During its assessment tour on the impact made on its early childhood education development for children with disabilities in Chiradzulu, Mangochi and Phalombe, Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) took the opportunity to spread awareness of COVID-19 as well as its preventive measures. Project coordinator, Mercy Mpunga — who is MACOHA’s women and children programmes […]
The Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) has just completed training parents of children with disabilities and other community members in cerebral palsy in Machinga, Mangochi and Phalombe in the production of assistive devices using appropriate paper technology using local resources. This is to further achieve its goal of empowering people with disabilities for them […]
Rainbow paints through Lilongwe Rotary club has donated assorted paints to Malawi council for the handicapped (MACOHA) in Lilongwe to enable the facility to wear a new face saying the old paint has won out and the structure is in bad shape. Macoha Campus Rainbow paints technical manager Geoffrey Zuliyani said when they were approached […]
President Lazarus Chakwera inaugurated the 2020 Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) Flag Week with a call to all stakeholders to support programmes aimed at promoting the welfare of people with disabilities. Speaking in Mzuzu when he presided over the ceremony, the President said his Government was committed to implementing inclusive programmes to benefit all Malawians, […]
Three organisations working on disability issues have jointly embarked on a five-month Covid-19 Response Project to respond to needs of persons with disabilities. Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA), Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) and Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) have received K49 million from Christian Blind Mission (CBM) to the tune […]
People with disability state body, Macoha says it is establishing mental health forums in some parts of the country to curb the rising cases of suicide as there are about one death every two days. Macoha rehabilitation manager Lemison Njala says the forums would help people discuss openly and seek assistance on problems they are […]
As a way of monitoring the progress of the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) project and modification of disability mainstreaming strategies, Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA), has recently conducted a review meeting in Liwonde, Machinga with various stakeholders to brainstorm on the headway progress of the project. With funding from Open Society Foundation of […]
The Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) has rolled out a K33 million relief project whose target is people with disabilities who survived floods influenced by Cyclone Idai last month. The relief, which is being financed by Hope and Healing-Canada, is a two-month project targeting 600 people from 6 flood affected districts of Nsanje, Chikwawa, […]
Visually impaired Farmers in Chikhwawa district can now afford a smile as Malawi council for the handicapped (MACOHA) has constructed a K10.1 million Irrigation System at Ndakwera Resettlement Scheme. Supported by Standard Bank of Malawi and the Norwegian Church Aid (NAD), the development comes as a relief to visually impaired farmers considering that it will […]
Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) has instituted child safety guidelines for children with disabilities as one way of improving service delivery field staff and volunteers. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a training workshop for field staff for Central Region in Salima on Monday, Macoha executive director Peter Ngomwa said the guidelines […]
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 […]
President Professor Peter Mutharika has inaugurated the 2015 Malawi Council for Handicapped (MACOHA) flag week by buying a flag at K2 million as a demonstration of his commitment towards its noble work. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe Wednesday, Mutharika said the flag week gives an opportunity to every Malawian to recognise and support the […]
Malawi Council for the Hand capped (MACOHA) has urgedjournalists in the country to use proper terminologies and language when writing stories of persons with disabilities. Speaking to Nyasa Times after a daylong Media Orientation Training on Disability Mainstreaming Reporting that brought together Journalists from Balaka and Ntcheu districts, Ernest Zgambo who is MACOHA’s Rehabilitation Officer […]
Premier mobile service provider TNM has donated K2.8 million to the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) to help set up a disability inclusive environment at Kalambo Primary School in Lilongwe’s Area 25. The money will be used to transform the school’s environment into an inclusive one for children with disabilities. Speaking during the cheque […]
In a bid to address communication problems between the deaf who learnt sign language at school and their parents or relatives, Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA), through Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Project in Mzimba, has started sign language training sessions for parents and relatives of such children. CBR Project Officer in Mzimba, Jackson Chimowa, […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said officials in her ministry are failing to utilize K130 million they received this year for various projects due to incompetence. Outspoken Kaliati has since issued a one-month ultimatum to the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) and the Department of Disability to ensure […]
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday inaugurated the 2014 Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) Flag Week in Lilongwe with a call to uplift and empower people with disabilities, saying they too can contribute to national development. The aim of the MACOHA Flag Week is to raise funds as well as awareness on the […]
John Kafodya, a physically challenged businessman left Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) a bitter person and cursing officials when they prevented him from meeting Minister of Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly Reen Kachere during her visit to the place. Kachere recently visited Macoha headquarters in Limbe to announce a K10 million donation from […]