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Nov 28th, 2006 - 12:35:07 |
Kondwani
The YES Country Network has been idle for sometime, but members should strive to contact the National Youth Council of Malawi fo the latest update on the programmes. A new programme will be implemented within 2007 to support Vocational skills training in collaboratio with the Youth Development Network of South Africa. Currently please send your comments of what you would want theYES Malawi to be focusing on and the need for a five year strategy to cover the last years of the campaign.
Feb 20th, 2006 - 04:11:01 |
Kondwani
youth@work
The Malawi National Youth Dialogue
..Youth empowerment, employment and participation…
Wednesday 8th February 2006
Press Release
To all Media Houses
National Youth Week April 30 to May 6, 2006
As young people, through the Malawi National Youth Dialogue a project on advocacy and empowerment, we are submitting a proposal to the people of Malawi to host a National Youth Week from the 30th April to 6th May 2006.
During this period, the young Malawians in all 29 districts will be mobilised through youth organisations, schools and religious institutions to volunteer community work, as a gesture of patriotism and also ownership of community development.
This process will stimulate young people in local communities to be part of self help projects voluntarily at the same time instilled with the spirit of patriotism to defend the interest of the nation first by supporting local development.
This is an initiative of the young people to mobilise each other and voluntary identify projects in various communities that we can work on during the stated week.
The event has no political, religious or particular target grouping setting, but asking young people, from young professionals in offices to young farmers in the garden. The programme will be run on voluntary and willing basis.
Since multi-party democracy came into Malawi, young people have been viewed negatively in most spheres of development. In Education, examinations results have not been encouraging. In politics, they have been labelled as ‘young demons’ especially between 1999 to 2003. The same applied during the one party regime.
The National Youth Week will therefore be celebrating the power of young people in a different way. The power to be enthusiastically part of National development. The power of young people to use their energies for the community self help initiatives. This is the power that young Malawians posses.
Malawi Young people have built an impressive image in the fields of HIV and Aids awareness, Environmental Conservations and Human Rights and Good Governance. There are more than 70 registered Youth NGO’s in Malawi, close to 400 Community based organisations and more that 3,000 youth clubs.
The Youth Week will target at least achieving 5000 community projects in the fields of maintenance of road network, bridges, cleaning of Hospitals, Schools and other public service facilities.
Other projects to be tackled during the week including building Community Centres, Orphan’s support centres, donating relief items to the sick, the elderly and the poor and young professionals will be encouraged to undertake role model tours in schools and other public places to motivate many hundreds rural youth to be actively involved in education.
In awareness, the Young people of Malawi will use this week to renounce Child Labour, Violence and Sexual abuse of young females, Child Trafficking, promotion and protection of the girl Child, increase awareness on HIV and Aids, dangers of Drug and Substance abuse and also participation of young people in implementation of the National Economic Growth Strategy, Malawi Rural Development Fund, Decentralisation and Local Assemblies, Malawi Social Action Fund and Millennium Developmental Goals.
Official opening: 30th April 2006 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
The events will start at the Blantyre Clock Tower, with ‘Run a Mile for Food’ fundraising sponsored run. We expect the Guest of Honour accompanied by the Honourable Minister of Youth, Cabinet Ministers, and Opposition party leaders; including Religious and Civil Society will take part in the run to Kamuzu Stadium.
In front of the group will be a National Unity torch, symbolising a united nation working for the future. All proceeds to the run will be for Orphans, Child headed households and young girls victims of various forms of abuse and harassment.
At the gates of Kamuzu Stadium, the Guest of Honour shall receive a National Unity torch and with it alongside all other national leaders invited, will lit 29 torches each representing a district in Malawi.
Thereafter, there will be a National Youth Rally, a showcase of development that has taken in Malawi since 1964. The youth rally will also celebrate the lives of our State President His Excellency Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika and also of his predecessors Dr. Bakili Muluzi and the late Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda.
Young people drawn from the City of Blantyre will be trained in gymnastics, aerobics and displays after school hours and the work in communities during the week will also be done after school hours.
Appeal
The Malawi National Youth Dialogue has sent hundreds of letters appealing for moral, material and financial support with an estimated cost of K8.5 million.
We wish to appeal to all people of goodwill, that for long have been concerned with the future of this nation to come up and support the programme.
The National Youth Week is the only time, we can train young Malawians to become patriots and responsible citizens within their communities at the country as a whole.
Incidents of vandalism of public property, criminal activities and lack of self help spirit require a strategic national approach to move young people to own their communities.
President of the United States John F. Kennedy, challenged in his statement; “The future of any nation is measured by the present prospects of its youth.”Endquote. As parents, guardians and responsible citizens, we can all agree that the present prospects of young Malawians leaves a lot to be desired.
All donations or requests for further information on the project can be channelled through:
The National Coordinator
2006 National Youth Week project
Malawi National Youth Dialogue
P.O Box 1568
LILONGWE
Tel: 01 772 248
Fax: 01 770 680
Email: kmunthali@yahoo.com or malawinationalyouthdialogue@yahoo.ca
Yours in Youth Service,
Kondwani Bell Munthali
National Representative to the Commonwealth Youth Programme
Coordinator- Malawi National Youth Dialogue
Dec 5th, 2005 - 05:05:36 |
Kondwani
A year after quiting as Coordinator of the Youth Employment Summit-YES Malawi, I have decided to resume the process which has completely come to a halt in Malawi. I hope this time we will be able to appreciate the contributions that we all make individually. However my work is only in the interim capacity as we work with the National Youth Council to identify a permanent structure and individuals. I still coorinate the YEN Malawi process and the Representation of Young Malawians at the Commonwealth. I hope to develop linkages on areas that the three programmes an work together. Lastly could all those intending to travel to KENYA be in touch for a preparatory meeting to be held at the Ministry of Youth, Capital Hill early January 2006 that we can agree on logistics.
Sep 24th, 2004 - 09:25:49 |
Kondwani
Malawi delegation is yet to be confirmed as of 12 noon this Friday. Please those with alternative suggestions call Kondwani on 09 957 331 and we sort out the mess. Ticket for the coordinator is yet to be paid by Boston and very unlikely that our schedules will materialise.
Sep 7th, 2004 - 07:50:22 |
Kondwani
The following is the list, including George Kayange and Zione Ntaba that have had their Visa approved for the Mexico programme. I am suggesting that we depart around 25th September and spend two days in South Africa to sort out the Visa's before proceeding to Mexico. There will be a requirement for a a face to face interview:
Kondwani:
I just want to inform you that the visas for your colleagues from Malawi has been approved from the National Institute of Migration in Mexico. You will have to contact the Mexican Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa and pick up your visas from there in person. All applicants must have a face to face interview. For those in Lilongwe, can we meet at 11 oclock at the National Youth Council on Monday the 13th of September. The address is below ok.
Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
P.O. Box 9077, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa
(27-12) 362-2822/29
embamexza@mweb.co.za
The names of delegates whose visas has been approved are:
1. Chewana Abrey Elfrik
2. Kanyumba Lucious
3. Kopa Tawina Jane
4. Phiri Sonkho Crispin Alexander
5. Sineta Charles Akuliine
Have you sent me your passport copy yet? Fax or scan it today if you can so that I can get the approval for you. Please coordinate with Clayton at the YES office in Joberg copied above ok.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Bremley
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