Malawi joined the international community to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child 2015 under the theme ‘The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030’. The day was celebrated with commemorations in Salima and Dedza, two districts under the UN Joint Programme on Girls Education (JPGE), implemented by UNICEF, UNFPA and WFP, and […]
Many Malawian children will be stunted especially those under five in the coming months because they do not have enough to eat, UNICEF has predicted. Unicef country representative Mahimbo Mdoe said the organisation was concerned over the health and survival of the nation’s youngest citizens in the wake of the report by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pledged that his administration will invest more in education as it ealizes the important role the sector plays in the development of the country. The Head of State mad ethe pldeg on Wednesday when he officially opened Chiradzulu Teacher’s Training College (TTC) in Chiradzulu. He also promised to raise the […]
Director of social cash transfer scheme in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Esmie Kainja, has hailed the role the scheme has played in improving livelihoods of rural communities in the country. Kainja said the programme has played a significant role in changing the socio-economic status of beneficiary households through attainment of assets, […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 1st April 2015 rolled out a national advocacy campaign with Airtel and the Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) to protect and promote the rights of adolescent girls in Malawi. The campaign, which features the Malawi netball team, popularly known as the Queens, aims to provide role models and […]
Malawi has been hit by a fresh wave of flooding as the country is still not recovered from an earlier spate of devastating flood with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) saying more than 300,000 people have been displaced , almost twice as many as previously estimated. Government officials confirmed that heavy rainfall has caused fresh flooding […]
“This year the floods have been so heavy,” says Mercy. “We have never seen anything like this.” She and her three young children are living in a temporary camp, surviving on one meal a day, after Malawi’s worst flooding for 20 years forced the family from their home. Unicef teams are on the ground helping families following […]
The Scottish Government has announced £150,000 to support the current humanitarian crisis caused by severe flooding in Malawi. The Minister for Europe and International Development Humza Yousaf on Friday met with the Scotland Malawi Partnership and pledged £30,000 for the organisation to support its members to deliver local aid to communities in Malawi. An additional […]
US pop superstar Madonna has used her Instagram account to appeal for donations to help survivors of deadly floods which have swept through Malawi over the past week. More than 170 people have been killed and 200,000 displaced by torrential rain and flooding in Malawi. Large areas in the south are underwater and homes, crops and livestock […]
Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology Vincent Ng’ambi has said provision of access and equitable quality education in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) is facing a lot of challenges including lack of proper sanitation. He was speaking at Dwasulu CDSS in Nkhotakota during handover ceremony of borehole and toilet units constructed by United Nations […]
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Agency, today announced two new partnerships – with Airtel and NAM (Netball Association of Malawi) to protect and promote the rights of adolescent girls in Malawi. The agreements signed in Lilongwe today will see a range of innovations and interventions to protect girls from violence, sexual abuse and to promote their […]
Norway Prime Minister Ms. Erna Solberg will visit Malawi to among others to launch a girls’ education programme that will be implemented jointly by 3 UN Agencies; UNICEF, UNFPA and WFP, it has been disclosed. According to Kusali Kubwalo, Unicef Communications Officer, the three agencies have teamed up to a girls’ education programme aimed at […]
Malawi has made strides in reducing infant HIV infections with a latest UNICEF report showing that new infections among infants has declined by almost 52 percent between 2009 and 2012. However, the UNICEF report released Friday shows alarming trends among adolescents but says that new infections among adolescents could be halved by 2020 with targeted and increased […]
President Joyce Banda has all the reasons to smile with a new UNICEF report released Friday showing that Malawi is one of the few low income countries that has made significant strides in reducing under-five death rates by two-thirds or more since 1990. The report says Malawi has reached Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 for […]
A delegation of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will conduct a five-day tour of UNICEF supported projects and programs in Malawi from 8 -12 April, 2013, the Malawi Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York has announced. A statement released by the Malawi mission office said while […]
The United Nations Women’s lobby group is poised to set – up a secretariat in Malawi to help fast tracking the implementation of the millennium development goal on promoting gender equality and empowerment of women. Principal Secretary for Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Dr. Mary Shawa made the disclosure on Wednesday after a UN board […]
I happen to have been along the commercial city of Blantyre streets when an HIV and AIDS message reminded me of something way back in the late 90s. Yes, Boiz Lazy! And immediately, I remembered Jeff Kaira, that cool musical dude well know for his crooning in tracks like ‘Mundiunikile’. I just could not resist […]
Some districts in Malawi are reportedly failing to account for millions of kwachas from the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (Unicef) meant for enhancement of the plight of Malawian children. This was revealed in Mzuzu this week by UNICEF officials during an orientation workshop for District Information Officers (DIOs) and District Health Education Officers (DHEOs) from […]