Youth work has been enhancing the lives of young people and adults in Malawi since the introduction of democracy in the country. When democracy was introduced in Malawi, there were a lot of youth organisations established mostly in urban areas. The most notable ones in the early years were Blantyre Young Voices and Youth Arm Organisation both were founded and run by young people.

Blantyre Young Voices was formed in February 1994 and was founded by Chimwemwe Matonga who was then a student at Zingwanwa Secondary school and was operating through Save the Children Fund of Malawi where The Executive Secretary Mrs Magret Ali was a Matron of the club.

Ndamyo Mwagoma (late) with other young people founded Youth Arm Organisation which also pioneered a youth talk show on a MBC Radio, this program was the first of this kind addressing real youth issues but also giving young people a platform to voice out on issues that affect their lives but largely HIV/AIDS read more >>>.

Gender issues are not complex but the old belief system that exists in our society is making the concept of gender a very volatile topic to dwell on. In Malawi the new dispensation coupled with international and regional instruments added value to the struggle against gender inequality.

The development of gender law informed by international and regional perspectives, has resulted in the improvement of the rights of women. These include: The United National Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the protocol on the rights of Women in Africa Read More >>>

Network for Youth Development is facilitating organisational Development trainings to its partner organisations in Malawi, the trainings are aimed at creating a sustainable partnership and building the capacity of partner organisations. The trainings have targeted the following youth organisations; Luchenza Youth Organisation, Children Development Promotion, Save the Adolescents Organisation, Girls Development Association, Youth Support for Social Advancement, Nkhotakota Youth Organisation, Girls with a Vision, Media and Technology Society, Youth Against the Pandimic, CHANCO Active Youth for Development. These are the organisations that will be trainined in the first phase.

Organizational development is the process of exploring, identifying, adopting, and fully utilizing the practices, principles, and programs that drive and sustain a purposeful, productive, and powerful organization so it can better adapt to new information, technologies, markets, opportunities, and challenges. In short, organizational development grows the capacity of an organization to fulfil its mission and program objectives Read More >>>