Year: 2026

Join the YONECO Cultural Troupe and Manong’onong’o of Msendewere Tree for a captivating live performance of “Siine Mbeta.” 📅 Date: Friday, 10 July 2026 🕑 Time: 2:00 PM 📍 Venue: Signature Come for an inspiring storytelling experience that celebrates cultural heritage while delivering meaningful lessons through music, drama, and traditional storytelling

Limited understanding of disaster risks is among the factors that increase people’s vulnerable to the impacts of climate-related hazards. In 2025, YONECO, with support from Foundation S, trained the members of Gumba Village Disaster Risk Management Committee (VDRMC) in Machinga in disaster risk reduction and community-based hazard mapping. Recognizing the importance of a hazard mapping,…

Just like many parts of Malawi, Malaria has been a common illness in communities around Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwambo in Zomba district particularly in the rainy season when health facilities recorded hundreds of malaria cases particularly among children under five. Additionally, due to issues of climate change, the rainy seasons are also being characterized by…

VSLA Initiative Helps Rural Woman Build Climate Resilience In many rural villages across Malawi; disasters recovery is often as hard as the disaster itself. Rural areas typically do not offer enough employment opportunities. Worse still, communities also have little access to capital. As such, most households rely solely on subsistence farming. Consequently, this leaves them…

Our team conducted a governance and human rights awareness session at Nambazo in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kadewere in Chiradzulu district. The sessions aimed to empower community members to actively participate in local development processes. During the meeting, community members were encouraged to utilise established structures, such as Village Development Committees (VDCs) and…

Community members from the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mposa, Machinga, have commended the positive impact of the Making Communities Resilient to Climate Change-Induced Health Challenges Project during a review meeting held on 9 and 10 June in the area. The meeting brought together 30 community members representing the youth, Area Disaster Risk Management Committee…

Today, on World Day Against Child Labour, YONECO joins the global call to end child labour and protect every child’s right to learn, play, and achieve their full potential. This year’s theme, “Red Card to Child Labour: Fair Play for Children, Decent Work for Adults,” reminds us that children belong in classrooms and playgrounds—not in…