Month: March 2021 Posts

Gender ministry intensifies efforts to ensure early support for children with disability

Mar 24, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare say it has set initiatives to identify children with disabilities at a tender age so that the children can be receiving the support they may need on time.… ...

Documentary about 13-year-old boy up for K2.7 million award

Aug 21, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Malawian up-and-coming filmmaker Sam Majamanda says he has hope that his documentary about a 13-year-old boy with disability will win the 2020 Focus on the Ability (FOA) Short film contest. The contest is organized by… ...

Youths urged to support persons with disabilities

Nov 04, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) has urged young people to take care of and assist people with disabilities. FEDOMA project coordinator Cecilia Phiri said in interview that the youths can do a lot… ...

Chanco students threaten to go ‘the HRDC way’ over disability rights

Oct 20, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chancellor College students have warned that they will adopt ‘the HRDC way’ if authorities at the institution continue to procrastinate on improving the conditions of students with disabilities at the college. The warning was made… ...

Mothers of children with disabilities plead for help

Oct 16, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Mothers of children with disabilities say lack of necessities such as wheelchairs makes it difficult for their children to go to school. Lilongwe is one of the district where there are many children with disabilities… ...

TUM welcomes plan to promote special needs teachers

Sep 13, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has welcomed government plans to promote special needs teachers who were recruited from 2016 to 2018. On Monday, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha presented the 2019/2020… ...

Parents of disabled children need training – PODCAM

Aug 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

Parents of Disabled Children Association (PODCAM) says the organisation is registering a great number of children with cerebral palsy hence the need for parents to know the rights of children with disabilities. Cerebral palsy is… ...

Govt to start giving allowances to the elderly

Mar 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 246 &

The Malawi Government says it is conducting a feasibility study on the secure amount of money to be given to the elderly as allowances. Chief elderly programs officer in the ministry of gender, children, disability… ...

World Vision engages Malawi media in disability issues

Feb 18, 2016 George Mhango 1 &

World Vision Malawi has engaged the media through a four-day training in disability so that journalists gain advanced knowledge and skills in how to report and broadcast current affairs programs that are a true reflection… ...

Church assists a 18 year-old girl with a wheel chair

Dec 13, 2015 Timothy Kachedwa 22 &

An 18 year-old Malawian girl, Happiness Mussa, who got selected to start her secondary education and has been failing to go to school because of a disability problem, can now go to school as one… ...

Patricia Kaliati slams Malawian banks

Dec 05, 2015 Timothy Kachedwa 54 &

Minister of gender, children, disability and social welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has warned banks in the country that government will seal banks whose buildings are not disability friendly. The minister made the remarks in Mzuzu during… ...

Funding woes hit Kachere Rehabilitation Centre

Nov 25, 2015 Hajira Halilu 2 &

Management at Kachere Rehabilitation Centre in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre has complained about the inadequate funding they have been receiving from government over the past years. According to the administrative officer for the centre, Mrs… ...

Thyolo, Chikhwawa record highest in number of street beggars

Nov 08, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 98 &

New revelations by Malawi24 indicate that the highest numbers of street beggars in all three cities of this country are from the Southern Region of Malawi. After government through National Statics Office failed to provide… ...