Malawi requires a staggering K555 billion (US$320 million) every year to deliver on its ambitious water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) targets, the country’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has revealed, as she issued a stark warning over the toll the crisis is taking on women and girls. Minister Mbilizi made the eye-watering funding […]
Experts have expressed cautious optimism that Malawi can still meet its 2030 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) targets, but have warned that significant financing gaps and coordination challenges must be urgently addressed if the country is to stay on track. The sentiments were expressed during the Joint WASH Sector Review Meeting currently underway in Lilongwe, […]
Malawi’s push to meet global water and sanitation targets by 2030 is facing mounting pressure, with senior officials and development partners warning that the country must accelerate reforms, strengthen accountability and find new ways to finance essential services. Opening a two‑day Joint WASH Sector Review Meeting in Lilongwe, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister Roza […]
The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 has issued instructions to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) to abolish the essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) public programme. Presidential Taskforce is reportedly justifying the deactivation that it is no longer necessary since the Ministry of Education is now drilling boreholes. According a statement issued by one […]
Water Aid has challenged governments in Southern Africa region to view sanitation and hygiene a priority by increasing budgetary allocations towards the sector. Water Aid Regional Director for Southern Africa, Robert Kampala said this Wednesday during Southern Africa Regional Senior Editor’s Webinar meeting on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). He noted that most governments in […]
Minister of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife, Symon Vuwa Kaunda says he is optimistic Mzuzu City Council will reopen the K220 million Msilo Waste Management Site at Dunduzu after reaching an agreement with the community. The minister said this in an interview after touring the site Wednesday. He said community leaders from Msilo and city council […]
WaterAid in Malawi on Tuesday handed over handwashing facilities and other supplies to Bwaila Hospital and Lilongwe Main Market to help in prevention of coronavirus (Covid-19). Although there are no reported cased of Covid-19 in Malawi yet, WaterAid in Malawi has intensified Covid-19 prevention drive by supporting healthcare facilities and markets with supplies and Covid-19 […]
Salima district council on Wednesday launched a mass cleaning campaign in the district. The Exercise included sweeping and removing all garbage deposited along the streets of Kamuzu road and market places around the area. In an interview Public Relations Officer for Salima District Council, Grace Kapatuka said that the exercise was meant to demonstrate to […]
Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has introduced stringent measures for preventing the spread of Coronavirus into the city whichy include hefy fines and penalties for companies, which do not conform to the set guidelines when disposing off garbage and waste. Mayor for the Council, Councillor Juliana Kaduya, has since urged companies to improve on sanitation and […]
Member of Parliament for Blantyre City Centre Chipiliro Mpinganjira joined the Ndirande for Strategic Development Organisation for the ‘Keep Ndirande Clean’ initiative where they cleaned some toilets of Kachere Primary School. Speaking to Nyasa Times, Mpinganjira , said they could not wait and watch rubbish accumulate around the school , hence the decision to remove […]
Mzuzu City Council (MCC) has identified a new dumping site at Lusangazi Forest in the Viphya plantation–at the outskirts of the city–after over a month of going without one. The development comes after Nyasa Times busted the sorry situation of waste in the evergreen city making it get overridden with pungent smells. The city’s publicist, […]
Senior Chief Mtwalo of Mzimba has said he is equally disturbed with the current situation of sanitation in Mzuzu City, and had committed himself to helping out in managing the situation. Mzuzu City, which is under Mtwalo’s vicinity, has been stinking apparently because there has been no dumping site, following the closure of Silo dumping […]
Balaka District Council on Friday organized and launched the first ever clean-up campaign within the districts central business area in a bid to advance hygiene and sanitation practices. District Commissioner (DC) for Balaka, Emmanuel Bambe said the exercise would be happening every month, saying issues of hygiene and sanitation were paramount as they concern the […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa says the major challenge that the water sector is facing in Malawi is climate change and its associated effects, noting that floods, drought and water pollution have now become part of life. He was speaking at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Tuesday, December 4, 2019, when […]
Malawi is experiencing a number of challenges in the sanitation sub sector, including solid waste management, faecal sludge management and sector regulation, which require a holistic and multi-sectoral approach to manage and deal with, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. He made the observation when he officially opened the National Sanitation […]
An extensive global study by International Labour Organisation, WaterAid, World Bank and World Health Organization reveals that millions of sanitation workers in the developing world are forced to work in conditions that endanger their health and lives. The study was unveiled during the commemoration of World Toilet Day under the theme ‘Leaving No One Behind’, […]
A non-governmental organisation Habitat for Humanity says it is ready to roll out a school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kabudula in Lilongwe. Briefing Lilongwe District Executive Committee (DEC), the organisations WASH Officer, Annie Maduka said the aim of the project is to improve health, school attendance […]
As part of ensuring hygiene in the Lilongwe City Council, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ben Phiri had given authorities an ultimatum of up to 14 days to improve sanitation services after observing filthy and unhealthy conditions in some centres. Among his programs the Minister visited fire service offices, Kauma waste management centre, […]