Issues Affecting Children and young people in Malawi
The situation of children in Malawi continues to be dire as evidenced by the following challenges, which require urgent attention:
- Poverty
- Violence against children
- Child marriages
- HIV and AIDS
- Inadequate school infrastructure and materials
- Child labour
- Teenage pregnancy
- Alcohol and drugs abuse
- Juvenile delinquency
- Social media
- Sex and sexuality
Our Impact
0
Total Reach
0
Female Reach
0
Male Reach
Repssi Work in Malawi
- Collaborates with Comic Relief and YWCA to improve maternal health services for adolescent mothers, and to improve the early childhood outcomes for the children of young mothers.
- Advocates on issues that affect adolescent mothers.
- Engaged in the Community Based Work with Children and Youth (CBWCY) programme in collaboration with Magomero College
- Enhanced the capacity of MAGGA to implement a programme on ending child marriage through extra curricula clubs in primary schools
- Built the capacity of YWCA volunteers in psychosocial support
