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A group known as Friends of Balaka District, on 2, November, 2022 donated assorted items to a standard seven 14 year old boy with albinism, Misheck James of Traditional Authority Nsamala, Ntonya village.Group representative Pamzy Mdala, said the items are five bags of maize, cooking oil,sugar,bag of soya pieces, notebooks, duvet clothes, soap among others worthy MK400,000.Mdala further said they were tipped by James's teacher at Balaka primary school...

In a bid to promote grassroot football,Shine on Malawi has donated assorted sports items to Mzigo Youth Club Team in Mzimba.Speaking on Saturday during the presentation of items which include uniforms and balls, Director of shine On Malawi, Stalin Mwandira, said that donation is part of fulfilling one of their thematic areas of Youth Development Programs of which sporting activities fall under."We are supporting the youth program development through...

Balaka District council has divulged that people in the district are at risk of being stricken by hunger for five months from November this year to March 2023.The remarks have been made by district Relief and Rehabilitation Officer ,Blessings Kamtema during presentation in a full council meeting.Kamtema says they are yet to commence Social Cash Transfer program from November which is targeting 21,000 households of various areas as a way to bail out...

 Balaka District Hospital has hailed fourth round polio vaccination campaign after scooping 99 percent in the district.Speaking in an interview with Balaka Community Radio, Public Relations Officer for Balaka District Hospital Mercy Nyirenda said 95,376 children received polio vaccine between 13th to 16th October out of 96,166 children they were targeting.Balaka District Hospital Nyirenda said the development was due to collaborative work...

People from traditional Authority Zilakoma in Nkhata-Bay district have asked government and non governmental organization to intervene on safe water to curb cholera outbreak in the area .This comes in after the area has been hitted hard with cholera .In an interview with Chief Zilakoma ,the area has no running water since Malawi got its independence .But responding to the concerns Kenneth Zikhale Ng'oma has assured people from his area to have piped...

Leader of opposition in parliament Dr Kondwani Nankhumwa has appealed to the president to pardon Mussa John and Commissioner Linda Kunje.According to a letter dated 27th September 2022,the leader of opposition in parliament is requesting the president to pardon Mussa John and Mec commissioner Linda Kunje on their offenses.The letter is also requesting the president to equalize the perceived injustice because other people with the same offense like...

As one way of empowering women economically citizen impact (CIO )a Mzuzu based youth organisation has embarked on training women in bee –keeping at mtende in mzimba north.Speaking during the donation of beehive at mtende, citizen impact organisation field officer, wisdom Moyo,said they thought it wise to come up with the idea after realizing that women in rural areas face a lot of economic challenges. ...