Nine girls have triumphed over 130 entries as top winners in the Plan International Malawi #ReWriteHerStory poetry competition. A 20 -year -old Charity Kamanyauli, 18 -year -old Chifuniro Khombera and 13 –year-old Patience Chipsagule came out tops in their respective categories of the demarcated age brackets of 10 to 14, 15 to 18, 19 to 24. The three have won […]
Plan Malawi is overwhelmed with the number of entries its ‘re-write her story’ poetry competition for girls has registered. The competition, eligible to girls aged between 10 to 24, aimed at highlighting personal reflections on how girls are represented in digital and print media and demand for change. “The number of entries has incredibly surpassed […]
Plan International Chief Executive Officer, Ann-Birgitte Albrectsen, has expressively stated that her organization is delighted with Malawi’s efforts in gender transformative programmes that promote the rights of children, especially girls. Albrectsen said her organization is particularly proud and happy to be associated with Malawi’s chiefs because “your work enables us to touch the behavior and […]
All roads lead to the iconic Bingu National Stadium where Lilongwe soccer giants Silver Strikers will on Saturday, 30 December lock horns with Blantyre based powerhouse Nyasa Big Bullets, courtesy of Plan International Malawi. Dubbed “Advocacy match”, the game will be beamed live on Timveni radio and Television. According to Plan International Malawi, the advocacy has been […]
Senior Chief Kaluluma of Kasungu on Friday expressed disappointment over the lack of interest in development projects by people of Kapirimnyanga in his area. Plan Malawi funded the building of a village clinic and as a condition requested for community participation through gathering of bricks and sand. However, Plan Malawi through Area Manager for Kasungu […]
Plan Malawi on Thursday donated motorcycle worth MK3.7Million to Kanengo Police Station in Lilongwe to ease mobility of officers when carrying out their duties. The station’s public relations officer Salome Chibwana hailed Plan Malawi for the timely donation saying it has come at a right time when the station was grappling with transportation challenges. “The […]
A child rights organisation, Plan Malawi, says the long distances that girls cover to access schools are among the factors that contribute to high dropout rates. As a way of dealing with the problem, the organisation moved in to build modern girls hostels in secondary schools across the country. One such hostel has been built […]
The First Lady Getrude Mutharika Thursday commissioned a K120 million girls hostel at Emvuyeni Community Day Secondary School in Mzimba district with a call to girls to work hard and be independent in future. The girls hostel which accommodates 80 students has been constructed by Plan Malawi, an international nongovernmental organization supporting government in the […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika on Wednesday laid a foundation stone for Khwalala Community Day Secondary School girl’s hostel project. The project which is being sponsored by Plan Malawi International is part of Beautify Malawi, BEAM Trust girls’ education programme. Through the project, BEAM Trust will facilitate as well as fund construction of hostels in many […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika on Wednesday laid a foundation stone for a girl’s hostel project at Emvuyeni Community Day Secondary School in Ekwendeni, Mzimba district to mark the start of her Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust girl’s hostel project across the country. Speaking at the event Madam Mutharika said the project at Emvuyeni CDSS […]
In the remote area of Muhiwa Village in Mulanje district pupils from Namphungo Primary School have something to smile about as 90 girls benefited from sanitary pads donated by Plan Malawi. According to Plan Malawi Humanitarian Response Coordinator in Mulanje district, Douglas Nantapa said approximately over 1000 girls in the district miss school for ten […]
Plan Malawi on Thursday joined government in providing relief assistance to people affected by floods at Hiwa Village in Mulanje district. The organisation distributed, among others, household supplies and hygiene kits to 2000 households. The items distributed included mattresses, blankets, buckets, corn soya blend, polythene black sheets,dump proof course and emergency latrines. Plan Malawi Humanitarian Response Coordinator […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika on Friday commended Plan International for their support in assisting floods victims in the country. Mutharika speaking at the launch of the disaster management by Plan Malawi at Thuruwe primary school ground, in Mulanje thanked the organisation for their support to over 3600 households in Mulanje district alone which will be […]
Malawi former president and founder of Joyce Banda Foundation International, Joyce Banda on received an “Individual Innovator Award” from Plan International USA in New York, United States of America, during “Because I am a Girl 2014 Celebration” event which took place Wednesday, October 9, 2014. Other recipients included Nike Foundation who received “Corporate Innovator Award” […]
Plan Malawi’s former Radio project now Timveni Child and Youth Media Organization, has been awarded a licence by the government of Malawi to run its own child focused TV station. Timveni will be the first child-run and child focused fully fledged TV station in Plan globally operating, alongside the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Out of the […]
A group of over 50 people from different Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) have started a long week training in Blantyre on how to use analysis of scorecards initiative (Kalondolondo project) funded. Speaking to Nyasa Times at the end of the first day session at Dorvic Hotel, the facilitator of the workshop Jephter Mwanza from Plan Malawi […]