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‘Youth’ in the Ministry of Youth and Sports

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24 Jul 2020

The Mandate and Core business of the Ministry of Youth and Sports is to provide policy direction and guidance on all matters pertaining to empowerment of Malawian youths and management of all sporting activities.  The Ministry exists to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate youth programs as well as develop, direct, promote and control all sporting activities through youth empowerment and mass participation in order to have a healthy and productive citizen. Historically, the combinat [...]

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The Psychological Cost of Education

By Chimwemwe Manyozo
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01 Nov 2019

I was working in the open space. Chasing one deadline that was giving me a tough time. I was directly facing the steps. From afar, one would think that I was checking out all the folks who were passing through the stairs. Funny enough I was too zoned in into my work. Some minutes after, one of my classmates comes by. I have known her the entire semester, and I could tell that something was just not right. She neither waited to be invited to take her seat nor did she ask me if I was free to liste [...]

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Young People are the greatest asset for Africa

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12 Dec 2018

‘We have something that the rest of the world doesn’t have, and it is not the minerals on the ground, that is the easy stuff, that is the lazy stuff.  The one thing that Africa is the younger generation, the human capital. And we must create the space and opportunity, for young people to feel they can bring their full selves and their capability. If we do that, there is no limit to what we can achieve”- Maria Ramos, Commissioner, Pathways for Prosperity Commission Technology and Inclusive Develo [...]

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Lessons from Leading Youth Initiatives in Malawi

By Chimwemwe Manyozo
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05 May 2018

This blog is as a result of a few meetings that I have had with fellow youth leaders in my country, Malawi, who have been asking me to share some of the lessons I have learned from running youth initiatives in Malawi. For the past four years, I have lead two youth initiatives, Youth to Youth Empowerment, and Maphunziro265 as founding national coordinator and Co-founder and CEO respectively. Let me take this opportunity to state that I am not the founder of Youth to Youth Empowerment. Tayani Vinc [...]

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The Story of How I got the Chevening Scholarship

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03 May 2018

I worked hard. I approached a lot of people to make sure that I get this scholarship. I kept pushing all my referees to draft that reference letter. I did not want anything to stand in the way of my scholarship. I finally submitted the application. Then, I waited for feedback. Hours turned into days, and days into months. Lastly, I got the email.   It read as follows: An enormous number of qualified candidates applied for these awards. An independent shortlisting panel was formed to assess appli [...]

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Review of Zathu Band previous performances, and Stories from the road

By Chimwemwe Manyozo
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11 Apr 2018

I loved Zathu band, because someday I would like to be a musician-Bisa Primary School Zathu band has been in Malawi since April 2017  Zathu and has performed in various places. In October 2017, Zathu had Roadshows to launch season 2  of Zathu pa Wailesi radio programme. The roadshow consisted of 9 days on the road, back to back schedule of events, almost daily, in 10 schools, 10 towns across Zomba, Machinga, Lilongwe and Mzuzu. Zathu recently launched their album, Chinzathu Ichichi. You can down [...]

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