Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (Fedoma)has lamented the energy porverty among people with disabilities and has since called on for an improved energy sector. Fedoma Executive Director, Action Amos called on authorities consider the needs of people with disabilities and reduce energy poverty among them to ensure they effectively contribute to the country’s development. […]
Representatives of the Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) in the northern border district of Karonga have petitioned the Malawi Electoral Commission on the need to respect their voting rights which they say have been violated in the previous elections. In the petition, the blind people are requesting the electoral body to timely introduce tactile […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi may be forced to go back to the drawing table to redesign and reprint the newly introduced banknotes as they do not have features to enable the blind detect and use them. The Central Bank was insensitive to the visually impaired people as it proceeded printing the bank notes without having […]
The new bank notes which were recently released by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and are in circulation in the country, have on features favourable to people with visual impairment to help them identify the money. The chairperson of Ntchisi Union of the blind, Giviel Kanyemba, said most of the people with visual impairment […]