Chinese Ambassador to Malawi Lin Hongyang on Saturday handed over a 56-bed capacity girls hostel at Mpinji Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Thyolo Central constituency which have been constructed with funds from the Chinese government. Lin emphasized that his government finds it easy to support interventions that are worth in uplifting lives in a […]
ActionAid Malawi says is embracing in promoting the education standards of the girls in the country in older for them to be self reliant and responsible citizens of the country in the future. Program Coordinator for ActionAid Malawi-Lilongwe Peri Urban, Chimwemwe Gondwe said the remarks in an exclusive interview saying that their organization is prioritizing […]
US Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has said for Malawi to improve its economic and public health status, her government recignises that girls’ education is the best investment. Palmer was speaking during the handover of a girl’s hostel at Mpherembe Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Mzimba on Thursday. Citing a report titled Evidence for […]
Phalombe District Education Manager (DEM), Hendrix Likeke has said the education office would engage an extra gear in ensuring that girls in the district are receiving enough support on their education. The DEM was speaking on Thursday during an education stakeholders’ meeting held in the District organized by Oxfam. Likeke said the education office was […]
Malawi’s key NGOs UNICEF, Save the Children, Fawema, Rhema and others have stepped up efforts which aims at preserving, promoting and protecting the girl child by holding Open Days to sensitise the public on the importance of the rights of girls. The efforts are being promoted through an umbrella body called National Girls Education Network […]
One of the renowned girls’ empowerment nongovernmental organizations in the country, Girls Empowerment Network (Genet), has re-admitted 1011 learners who dropped out of school in Dowa district, in a bid to make the learners to continue their education. Speaking in an interview with Genet Programs Officer, Twambilile Kayuni said that, said that her organization re-admitted […]
Girls Empowerment Network (Genet) through Improving Secondary Education in Malawi (ISEM) project in Mchinji has commended school Readmission Policy for enabling teen mothers in the country to get back to school. Genet Project coordinator Blessings Phiri said this during a two days orientation for secondary school teachers from Sopa and Kochilira in Mchinji. He said […]
Mdawuku wa Tonga has bemoaned the rise in teenage pregnancies and early marriages among Tonga people saying many youths especially girls are dropping out of school. Speaking in Nkhata Bay during Mdawuku wa a Tonga cultural festival, Senior Chief Mkumbira said the Tonga cultural heritage is overwhelmed with early pregnancies and marriages the district is […]
Malawi’s First Lady, Professor Gertrude Mutharika said on Friday the K32 million donation Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust received from the People’s Republic of China would rescue 100 girls from child marriages. She made the announcement in Lilongwe when she, on behalf of BEAM Trust, received a cheque donation to the tune of K32,550,000 from the […]
Malawi Government has called for coordination among stakeholders for the successful implementation of the recently launched National Strategy for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). Speaking during the launch on Tuesday, Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Francis Kasaila disclosed that the AGYW strategy will coordinate relevant stakeholders and strengthen linkages among others. […]
World Vision Malawi has urged Malawian men to stop making their advances towards young school girls, saying they are there to excel and not to be their brides. WVI Malawi was updating journalists on the progress of the fight against early child marriages project which rolled out few months ago. The project was rolled out […]
Girls Empowerment Network (GENET) has bailed out 252 needy girls with school fees in Dowa District to give them the opportunity to continue with their education. Speaking in an interview GENET Project Officer, Taonga Kachilonda Phiri said her organization decided to provide bursaries for the needy girls in the district after realising that they had […]
Madaliso Mwatitha, 13, dreams of becoming a nurse when she finishes her education. She wants to serve in her community, which faces a huge shortage of health workers. But for her to get there is not easy. It is practically a long and difficult journey. Having already endured eight years of walking a one-way six-kilometer […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika, on Wednesday, officially handed over a 160 capacity girls’ hostel at Chisenga Community Day Secondary (CDSS) in Chitipa. The hostel has been constructed by the Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust. Speaking during the official opening of the hostel, the First Lady described the handover of the hostel to girls at Chisenga CDSS […]
At least ten primary school girls between the ages of 13 and 19 are camping at Jeff Rest House at Nkhotakota Boma for commercial sex work after dropping out of school. The eldest among the group comes from Traditional Authority Mwansambo in the same district and has a four-year-old child. She explained that her mother […]
Machinga First Grade Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 30-year – old man to serve 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old girl. The court heard that Assam Kabati had been defiling the Standard Four learner at Puteya Primary School, which is contrary to Section 138 of the Penal Code. […]
Eangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has expressed concern over increased number of girls dropping out of school across the country despite the organization offering educational support to the learners. National Coordinator for Health Commission at EAM, Howard Kasiya said the organization supports 101 girl learners across the country with 12 of them having dropped out […]
Government, the United Nations Childrens’ Fund (Unicef), and commercial bank New Finance Bank (NFB) have struck a deal to work together to raise funds for the national trust fund, an initiative aimed at providing access to education for eligible vulnerable girls in the country. According to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka, […]