Church body engages sexually active men, boys on HIV testing

“When you know you status you plan your life.” Everyone knows about HIV, what causes it, and how it is transmitted – and that it has no cure. But the biggest question is, does everybody know their status? Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) Board Member Reverend Edina Navaya, who inspected activities in TAs Njema and […]

Over 100 people dare the Maritime fitness challenge at Cape Maclear

“Exercises help beat non-communicable diseases.” Fitness pundits were joined by business gurus and other top personalities in the ’20km Maj. Gen. Francis Kakhuta-Banda’s Malawi Maritime Force (MMF) Cape Maclear Challenge.’ Over 120 participants took part in the event, which started off from Maritime Club at Monkey Bay to the cape on Saturday. Major General Kakhuta […]

Hiking club in Maritime Force Cape MaClear challenge

“It is important to think about our physical and mental capacities.” Hill Climbing Club (HCC) this Saturday Labour Day, 1st May, joins Malawi Maritime Force (MMF) in a 20km fitness tourism walk. M’theto Lungu, co-founder and coordinator for borderless based HCC, says the group has coordinated the once in a lifetime event to support MMF […]

Hill climbers honour Martyrs Day with sand dunes challenge

As Malawians sombly come together to commemorate those who have died for the freedoms Malawi is enjoying today, the Hill Climbing Club (HCC) will be walking, running, and surmounting sand dunes in Salima as a way of honouring their great sacrifices. HCC interim spokesperson, M’theto Lungu, told Nyasa Times that for one to sacrifice their […]

SAAYE Malawi pushes youth employment agenda to Sadc leaders

Malawi’s unemployed youth levels continue to rise, bringing concerns the southern African impoverished country will not meet much of the intended development goals. During the 14th Civil Society Forum (CSF) held at the Heja Game Lodge in Windoek, Namibia from earlier this month, the Malawi Chapter of the Southern African Alliance on Youth Employment (Saaye), […]

Hill Climbing Club takes on Khwekhwelere: Preaches healthy living to fight diseases

Spurred by the high rising of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the Hill Climbing Club (HCC) will Use will climb Khwekhwelere escarpments in a bid to raise awareness on fitness and healthy living. The groups publicity secretary and co-founder, Mtheto Lungu said: “It is high time that Malawians of all walks of life realised […]

Multimedia expert marries, Antchona ‘attends’ function

M’theto  Lungu, who launched his media career as reporter and cartoonist in the mid 90s, married his sweetheart, Sekani Kalimbakatha – a printer and graphic designer, on Saturday 30th June in the capital city, Lilongwe. The event took place in Area 22. Lungu, who is Public Relations Officer at the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) […]

COP 17 youth caravan delegates bring climate hope to Malawi

Eight of Malawi’s youth who were part of over 145 youths drawn from Africa on the ‘We have faith-act now for climate justice’ campaign, have returned. They arrived after clocking over 5,000 kilometers of travel in safari trucks, confident their involvement was a great part to the Sunday December 13 signing towards an extension to […]

Youth climate justice concert in Lilongwe

Faith organisations, joined by youth groups will on 13th November 2011 hold what is arguably Malawi’s most hyped campaign to promote action on climate change. Dubbed ‘Africa Climate Change Campaign –We Have Faith concert, the event, which will attract youth and delegates from other African countries, the United Kingdom and Norway, will be held at […]