Deadline- 21 June 2013 Interested organizations are invited to submit proposals for projects that contribute to the achievement of at least one of Tilitonse’s stated outputs and intended outcomes. This program is funded by Department for International Development (DFID) Royal Norwegian Embassy and Irish...

The programme which will be operated under Midzemba Area Development Programme (ADP) aims to incorporate more women and children into its activities to give them the platform to air out their concerns on some of the development shortfalls happening in Neno. Midzemba ADP Manager Kupingani Kumwenda told a District Executive...

The NGO Board of Malawi has said over 5,000 organisations plying their trade as NGOs in the country are operating illegally as they are not registered with it. NGO Board of Malawi chairperson Emily Banda said this in an interview. The NGO board is conducting awareness campaigns targeting NGOs and district council executive...

The World Vision Lilongwe Cluster recently presided over a livestock pass on ceremony at Chilenje Area Development Programme (ADP) at Nkhoma in the district. Seventy-three farm animals (19 heifers, 36 rabbits and 18 pigs) were given to farmers in Chilenje community. Chilenje ADP World Vision programme manager Mereena...

On International Mother Earth Day, VSO volunteer Marije contributes a blog about her experiences in Malawi, climate change, and how we can begin to tackle this international issue within the communities it is affecting now. My name is Marije, a Dutch ecologist and VSO volunteer working as climate change coordinator in the...

Young  people, youth  leaders  and  SRHR  experts  added  their  voices and  recommendations  to  the  review  of  the  revised  National  Youth  Policy  draft  document in  regards to  the  SRHR  content. The  platform  to engage  young  people  was  provided  through  the  National Youth...

This, according to World Vision National Director Marko Ngwenya, would be achieved by engaging the Malawi government to allocate at least 15 percent of its national budget towards ensuring quality and effective health service delivery as based on the Abuja Declaration. Speaking in an interview Saturday ahead of ‘Child...

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) through its Primary Justice Project on Tuesday trained 58 tribunals in the areas of Traditional Authorities Kanduku and Nthache in Mwanza on the concept of primary justice, gender based violence and human rights issues. Primary Justice Project Officer, Anastanzio Matewere...

Last week, West University Elementary students participated in a service project that benefits school children in one of the poorest countries in the world. Kids In Need of Desks (K.I.N.D.) is a joint collaboration between UNICEF and MSNBC that provides locally made desks and benches for students in Malawi. In many Malawi...

Malawi government and the United States of America International Development (USAID) on Monday signed a three-year agreement to address issues of climate change in the country. The agreement will see Malawi receiving US$4 million grant t to implement the Enhanced Capacity for Low Emmissions Development Strategies EC-LEDS...

A K206.98 million worth project aimed at eradicating violence and other human rights violations against children, women and the elderly accused of witchcraft has been launched in Neno district by the Association for Secular Humanism (ASH). ASH already launched a similar project in the districts of Karonga, Rumphi, Mzimba,...

For the past three years, tutors and students have been helping to train teachers in one of the poorest parts of Africa – and it’s proving to be as good for Bedford’s trainee teachers as it is for the Malawians – Rose Taylor reports When physical education student Michelle Rowe returned from a gap year in...

In Malawi, many girls drop out of school because they are forced by their families to marry an older man. But a local NGO is working to change the practice. The Stop Child Marriage project is following widely reported cases of girls dropping out from school largely because of forced early marriages. The project is being...

Millennium Challenge Account-Malawi (MCA-M) has hired its deputy national coordinator and head of operations Susan Banda as its chief executive officer (CEO). Banda, a communication and information specialist who has previously worked as information, education and communications manager for the Privatisation Commission,...

Over 6,000 people in Mulanje district have started receiving relief money from OXFAM to buy food as a response to the current hunger situation. Country director of OXFAM John Makina confirmed the development. “We have food in the country but the challenge is basically distribution of that. So if we do cash we make the...

Earlier this month seven Aer Lingus Unicef Ambassadors travelled to Malawi in southeast Africa to witness firsthand how UNICEF uses the funds collected onboard Aer Lingus flights to make a ‘change for good’. Read their first hand accounts: Our first stop on the field trip brought us to Bwaila Maternity Hospital, the...