Barely three days after fire gutted Nico Offices in Blantyre, Balaka Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) offices caught fire during the wee hours of Monday. According to Balaka Police Publicist, Precious Makuta, it is not yet known as to what caused the infernal. He said, “We received a report from Jacob Phiri who is Yoneco’s […]
Her Majesty The Queen on Britain will present Chikondi Violet Mlozi and Pilirani Khoza from Malawi with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, on Tuesday June 26 2018. The Awards recognise the work that young people from across the Commonwealth are doing to transform lives in their community […]
Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) has announced the death of its Programmes Manager responsible for Media, Advocacy and Innovations, Charles Banda. YONECO Executive Director, MacBain Mkandawire confirmed Banda’s death on Thursday in Zomba, saying the youthful manager died Wednesday at Zomba Central Hospital in the evening after a short illness. He said Banda’s death has […]
Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) has urged media practitioners and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to sensitize communities on the importance of participating in Green and Inclusive Energy agenda. Executive Director (ED) for YONECO, Macbain Mkandawire made the call in Machinga on Wednesday during a one day advocacy meeting for media practitioners and CSOs on a […]
Zomba based non -governmental organization, Youth net and counseling (Yoneco) has urged students from University of Malawi’s Chancellor College to stay away from behaviors that may put them at risk of contracting HIV and AIDS. Yoneco Executive Director Macbain Mkandawire made the remarks on Friday at Chancellor College in Zomba during Social weekend where among others students […]
The Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has called upon well wishers including international organizations to support Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) for them to initiate their interventions in all districts in the country. Speaking after a familiarization tour of the national helpline service over the weekend, Minister of Gender Dr. Jean Kalirani […]
Implementing partner for the UN Joint project on Adolescent Girls (JPAG), Youth net and Counselling have commended the girls programme for reducing cases of gender based violence amongst girls in Chikhwawa District. Speaking during a recent tour, District Youth Officer for Yoneco, Chigonjetso Chiromo said girls were being victimised in so many ways but the […]
Despite bold steps taken by various stakeholders in reducing cases of child and forced marriages Ntcheu district is registering increased cases of early marriages due to early pregnancies forcing many girls out of school. A baseline survey which was conducted by Save the Children prior to implementation of Reducing Teenage Pregnancy project reveals that Ntcheu […]
Inadequate information about HIV and AIDS, Sexual Reproductive Health and other health related issues is contributing to the spread of HIV among the youth in Ntcheu district. HIV prevalence rate for Ntcheu district alone according to National Aids Commission (NAC) is 12.5% which is much higher than the national rate. It is against this background […]
Civil Society Organizations, government departments and local leaders in Ntcheu have ganged up to end child and forced marriages which is rampant in the district. Speaking on Tuesday, 17th March, 2015, during the launch of the Anti Child marriage campaign at Group Austin, Traditional Authority Makwangwala, Ntcheu district Commissioner Harry Phiri said the campaign will […]
Malawi’s premier mobile phone service provider TNM has donated set of computers worth K2.1 million to Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) to be used in its help line call centre. The mobile phone company has been financing YONECO’s toll free national helpline, dating way back from 1998. The national helpline is mainly used by the […]
Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) have launched Learn Without Fear sports bonanza in Balaka involving football and netball teams for primary schools in the district. According to Patrick Makonde who is Yoneco project officer for Balaka, the bonanza will be competed for by 17 primary schools’ football and netball teams within Ulongwe education zone. The […]
Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) has urged the youth in Zomba to exercise their rights by educating the electorate in their respective communities ahead of the 2014 tripartite elections to vote for visionary leadership that can transform the country. YONECO’s Tools media networking and advocacy officer Charles Banda said the youth as agents of change needs to […]
Access to public social services is vital to the development of a country and, in a democratic context like Malawi, it is more critical since they are part of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. For instance, Section 30 of the Malawi Constitution provides for the right to development whereas Sections 25 and 29 […]
An 84-year-old granny in Phalombe was allegedly beaten last week for revealing to Agriculture officials in the district that names that had been registered ahead of the fertiliser subsidy coupons distribution were not necessarily those from her village. Ethel Kungwimba from Gwembere Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkhumba’s area is alleged to have been beaten by […]
Some parents are forcing girls to enter into marriage in Chinkhwawa district in the southern part of Malawi in exchange of a bale of sugar especially in the areas of Konzere and Phanda. This was learnt during the monitoring and evaluation on UNJPAG which was conducted by Youth Net and Counseling (Yoneco) with support from UNFPA. […]
Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) has embarked on a K16 million (about $40 000) community resource centre construction at Mapira Trading Centre, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mposa in Machinga with friends of YONECO in Canada supporting the project where the youths will have access to various information especially on HIV and AIDS. Once the resource centre […]
Youth-Net and Counseling (YONECO) has accused the Minister of Youth and Sports Enock Chihana for requesting Mzuzu Youth Society to apologise for calling upon government to urgently approve and begin to implement the National Youth Policy which has been lying idle for many years now. Chihana asked the organisation to apologise on the matter […]