Month: July 2021 Posts

Airtel donates assistive devices for people with disabilities

Jul 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Airtel Malawi has donated assistive devices, including braille machines, worth K15 million to the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare. The donation was made yesterday at Ministry of Gender offices in Lilongwe. Donated… ...

Couple arrested for abusing child

Jun 19, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A husband and wife arrested have been arrested for taking their two-year-old child to drinking joints and for physically abusing their child. Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has confirmed the arrest… ...

Child marriages are evil, says Kaliati

Apr 28, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has called for more efforts to end child marriages, saying such marriages are evil and are killing the future of this nation. In her speech during… ...

Kaliati says UTM candidate knows he cannot win in Nsanje North by-election

Mar 25, 2021 Emmie Banda - MEC Stringer 0 &

UTM Secretary General Patricia Kaliati says a UTM parliamentary candidate in Nsanje North has withdrawn from the race because he knows he cannot win in the by-election. Speaking after a rally at Mpatsa community day… ...

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.… ...

Government committed to protecting persons with albinism

Nov 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by  Esnath Kalawe Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said government will keep on supporting persons with albinism in order to address challenges they encounter. She said this on… ...

13 early marriages dissolved in Chitipa

Oct 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Joseph Mbughi Yamba Community Day Secondary School staff and its Mother Group Committee in Chitipa has ended 13 early marriages and has sent seven pregnant students back to school in the district. This… ...