Plan International Malawi has provided financial aid to female professional boxer, Anisha Bashir, in preparation for Mbeya Championship International fight against Tanzanian Happy Daudi. The bout is scheduled for May 8, 2021 in Tanzania and the support is coming through the Girls Get Equal Campaign for which Anisha in an Ambassador. With her ambassadorial status, […]
Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo, has expressed displeasure with the rate at which cases of cyberbullying are rising in Malawi. Mtambo has since committed himself to using his ministerial authority and influence to champion the fight against cyberbullying and harassment. The minister made the commitment when he signed a petition […]
Second Lady Mary Chilima, wife to vice-president Saulos Chilima has been unveiled by Plan International Malawi as the ambassador against online harassment against girls and young women. Madam Chilima who has since said there need to sensitive, especially young men, about respectful, appropriate communication online. “I am on social media and I have also been […]
Malawi’s four major child-focused non-governmental organizations, which include Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International and World Vision International, have launched an alliance aimed to amplify the voice of the children in Malawi. Save the Children Country Director, Kim Koch, who spoke on behalf of her counterparts at Plan International, SOS Children’s Villages International […]
Exceptional journalists who have reported well on girls and women rights will on Saturday be decorated with half a million kwacha each at a Malawi Institute of Southern Africa (Misa)-Malawi chapter courtesy of Plan International. The cash prizes will be in the categories of print, electronic and online. According to a media statement, Plan International […]
Plan International Malawi and Malawi Government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which aims at establishing a strategic collaboration in job creation to address youth unemployment and skills mismatch between the industry and training institutions. The MoU, other things, calls for joint planning and implementation of some components of programmes and/or projects and campaigns […]
Malawi is on the verge of registering a historic increase in cases of mental health problems as a result of an unprecedented uptake of alcohol and substance abuse among children and the youth. The Ministry of Gender, Children, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia ‘Akweni’ Kaliati, said in Lilongwe on Wednesday that more children are […]
Plan International Malawi – an organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls – on Thursday afternoon donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth US$130,000 (approximately MK97, 500, 000) to enhance Malawi Government’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The latest donation is part of the US$2 million package the organization has set aside […]
Plan International Malawi – an organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls – has disclosed that it has set aside US$2 million (approximately over K2.6 billion) for its response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. Plan International Malawi Country Director, Phoebe Kasoga, said in an interview on Wednesday that the package […]
Even though Malawi has not yet registered positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases as of now, Plan International Malawi has stepped up precautionary sanitation measures as a way of making sure to live by example in preventing the spread of the new epidemic. Plan International Malawi’s Communications & Campaigns Manager, Rodgers Siula said everyone, from staff to […]
There were happy faces all around from the youths, parents and traditional leaders of Namandanje Village in Traditional Authority Liwonde in Machinga District when Plan International Malawi organized a graduation ceremony on Thursday of 45 youths, who have been trained in vocational skills conducted by TEVETA. The youths were trained in tailoring & design; hair […]
Early child marriages are rampant in Mulanje and Plan International Malawi have set up strong campaign strategies to put a stop to the malpractice using traditional leaders, community volunteers and Timveni community radio. Monday, Plan International Malawi engaged the media who were taken on a site visit in Traditional Authority (TA) Mkanda’s area where the […]
Plan International Malawi has pledged to upgrade Kanjaluni Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Traditional Authority (T/A) Chisemphere in Kasungu to a model school with modern and state-of-the-art amenities to motivate more children to go to school. The modern facilities will eventually turn the CDSS into a full conventional secondary school. Plan International Malawi Sponsorship […]
Plan International Malawi Country Director Phoebe Kasoga has decried the culture of silence surrounding gender-based violence (GBV) in Malawi, saying it is compromising the fight against the vice. Kasoga said it is disappointing to note that although government and the development partners have combined efforts to end GBV in all spheres of life, majority of […]
In continuing commemoration of the International Girl Child Day, which falls on November 11, Plan International Malawi, Mulanje programme area, mobilized girls from four secondary schools for career talks with various corporate companies and hospitality institutions in the district on Wednesday. This is being done under the Plan International’s global theme of GirlsGet Equal campaign […]
On Wednesday, Plan International Malawi’s (PIM) handed over a 14 seater Toyota Landcruiser vehicle to its partner, Good Health Organisation (GHO) in Kasungu district. PIM Programme Area Manager for Kasungu Christopher Katutu said the donation reinforces continued support to the Kutukula Umoyo ndi Ufulu wa Achinyamata (KUUWA) project, supported by Swedish National Office, which GHO […]
Plan International Malawi has announced plans to raise US$2 million (approximately K1.5 million) for responding to hunger that has hit some parts of the country. Director for Plan International Region of Eastern and Southern Africa (RESA) , Charles Businge, says his organisation will be working with existing government coordination mechanisms and leading development partners to […]
Malawi’s Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani-Hara, has challenged girl-children not to lose focus in their fight for gender equality as well as pursuit for excellence in education and other socio-economic activities. Hara has also made an impassioned appeal to the media to provide equal space to men and women in their coverage of […]