Germany has provided €125 000 (approximately K102 500 000) to Habitat for Humanity Malawi (HFHM) for improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in low income areas of Mtsiriza and Mtandile in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The project aims at improving access to safe water and hygiene through the construction boreholes, water tanks, girl-friendly latrines, rehabilitation […]
Malawi government is committed to continue improving water and sanitation in its drive to build a healthy nation, Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has said after attending official opening f the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention in New Dheli, India. .The convention has drawn over 50 ministers from 67 countries and was graced […]
The World Bank has financed US$ 102million for a project called Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP) aimed at improving sanitation and water supply in the city of Lilongwe. Speaking in an interview, LWSP Co-Task Team Leader under the World Bank, Odete Muximpua said that World Bank is committed to help in improving good sanitation […]
Amref Health Africa in Malawi is constructing sanitary facilities in Machinga District targeting over 40 000 women to address Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) challenges so that we may contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal deaths. According to WASH Programme Manager for Amref Health Africa in Malawi Young Samanyika the facilities are being […]
Development partners in the health sector have observed that Malawi continues to struggle to achieve the very basic standards of sanitation and hygiene such as washing hands with soap. The observation is made in a statement released on Tuesday as Malawi joined the global community in commemorating Global Hand Washing Day. In Malawi, activities to celebrate the […]
Proper hygiene and sanitation is said to be one of the factors that could help in reducing dropout among learners in schools, Lilongwe Rural East District Education Manager (DEM), Anderson Kuboma Ntandika has said. He was speaking when he presented a certificate of excellence and a trophy to Mitondo Primary School in Chowo Zone in […]
The Zomba City Council (ZCC) has appealed to residents in the city to observe proper sanitation and hygiene as the country celebrates 53 years of independence from colonial rule. Zomba City Mayor Melia Douglas made the call over the weekend when the council organized a cleaning exercise together with the Malawi Police Service (MPS), Malawi […]
A recent study has revealed that 48% of residents around Mzimba district business area have no access to proper sanitation services a thing which exposes them to the risk of waterborne diseases that emanate from poor hygiene. The study which was supported by the Northern Region Water Board – NRWB with funding from the African […]
Government has assured the nation that it is committed to meeting the international targets of halving the proportion of people without access to safe and clean water and improved sanitation by the year 2015 and the national targets of universal access by 2025. The remarks were made by the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has called upon global leaders and decision makers to take a leading role in making sure that they promote the provision of safe and portable water and sanitation services to people in their respective countries. Madame Mutharika spoke at the Washington National Mall when she addressed participants to the 2015 Global […]
Blantyre City Council is geared to build and rehabilitate about 100 public toilets in the city to improve sanitation especially in markets and other public places. The City’s Mayor Noel Chalamanda launched the sanitation project on Friday in Blantyre which is co-funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Department of International Development (DFID) to […]
The Magistrate and the High Courts in Lilongwe, institutions that are regarded as pillars of safeguarding human rights, seem themselves not to be sensitive to such rights as remanded suspects brought to the courts for trials are denied access to the toilet. Police Senior Supt. Damiano Kapita, who is station prosecution officer for Lilongwe District […]
A Form Two student, Emma Katunga who is one of the winners of the TNM Ufulu @ 50 promotion winner has donated her K2m prize money to her Tsabango Community Day Secondary School for building toilets. Katunga is one of the 50 TNM subscribers that won a total of K100 million in the Ufulu@50 promotion […]
A recent baseline survey conducted by Malawi Red Cross Society through Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project has revealed that most toilets in the peri-urban areas in Mzuzu City are not properly constructed such that they do not accord the users the needed privacy and hygiene. The situation is said to be creating unhygienic conditions […]
Ntcheu District Health officials have expressed concern over poor waste management which has led to unhealthy sanitation and hygiene in market centres in the district. Speaking in an interview after visiting Ntcheu Central Market waste dumping site, Deputy Environmental Health Officer for Ntcheu, Luscious Donsa said the unhealthy sanitation and hygiene in almost all markets […]
Reports are rife that most households in Mzimba are still sqauting among the few trees and bushes and defecate in the open despite various interventions by government and stakeholders in hygiene and sanitation. Recent statistics by Mzimba District Health Office show that only 15 per cent of the households have toilets in their homes while […]
Concerned with unsystematic management of waste in Malawi, South Africa based Malawian owned company Eco-Sol is launching a waste management company in the country. The company Waste Magic Systems is to be launched Thursday November 27, 2014 and is specialized in Solid-Waste Management, Sanitation, Water Purification and Primary Health Care. During the launch of the company, Waste […]
The negligence to construct toilets has left communities in the lakeshore areas of Mangochi with no option but resorting to open defecation with most of them using plastic bags as latrines. Many households in the district especially in Fort Maguire area in the T/A Makanjira do not have toilets with health authorities raising alarm of […]