Month: October 2022 Posts

First Lady hands over girls hostel worth K95 million in Rumphi

Oct 31, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera through her Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF) on Monday handed over an 80 bed girls' hostel worth K95 million to Katowo Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in the area of… ...

First Lady, musicians spoil mothers at QECH maternity wing

Oct 16, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Women at Gogo Chatinkha Banda Maternity Wing at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), had special Mother’s Day celebrations as the Malawi first lady Monica Chakwera partnered Blantyre Synod Radio and some gospel musicians in donating… ...

Malawi First Lady appeals for support for girl-child education

Sep 18, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

First Lady of the Republic of Malawi, Monica Chakwera,  has appealed for increased support for girl-child education through her Shaping Our  Future Foundation (SOFF). Madame Chakwera made the appeal when she met Mr. Steven Omollo,… ...

Balaka DHO accused of sidelining health structures

Aug 10, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Balaka Hospital Management Committee has faulted  the District Health Office (DHO) for working in isolation, saying a paying wing named after First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera was opened at the hospital without the  committee… ...

Maranatha Academy to provide scholarship to over 40 girls

Jun 28, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

As one way of complementing government's efforts to keep girls at school, the management at Maranatha Private Academy says it will provide full scholarship to 40 female students from Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF) and… ...

Malawi First Lady for more girls in secondary schools

Jun 03, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

First Lady, Madame Monica Chakwera, has urged girls to work hard in school for them to take up more key roles in their communities and the country as a whole. Chakwera was speaking Friday at… ...

First Lady Chakwera donates to needy Kenyans

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

First Lady Monica Chakwera yesterday presented a donation of 10 wheelchairs and undisclosed cash to Little Sisters of the Poor, a charity facility that cares for the extremely poor elderly in Nairobi, Kenya. Chakwera visited… ...

Chakwera’s wife UK trip ignites speculations

Jul 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The inclusion of First Lady Monica Chakwera and daughter Violet Chakwera in President Lazarus Chakwera’s delegation for the United Kingdom trip has ignited speculations over the First Lady’s health. Some social media users allege that… ...

First Lady’s foundation ‘overwhelmed’ by response from well-wishers

May 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera says her Shaping Our Future Foundation is overwhelmed by the response from well-wishers looking to support girls’ education through the foundation. The Malawi News Agency reported that the First Lady… ...

Criminals using Malawi First Lady’s name to solicit donations

Feb 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

State House has complained that criminals have opened Facebook accounts in Malawi First Lady Monica Chakwera’s name and are using the accounts to solicit donations from people. Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda said this in… ...

Road to Mwazisi in Rumphi rendered impassable

Feb 12, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Constant rains in some parts of Rumphi have rendered the road to Mwazisi, home to Malawi's first lady Monica Chakwera, impassable. Passengers are spending nights on the road, a situation most of them have described,… ...

12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year – APAM

Nov 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) says 12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year alone. APAM president Ian Simbota said this at Mkolimbo school ground in Traditional Authority Kwataine in… ...

First Lady commits to fight stigma against infertility

Oct 28, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by  Chimwemwe Njoloma Malawi First Lady, Madame Monica Chakwera, has emphasized the need to amplify access to information, education and health in sensitising communities particularly in rural areas to better understand infertility and break… ...

Malawi First lady to support underprivileged girls

Aug 07, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

First Lady Monica Chakwera says she will focus on assisting young girls who are underprivileged more especially those living in remote areas to be educated and become independent in future. Chakwera said this in Rainbow… ...

Chakwera’s wife in self-isolation

Jun 19, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Monica Chakwera, wife of presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera, is under self-quarantine following her return from the United States of America. Mrs Chakwera arrived in the country over a week ago and went into self-isolation as… ...