World Vision Malawi Trains Children In Journalism
By Emily Kaliwo
Chiradzulu, May 15, Mana: World Vision Malawi has trained 75 children from Sub-Traditional Authority Onga in Chiradzulu in writing skills to enable them report on child abuse cases in their areas after observing that most cases of child abuse went unreported to authorities.
In an interview on Friday after three day training, World Vision Malawi, Team Leader for Onga area, Ephrida Nkhata said the organization was compelled to introduce “Child Journalism” in the area because there was no reporting mechanism of child abuse cases.
“We’ve introduced the program through a project in the area which aims at empowering children to write on issues that affect them including developmental issues taking place in their area, monitoring their fellow children’s welfare in education and health and also a career guidance to those that want to pursue Journalism in future,” she said.