The team of 10 that are walking from Blantyre to Lilongwe — a driving distance of over 360kms — to raise funds that will be invested in the training and eventual certification of 100 tour guides across the country — celebrated covering the 100km mark on Monday along the road from Phalula in Balaka to […]
Malawi Girl Guides Association has advised police and health workers in Dowa to handle gender-based violence (GBV) cases professionally. The organisation’s chief commissioner Mary Ngwale said this on Wednesday in Salima when she opened a six-day training of health workers and law enforcers from Dowa District on rape case management and referral systems under the […]
At the age of 14, a young girl from the area of traditional Authority Katuli in Mangochi, Jennifer Sanni had already spent two years in marriage. She had been married to a business man twice her age. Reflecting on how she got into the trap, the girl says she was very happy and quite excited […]
Malawi Girl Guide Association (MAGGA), a non-governmental organization for girl-child empowerment, says myths surrounding menstruation should not discourage girls from pursuing their dreams through education. National coordinator for MAGGA Mphatso Baluwa Jimu said this on Sunday during the commemoration of World Menstrual Day held in Dedza. Baluwa Jimu said girls should know that menstruation is […]
Through the project called Accelerating children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative (ACT), Malawi Girl Guides Association (MAGGA) has taken a step further by lobbying adolescents aged (10-19) to go for HIV testing for them to know their status and get linked for treatment. With funding from the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US […]
Malawi Girl Guide Association (MAGGA), a non-governmental organization that is chiefly concerned with the welfare of girls, Monday was all over the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe where they sensitized the populace on the disadvantages of drug abuse. MAGGA in partnership FORUT [campaign for development and solidarity] says because of too much smoking and alcohol […]