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Winrock International has trained 20 Mzimba District Child Labour Committee (DCLC) members on child labour prevention and response against the vice whose rate of prevalence nationally is pegged at 38 per cent, according to 2015 National Child Labour Survey.
Baloyi (r) with some of the participants, pic by Zenak Matekenya – Mana.
The three-day trainer of trainers (TOT) which ended Friday in Mzuzu comes ahead of rolling out of a project dubbed Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (Arise) in Mzimba North which aims to promote primary education and formulate child labour structures at grassroots.
The TOT focused on child rights treaties, laws, child labour mainstreaming and resource mobilization among others.
Low Funding Choking Fight Against GBV in Mzimba South Bernard Nangwale: We receive K200,000 a month from central government photo by Vanani Nyirenda
Mzimba South district social welfare office says insufficient funding from the government is hampering its efforts to fight gender based violence as cases are still on the rise in the district.
District Social Welfare Officer Bernard Nangwale said his office receives a monthly allocation of 200, 000 kwacha which is not adequate.
Nangwale made the remarks during a district level commemoration of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence on Thursday under the theme, End gender based violence: Prevent, Report, Respond and Fund.