Imani Development has recently conducted a baseline evaluation for a 23-month long project which seeks to build the resilience of disaster-prone communities in Central Malawi, more specifically in the Dowa and Ntchisi Districts, to withstand climactic and economic impacts. In a statement posted on its website, the organization says it has observed that communities in […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) and Ward Councillors for Machinga district have signed an agreement with Machinga Women Forum (MAWOF) to address issues affecting women in the district. The Parliamentarians and Councillors signed the pact during a meeting with the forum facilitated by the Pan African Civic Educators Network (PACENET) with funding from USAID which followed […]
The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) has appealed to Malawian couples to slow down on childbirth warning that the country faces serious social and economic challenges if the current birth rate of six children per woman is maintained. The Usaid maternal, newborn and child health specialist Evelyn Zimba made the appeal in Machinga […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $2,500,000 (about one billion Malawi Kwacha) three-year award to Adventist Health Services (AHS) to train health care workers and expand provision of family planning services in four districts. The project will be implemented from June 2014 through June 2017. The “Reaching out with contraceptive choice […]
Top leadership of the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) is reportedly embroidered in a financial scandal where funds amounting to K50 million is said to be missing. According to a CCAP cleric close to the top Synod leadership, the money was recently provided to the Synod by the United States […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USaid) through the SSDI-Communication project has made a donation of various audiovisual equipment worth K7 million to Chancellor College in Zomba. The donation aims at supporting the teaching and learning of undergraduate and graduate studies in communication-related programmes at the tertiary institution. The equipment comprised of state-of-the-art video […]
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a Country Development Cooperation Strategy (2013-2018) for Malawi which will see it pump US$700m (ab0ut K300 billion) support to facilitate development projects. US Ambassador to Malawi Jeanine Jackson said at the launch at Ufulu Gardens in Lilongwe that the money is meant to empower the locals so that […]
Barely few weeks after the Malawi government secured its first national funding on family planning (FP) commodities as part of its 2013/2014 national budget, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has commended the southern African nation for its achievement on issues of family planning. USAID health advisor Monica Villanueva said unlike some African countries, […]
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated medical equipment and supplies worth $ 2.2 million to boost health service delivery in the Malawi’s fifteen districts. USAID director of health programs in Malawi, Mirriam Luts told Nyasa Times after handing over the donation on Wednesday that this is under a five year Support for service delivery integration […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USaid) has pumped K900 million (about $2.2m) into a climate change adaptation and resilience project being implemented by Care Malawi in Salima, Dowa, and Ntcheu districts. The project, which is running for 28 months, is called Drought Mitigation through Irrigation and Conservation Agriculture Extension (Dice II). It aims […]
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said they are pleased with economic reforms being carried by President Joyce Banda government in Malawi and assured their continued support to the country. Managing Director of the World Bank (WB) Sri Mulyani Indrawati, told a news conference on Monday at the World Bank (WB)’s headquarters […]