Month: November 2023 Posts

Advocates call for mindset change to combat child abuse in Malawi

Nov 29, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In the ongoing battle against the escalating rates of child abuse in Malawi, Child Rights Activist Amos Chibwana is championing a transformative approach, emphasizing the necessity of a collective mindset change throughout the nation. Chibwana… ...

Machinga children voice out issues affecting them

Jul 30, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A call has gone out to authorities in the country to find lasting solution to child abuse, alarming school dropout rates and environmental degradation which they say are badly affecting them. The call was made… ...

Man found guilty of burning niece’s hands  

Apr 13, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

A mobile court at Senior Chief Chikowi in Zomba has found Ronnex Bandawe guilty of burning a hand of his niece aged six for allegedly stealing a cob of green maize. With funding from UNICEF,… ...

Bambo wawotcha dzanja la mwana chifukwa cha mondokwa

Apr 13, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Bambo wina ku Zomba yemwe dzina lake ndi Ronnex Bandawe wapezeka olakwa pa mlandu oti adawotcha dzanja la mwana wa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi (6) yemwe ndi mwana wachemwali wabamboyu ati chifukwa adaba chimanga chimodzi.… ...

Blantyre district records 3000 cases of violence against children

Jan 21, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Blantyre District Social Welfare Office registered over 3000 cases of violence against children (VAC) in the just ended year. District Social Welfare Officer Stephano Joseph disclosed this on Friday during a capacity building workshop for… ...

Kalibu exploiting children

Dec 16, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says Kalibu Academy has been abusing children at the school in form of corporal punishment. The MHRC has today released of investigations into allegations of corporal punishment and sexual abuse… ...

Deputy headteacher arrested after forcing child to kneel on concrete floor for over an hour

Oct 31, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy headteacher at Majiga Primary School, Rafael Chikabwereza, has been arrested after a an 8-year-old Standard 3 learner sustained wounds on the knee due to corporal punishment which Chikabwereza handed out to the child. The… ...