
Malawi Government has established a free scholarship for the persons with disability to train them in various vocational skills. People with disability holding the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) are qualified candidates and must apply not later than 20th August 2015. Minister Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati said in Lilongwe that her […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika has called on people in the country to give a lot of support to people especially children living with various kinds of disabilities to ensure that they have equal chances of fulfilling their potential in life and make a positive contribution to the development of the country. Madam Mutharika […]
Malawi government has reiterated its commitment to mainstream disability issues in its national development programmes and thus complying with the post-2015 development agenda. Addressing the Eighth session of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD), currently underway in New York, Senior Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability […]
The Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said government will hire at least a legal expert solely to render legal assistance and cases involving persons with disabilities and other vulnerable people. According to her, the lawyer her ministry is planning to hire will also pursue reported cases of killings of […]
At knock off time from Chichiri Secondary in Blantyre she thought the rain had receded and crawled with difficulty towards Naperi River to the rickety bridge she crossed on her way home. Rain fell profusely and the river was swollen and upon reaching Naperi River she found that the bridge was gone except for a […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, Monday launched the 2014 Disability Directory in Lilongwe replacing the previous one which was last updated in 2005. The directory which has been developed by the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, and the Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation provides a list […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presiden Lazarus Chakwera and United democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi have separately signed Disability Social Contract with Federation for Disability Organisations in Malawi (Fedoma). The contract is social binding by the political parties to confirm their commitment in addressing issues relating to people with disabilities. Both Chakwera and Muluzi signed […]
Federation for Disability Organizations in Malawi (Fedoma) will on Wednesday evening host a debate for Secretary Generals (SGs) for the country’s four main political parties on issues affecting people with disabilities. Under the theme ‘Disability beyond 2014’, the debate will be held at Comesa Hall in Blantyre barely five days after Zodiak Broadcasting Service (ZBS) […]
President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe yesterday commended President Joyce Banda on her efforts to support the disabled in the country. Speaking in Lilongwe during the first ever African Leaders Forum on Disability, Mugabe said in his country efforts have been made to accommodate disabled people in all levels of the sectors. “I want to congratulate […]
The rights of people living with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities in Africa, received a boost today at the conclusion of the first ever African Leaders Forum on Disability, as government, civil society and development actors committed to challenge stigma and inequity by seeking their inclusion in the continent’s development agenda. The forum, hosted by Malawi […]
Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (Fedoma) says will take legal action against Blantyre City Council (BCC) for failing to address concerns the organization raised in its petition two months ago. In October, Fedoma petitioned BCC complaining of disabled people’s lack of accessibility of all facilities and services available or provided to the public. BCC […]
In its drive to woo more eligible voters to register and vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) conducted training for the disabled on the electoral process in Lilongwe. Assistant District Civic Education for Lilongwe Rita Kalanje told the participants that are just as good as their able bodied […]