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Oct 1st, 2003 - 07:02:50 |
Kondwani
Deputy Agriculture Minister and Mmember of Parliament for Chiradzulu East Mr. hnery Mussa yesterday threw the wait on YES Malawi camapign. Speaking during a meeting with YES Malawi team, Mr. Mussa who has made open donations to the camapign says he will launch five cooperative clubs for rural youth in his area to develop skills in general welding, capentry and also initiate an environmentally sustainable brick making machine. The technology according to the Deputy Minister does not need trees as firewood to burn bricks as it only uses sand and cement. Bravo and join us in congratulating this entreprenuer turned politician ready to assist Malawi's goal of creating one million jobs. At least 60 young people in Chiradzulu district, Southern province of Malawi will have some jobs by the end of this year. YES- we can do it as we have started in Malawi.
Sep 20th, 2003 - 03:22:18 |
Kondwani
The Ministry of Labour and Vovcational Training has officially accepted the national concept docuemnt for Malawi as a workable strategy towards national youth employment creation. It never gets better than this for YES malawi, the office of the commissioner for Labour has accepted that it will host the secretariat until there is fully operational structure and more they have suggested an increased of the YES Campaign malawi target of job creation form the suggested two hundred thousand to one million-Accordin to a letter addressed to the Cordinator dated 15th September, Commissioner for Labour in Malawi Mr. Zebron Kambuto says YES IT CAN BE DONE AND WE WILL CREATE A MILLION JOBS BY 2012. It is the good news after some delayde progress.
Sep 20th, 2003 - 03:15:23 |
Kondwani
AS WE CLICK ONE YEAR IN MALWI WE ARE OFFICIALLY TO LAUNCH THE CAMPAIGN AND START IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMMES THAT DIRECTLY EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS IS A COPY OF THE LETTER AND PROGRAMME SENT TO OUR PATRON. THE PRESIDENT OF MALAWI.
Youth Employment Network
YES-Malawi
EMPLOYABILITY.EMPOWERMENT.EQUITY.ENTREPRENUERSHIP.ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. EMPLOYMENT CREATION
Monday 15th September 2003
H.E. Dr. Bakili Muluzi
Patron
YES Malawi Campaign
Sanjika Palace
BLANTYRE
Your Excellency Sir,
Official Launch of the Youth Employment Campaign in Malawi
I am pleased to inform you that the Youth Employment Campaign will be officially launched in Malawi from the 19th to 20th December 2003 in Lilongwe.
The Youth Employment Summit was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (The Library of Alexandria) from the 7th to the 11th of September, 2002 launching a decade long of action to create at least 500 million jobs for the globe’s young people. Malawi, which is amongst the first nations to form a Youth Employment Summit Country Network, participated at the Summit.
As the decade long campaign has been launched, Malawi needs to charter its way forward in participating in this global campaign.
Multi-sectoral and dimensional participation is a key element in the campaign that will identify the key areas that Malawi can work out and reach an initial target of 200,000 direct employment being created and almost one million young people having guaranteed formal and informal employment at their end of basic education by the year 2012.
The present Governments key agenda of poverty reduction is entirely dependent on how many young people; beneficiaries of various empowerment strategies are able to gain sustainable and productive livelihoods within this decade. To quote John F Kennedy a former President of the United States: “The Future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth”
YES-Malawi therefore writes to you as part of building partnerships towards empowerment of the young people-who make up the majority of our human capital for the next decade.
The programme, includes a day long YES-National conference where the national strategy will be officially launched and a Youth exposition to display various initiatives and programmes people are undertaking in areas of employment creation, credit access and provision, empowerment, skills training and transfer of technologies and general services provision to rural communities, young women and youth.
The Youth Employment Network Malawi, has a patron, Advisory team and Steering team currently being a supported by the existence of a Core Team of Government Agencies and selected Youth NGO’s directly involved in Youth employment and empowerment initiatives.
Our strategy available on-line on www.yesweb.org/YES-Malawi focuses on six areas of:
1. Entrepreneurship and business capital/management support
2. Agro-processing
3. Rural and young women special investments programme
4. Tourism
5. Information, Communication Technology
6. Youth Employment Policy enactment
The main four working areas to implement the programmes for Malawi includes: Policy, Capacity Building, Research and Advocacy to ensure their implementation
YES-Campaign does not seek to set up a new organization but enhance coordination between various stakeholders mainly Government and public sector services providers, the private sector, Civil Society and individuals willing to support development at grassroots level.
We therefore write to request for partnership statues including provision of documentation on any initiatives that you have undertaken to empower communities, programmes and future plans and support available that young people can tap from.
YES Malawi network also seeks for your financial, material and human resource support towards the national launch of the campaign and the initial YES-Campaign fund to empower various sectors of youth development.
YES does not advocate for financial capital, though it might be required as contingency funds to support required capital equipment provided under the programme.
This also serves as an official invitation for you sir to inaugurate the campaign in Malawi. Find the attached documents of the programme and our needs.
We are looking forward to your support in creating a sustainable livelihood for a young Malawian.
Yours in youth services:
Kondwani Bell Munthali
Country Coordinator
National Launch of the YES Campaign, Malawi Youth Expo
19-20 December 2003. LILONGWE
Theme: Young people: Malawi’s key resource in development
Tentative Programme
19 December
8:00-8:45: Official opening by the Minister of Youth/YES honorary advisor
9:00: YES Campaign Framework-Global update- YES Network Malawi/Regional YES
Office if available
9:30: Youth Employment in Malawi- Opportunities/Initiatives available- NYCOM
Ø Policies that Govern youth, entrepreneurship and skills development-Department of Youth
Ø YES Malawi structures-YES Coordinator
Ø YES National Strategy-YES Coordinator
10:30: Panel discussions on the presentations
13:00: Adoption of the National Strategy
17:00: Official launch of the First National Youth Expo- Ministers Responsible
20 December
07:00: Youth Expo 03 Malawi opens to the Public
09:00: Patron or Guest of Honour arrives at the Youth Expo-Tour the exposition.
10:00 Official activities of the YES Malawi National launch-Guest of Honour-Patron
Ø Displays by selected youth organizations
Ø Official commitments to the campaign by YES SADC, Government, Private Sector, Civil Society and individual models.
Ø YES Malawi medals of honour for ten individuals and institutions that have worked to empower rural youth, young women and vulnerable groups.
Ø Official launch by the Honorary Patron of the Youth Employment Campaign in Malawi.
19:00: Fundraising dinner for the National Youth Employment Fund. Raffle draw
Launched in October.
End of National launch programme
Required support for the National Launch:
1. Venue for the National launch in Lilongwe
2. Venue for the fundraising dinner
3. Transport for the preparatory and main event
4. Meals for participants to the National Youth Employment Conference
5. Stationery for the events
6. Publicity and advertising for the national launch
7. Medals of honour for 30 people-10 in each category
8. Prizes for various fundraising initiatives
9. Banners and production support for flyers, special youth newsletters and radio programmes on youth employment in Malawi
10. Direct participation at the Youth Expo with product and services display and throughout the official launching programme
11. Donation to the Youth Employment Fund.
Tentative Participants to the National Youth Employment conferences:
1. Youth organizations
2. Government departments responsible for various policies and programmes on poverty reduction and economic empowerment initiatives.
3. Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry-MCCI
4. Civil Society and Religious communities
5. Role model entrepreneurs/Young parliamentarians
6. Companies and interested institutions
7. Political parties interested in youth employment initiatives
8. Education and Training Institutions
9. YES SADC partners
10. Regional Youth Networks
National Fundraising support plan for National conference and the launch:
September 2003: Mr./Miss YES Malawi competitions: Two role model youth as ambassadors for Youth Employment Campaign in Malawi and raising the consequences of youth unemployment such as HIV/Aids, drug and substance abuse, early pregnancies or marriages, school drop out and available opportunities in investing in youth employment. They shall also serve as part of publicity of the national campaign and youth expo 03.
October 03: Four afternoon musical shows with young musicians in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu. Launch fundraising raffle draw for the fund and the National Youth Employment conference.
November 03: Special fundraising braai for young professionals and Public debate on the role of youth in national development to be conducted at main centers. Launch paid for publicity campaign for the conference and national launch.
December 03: Special pre-mass bus or train rides. Fundraising Dinner.
Total financial requirements
This can be substituted
National Youth Employment Conferences: K 550 000. 00
Malawi Youth Expo 2003: 155 000. 00
YES Campaign launch: 167 000.00
Fundraising seed capital: 250 000.00
National Youth Employment Fund: 5 000 000. 00
Total costs: K 6 022 000.00
These figures are based on tentative budget. Donations can be in form of equipment as seed loan to young innovative ideas, hall for the conference, meals, transport in form of bus or fuel vouchers, prizes for the winners in various categories, meals for the fundraising dinners or delegates to the conference, conference materials such as cloth with YES and donors logo or message such as HIV/Aids this can also include stationery and boards for the exhibition, radio, newspapers and television adverts for the fundraising events including the national Youth Expo and Launch, commitment of service to young entrepreneurs such as Training in business or special skills through special grant or provision of capital equipment such as Cell phone or ground lines as mode of business or tricycles for small-scale products selling and packaging or even out-let marketing of youth products in shops. All this will be able to reduce the final budgeted items.
All donations will be acknowledged in the media.
We could appreciate if this communication can be given to most of your members
Contact persons:
Kondwani Munthali or Executive Director
Country Coordinator National Youth Coun
YES Malawi P/Bag 389
Box 1568 Capital City
LILONGWE LILONGWE
Physical:
MBC area 4 opp. Onions
Mema Studios Old Town
LILONGWE LILONGWE
Cell: 09 957 331 01 751 593
Tel: 01 677 839/ 01 724 377 01 751 593
Email: kmunthali@yahoo.com nycom@sdnp.org.mw
Structures and nominated persons:
Patron: His Excellency President Dr. Bakili Muluzi or designated representative
National Advisory Team:
Members
1. Dr. Chinkhuntha Phiri-farmer (innovative skills)
2. Chief Executive Press Corporation
3. Chairman- Sports and Culture Trust Fund
4. Mr. Dumisani Nyoni Youth Employment Summit Coordinator (US)
5. The Minister Responsible for Youth
6. The Minister Responsible for Labour
7. The Minister of Education
8. The Minister responsible for Tourism
9. The Minister Responsible for agriculture
10. The Council for Non-Governmental Organisation- Congoma
11. Presidential Advisor on Civil Society
12. The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
13. United Nations systems coordinator
14. The Development of Malawian Traders Trust-DEMAT
15. The Malawi Entrepreneurship Development Institute-MEDI
16. The Malawi Industrial Technology and Research and Development Centre-MITDRC
The National Steering Team:
Co-Chairperson: Honourable Sam Mpasu-Minister of Commerce and Industry
Co-Chairperson: Rt. Honourable Ms. Loveness Gondwe
Members:
Mr. Fryson Chodzi-Centre
Mr. Prince Lwanja- North
Regional Youth Coordinator for South
YES Desk Officer National Youth Council
YES Desk officer Department of Youth
Consultative Members
Local (role model) entrepreneurs
Mr. Mike Chilewe- Mikes Trading Centre
Ms. Mary Malunga
Young politicians
Hon. Roy Comsy
Hon. Salim Bhagus
Hon. Chikoti Kumbuyo
Hon. Frank Mwenefumbo
Institutions
The National Youth Council
The Donor representatives
UNICEF
UNDP
TEVETA
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Tourism Association of Malawi
The representative of the Employers Consultative Association of Malawi-ECAM
The President, University of Malawi Students Union
Student representative of Technical and Vocational programmes
NABW
Financial services
National Bank of Malawi
Stanibic Bank
FINCA Malawi representative
PRIDE Africa representative
Loita Investment Bank Chief Executive
First Merchant Bank representative
Finance Bank of Malawi
Religious
Representative of the Muslim Association of Malawi
Representative Christian Council of Malawi
Youth NGO’s
Andiamo Youth Campus
CEYCA
Forum for youth ladders
Consultative membership:
Interested individual companies
Media houses
Business persons
Aug 22nd, 2003 - 03:47:31 |
Kondwani
YES MALAWI AFTER ONE YEAR FROM ALEXANDRIA HAS BEEN GREATLY SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. WE SAY A PUBLIC THANK YOU!
His Excellency the President Dr. Bakili Muluzi for accepting to be the patron of the campaign. The Right Honourable Chakufwa Chihana for his commitment expressed to the campaign, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Henry Mussa MP, Minister of Commerce and Industry Honourable Sam Mpasu MP, Honourable Mrs. Alice Sumani MP. Minister of Gender and Community Services, Honourable Mrs. Mary Kaphwereza Banda MP, minister responsible for HIV/Aids, Chief Lukwa of Kasungu, Honourable Dr. Ken Lipenga MP. Honourable Mrs. Mary Nyandovi Kerr, MBC, Nation Publications and Malawi News. FM 101 and Calvary Family Radio. Air Malawi limited. Mr. Aleke Banda. UNICEF. National Youth Council and the Department of Youth. Andiamo Youth Cooperative in Balaka. TEVETA. Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
Aug 22nd, 2003 - 03:45:44 |
Kondwani
Did you know! That YES Malawi initiative nominees for the Advisory team have also progressed as candidates or into major political, social and economic posiitons within one year of hteir nominations. Join the YES Malawi team- It is the winning team. Check documents and the list of names. New and final list coming out soon.
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