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MEC Calls for Professionalism in the By-Elections
Chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Chifundo Kachale has challenged all MEC officials working in the forthcoming by-elections to execute their tasks professionally for the electoral body to maintain praises it received from both local and international elections stakeholders after the Fresh Presidential Elections.
Pentecostal Churches Fundraise For COVID19 in MW
Leadership of some Pentecostal Churches in Malawi have embarked on a fundraising campaign aimed at reducing problems hospitals accommodating covid-19 patients are facing.
Tikambe Youth Organization Plants Trees in Mwanza
Malawi Scotland Partnership in conjunction with Tikambe Youth organization in Mwanza district has planted 1, 000 in the area of Senior chief Nthache where its forest, Thambani, has been depleted.
Two Jailed for Human Trafficking
First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Mwanza has convicted and sentenced two men to 52 months and 36 months imprisonment with hard labor for human trafficking.
Govt Elevates Four Chiefs In Kasungu
The Ministry of local government and rural development has today Friday 19th of February 2021 elevated four chiefs in Kasungu.
Govt Tipped on Diplomatic Academy Establishment
As the Tonse administration ponders on the establishment of a Diplomatic Academy, governance expert Victor Chipofya has tipped capitol hill to just introduce a standalone diplomatic course at an already existing institution of higher learning than starting from scratch which he says is costly and time-consuming.
FOSEMA Equips Mangochi District Hospital
Forum for Social and Economic Development of Mangochi (FOSEMA) on Thursday made its contribution towards the fight against Covid-19 by donating different medical supplies worth about K2.4 million to Mangochi District Hospital.
Malaria Causes Havoc in Lower Shire
Health officials in Lower Shire have singled out poor usage of mosquito nets as a major factor fueling Malaria cases as statistics indicate that 14 children died of severe malaria and pneumonia in Nsanje in January, 2021 alone.
MEC Set for By-Elections
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it is ready to hold by-elections in seven constituencies and two wards on March 30, 2021.
P.I.H Graduates 410 Adolescents in SRH
An international health promotion organization working in Neno district, Partners in Health, has graduated four hundred and ten adolescents in Gender, HIV and AIDS and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) in a bid to be agents of change as they grow.
P.I.H Adolescents and Women Health Program Specialist Jimmy Harare told Zodiak Online on Wednesday that a lot of youths are lacking skills on how to protect themselves from harmful practices hence introducing the initiative in all Neno district health centres.
"We noted a sharp rise in cases of child marriages, teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among the adolescents and this was being attributed to knowledge gap on available prevention measures," said Jimmy.
Harare further said P.I.H with funding from Global Affairs of Canada (GAC) introduced the SkillsBLA ( Bwala Lachinyamata) which is to run for five years in all health centers of Neno district where coaches will be trained to lecture adolescents on how their bodies respond to the environment as they grow.
"The coaches are there to take the adolescents who are between the age bracket of ten to fourteen, through a curriculum of gender, HIV and AIDS and Reproductive health for four months, this curriculum is designed to help the Adolescents have knowledge of their bodies," he said.
One of the adolescent Phonex Chakwamba said the training has helped him gain self-esteem withing the four months he has been with his fellow adolescents.
"Am now able to know how to respond to harmful practices which my fellow adolescents would want to drag me into, we are using both verbal and nonverbal rejection methods, they are working", he said.
Neno District Youth Officer Hope Mwafulirwa who graced the graduation ceremony urged the adolescents to take the skills learnt into practice saying school closure due to Covid-19 may result in temptations to the youths to start indulging in premarital sexual affairs.
