Malawi

Action Aid - Malawi

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Health
• Poverty Eradication
• Sustainable Development
• Training
• Water Supply and Sanitation

Purpose:

To work with children, families and communities to alleviate poverty and to improve living conditions through sustainable development.

Illustrative Project:

Institutional capacity building (an integrated programme that comprises education, health, family planning, water supply and sanitation, food security and nutrition, agriculture, IGA and village access); national nutrition interventions on HIV/AIDS awareness, small holder seed projects, 'fuelwood' project; training courses on education, environment, health, nutrition; training for social change; rapid participatory appraisal skills; maintaining resource centre/library.

Active Youth Initiative for Social Enhancement

Action Areas:

• Conservation
• Drug Abuse
• Employment Creation
• Environment
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Rehabilitation

Purpose:

To curb moral decay; to promote human rights and unity; to promote environmental protection, rehabilitation and conservation; economic empowerment of young people; to support talented young people.

Illustrative Project:

Drug and alcohol abuse awareness programmes; awareness raising programmes on HIV/AIDS and sexuality for in-school and out-of-school young people; awareness raising on human rights and provision of legal advice; advocating environmental rehabilitation through the encouragement of youth and community participation in tree planting activities (e.g. over 10,000 participants on a territory of about 20 hectares); rehabilitation of drug addicts.

Active Youth Organization

Action Areas:

• Drug Abuse
• Education
• Environment
• Sports

Purpose:

To sensitize children and youth about the importance of education; to promote environmental education amongst youth and children and active participation in environmental protection; to help children and youth to know their rights and their responsibilities in a democratic society; to combat drug and alcohol abuse among children and youth; to contribute to a constructive dialogue between the generations.

Illustrative Project:

Games and activities; creative expressions such as drama; video shows; broadcasting programmes; publication of a newsletter; different workshops.

Association for the Rehabilitation of Beggars and Street Children

Action Areas:

• Education
• Family Planning
• HIV/AIDS
• Income Generating Activities
• Street Children
• Vocational Training

Purpose:

To contribute to improved living conditions of active and potential beggars, street children and their families; to assist communities to establish orphan-care community based programmes.

Illustrative Project:

Resettlement of beggars in villages, rebuilding houses, income generating skills and food security; orphan-care community based programmes; education - vocational training and counseling; family planning: dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS; material provision: basic needs such as food, clothes, blankets, etc.; technical provision: skill training on tailoring, paper recycling; logistical provision: photocopies, typewriters, etc.

Association of Pre-School Playgroups

Action Areas:

• Education
• Pre-School Education

Purpose:

To promote optimal conditions for the well being and development of children; to coordinate pre-school services; to train and provide assistance to pre-school workers, teachers and parents' committees; to provide basic play materials and equipment to pre-schools.

Illustrative Project:

Networking across more than 100 pre-school playgrounds; educational pre-school play groups in residential courses of various length; provision of accommodation facilities (40 beds and 4 dormitories); provision of technical training facilities/skills for pre-schools.

Blantyre Young Voices Organisation

Action Areas:

• Child Abuse
• Children's Rights
• Social Services

Purpose:

To conduct awareness raising campaigns on children's rights; to monitor and follow-up abuse cases; to promote skills and talents of youngsters.

Illustrative Project:

Skills training through individual exchange at group level; sportive activities; delivery of community based social services; "keep-them-busy" projects; out-of-school volunteer projects; establishment of a home-based orphan care; establishment of a national commission for children.

Centre for Social Research

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Credit
• Democracy
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Housing
• Micro-Finance
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Structural Adjustment
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To conduct research, training and consultancy.

Illustrative Project:

We have carried out several projects of biomass production and marketing; child immunization; and projects regarding credit recovery problems of small holders have been carried out.

Cheshire Homes Malawi

Action Areas:

• Development
• Disabilities
• Rehabilitation

Purpose:

To help disabled children and youth to be active in development activities; to teach young people to be less dependent on others.

Illustrative Project:

Rehabilitation projects; day care programmes; skills development; residential programmes; provision of information about disabilities and physiotherapy, occupational therapy as well as specific education and counseling.

Chidumula Initiatives Organic Farming

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Combating Poverty
• Community Development

Purpose:

Promote organic farming using decomposed matters; contribute to food self-sufficiency and economic empowerment.

Illustrative Project:

Hands on training of farmers.

Chilumba Youth Association

Action Areas:

• Drug Abuse
• Economic Development
• Gender Analysis
• Policy Formulation

Purpose:

To lobby for government support for youth development projects and economic activities; to voice the views of young people and to influence legislation or policy which affect young people; to foster close co-operation and consultation with governmental bodies; to educate and sensitize young people on the dangers of drug abuse, sexual immorality and early marriages, on the value of higher education and on gender issues.

Illustrative Project:

Activities to sensitize the youth on health matters, sexual issues, higher education and cultural and traditional values; launching of a campaign against drug abuse.

Christian Service Committee

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Cooperatives
• Credit
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Health
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Mental Health
• Physical Health
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training

Purpose:

To facilitate, promote and in certain cases implement sustainable participatory development initiatives of member churches for disadvantaged groups.

Illustrative Project:

Human rights workshops.

Civil Liberties Committee

Action Areas:

• Human Rights
• National Policy
• Research
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To address human rights abuse issues by civic education, counseling, legal referrals, to  convince lawyers to take human rights cases without fee or by receiving less deposit.

Illustrative Project:

Pioneered and coordinated a Prison Reform Committe; Issued a prison reform "New Hope" ( a quarterly); has produced a vernacular booklet on violence against women; has also carried out research on women and juveniles in prison, funded by the European Human Rights Commission.

Coordination Unit for the Rehabilitation of the Environment

Action Areas:

• Advocacy
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Enterprise Extensions Export
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• Institution Building
• Network
• Poverty Eradication
• Resource management
• Training

Purpose

Environmental protection.

Illustrative Project:

Upgrading sanitation, water and garbage collection in local communities.

Council for NGOs in Malawi

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Credit
• Democracy
• Disabled
• Economics
• Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Finance
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Management
• National Policy
• Research
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Structural Adjustment
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To promote and enhance the role of  NGOs in the  development of Malawi; to  improve the operational environment within which NGOs operate; to promote and facilitate coordination, collaboration and cooperation within the NGO community, the government of Malawi, the donor community and the commercial sector in Malawi; help members to develop strong institutional capacity; to further the standing of NGOs as competent, professional and suitable agents for development.

Illustrative Project:

CONGOMA has developed a directory of NGO activity in Malawi with information on type of activity, district of operation, sources of funding, mission of NGO, and so on. A resource centre and a directory of donors to help NGOs have easy access to funding have been created. Civic education program on democracy and governance focusing on voter education and human rights has been setup.

Council for Non-governmental Organizations in Malawi

Action Areas:

• Community Sustainable Development
• Education
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Micro-Finance
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Youth

Purpose

Promote networking and exchange of experiences among NGOs.

Illustrative Project:

Capacity-building and institution building.

Counselling of Adolescent Youth Organization

Action Areas:

• Drug Abuse
• Environment
• Gender Analysis
• Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Tree Planting

Purpose:

To promote self-understanding and independence among adolescents; to promote good conduct and discipline among the youth; to foster peace, love and tolerance; to provide civic education on equal rights; to provide leisure time and sportive activities in co-operation with other organizations.

Illustrative Project:

Counseling and awareness raising on reproductive health, sexual health, drug and alcohol abuse; recreational activities - such as excursions, etc.; environmental projects, such as tree planting, street cleaning and population issues; activities at the grassroots level to promote awareness on gender issues; establishing youth centres and pilot projects; successful integration of young people in difficult circumstances.

Disabled Women in Development

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Computer Literacy
• Credit
• Disabled
• Economics
• Education
• Employment Creation
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Management
• Poverty Eradication
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Violence
• Vocational Skills
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To promote women with disabilities through economic empowerment by building their self-confidence in running a business; to create staff employment for women with disabilities.

Illustrative Project:

The organization conducted a management training business skills course for women with disabilities.

Eye of The Child

Action Areas:

• Communication
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• Research

Purpose:

To promote and protect children's rights.

Illustrative Project:

The formation of the National Youth Council; the formulation of youth policy.

Good Samaritan Ministry

Action Areas:

• Aging
• Agriculture
• Child Care
• Community Sustainable Development
• Disabled
• Education
• Food and Nutrition
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Research

Purpose:

To help the needy. The organization is trying to improve the standard of living for widowed women, disabled persons and orphaned children, to offer primary education for street children and also offer health care centers.

The organization provides services to orphaned and street children and also provides shelters for widowed women.

Kakoloweko Health Education Service

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Communication
• Family Planning
• Finance
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Information
• Management
• Training

Purpose:

To improve the quality of life of the people by offering counseling services; to make the people become more aware of hygiene.

Illustrative Project:

Health education in schools, villages and workplaces, and health resources to communities in the form of publications and video and drama shows.

Mabulabo Voluntary Transformation Initiatives

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Agriculture
• Community Sustainable Development
• Democracy
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• Health
• Poverty Eradication
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To transform the welfare of our area of 590 km with a population of over 60,000 people in a remote part of Malawi. Sustainable agriculture for food security; to involve our members in various self-help projects for sustainable development; to involve our members in the environment, adult education, poverty eradication, HIV/AIDS, democracy (voter education and human rights).

Illustrative Project:

We have constructed our own health center on a self-help basis called Nchawaka Health Centre. The Health Centre is completed but we lack furnitures, equipment and medical supplies. We do need funding for training/capacity building and for our projects.

Malawi Congress of Trade Unions

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Disabled
• Education
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• National Policy
• Peace and Security
• Research
• Trade Unions
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To build effective trade unions based on democratic organizations of workers in their workplace; to promote the general level of prosperity and the standard of living for working people; to engage in civic education, social and communal welfare activities and advance economic security.

Malawi Institute of Democratic and Economic Affairs

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Economics
• Finance
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Management
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Structural Adjustment
• Trade Unions
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

The Malawi Institute of Democratic and Economic Affairs (MIDEA) was originally established for democratic education, training and economic research. When Malawi experienced conflict at both the leadership and grassroots level, MIDEA was called in to intervene. Since then the Institute's programme has also included conflict prevention and resolution. The Department of Conflict Resolution and Training develops and administers conflict resolution programmes, facilitates mediation processes, conducts early-warning monitoring and co-ordinates fact-finding missions. Training is also an important additional activity. The Institute is also involved in mediation efforts in Zambia's political conflict.

Illustrative Project:

MIDEA facilitated mediation between Government and opposition for 9 months. The opposition parties (Malawi Congress Party and Alliance for Democracy) boycotted parliament for 9 months on grounds of constitutional application and policy position. MIDEA facilitated the mediation until the opposition parties went back to parliament.

Malawi Media Women's Association

Action Areas:

• Community Sustainable Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Gender Analysis
• Small Business Development

Purpose:

To uplift women's issues and highlight their achievements and contributions to the economic, social and cultural development of the country.

Illustrative Project:

Advocate for a change of images of women in media and books.

Malawian Entrepreneurs Development Institute

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Employment Creation
• Entrepreneurship
• Research
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

To be a center of excellence in the development of entrepreneurship, technical training programmes, and business consulting for micro, small, and medium enterprises in Malawi.

Illustrative Project:

A number of businesses have been established/expanded throughout the country, some of which are used for practical training.

Movement for Malawi Youth

Action Areas:

• Drug Abuse
• Environment
• National Development
• Social Development

Purpose:

To promote the personal development and social education of young people; to provide loans to young people; to implement preventive measures against drug and alcohol abuse, criminality and rape; to ensure equal rights among the youth.

Illustrative Project:

Counseling; organizing political debates; environmental conservation; participation in national development projects; participation in district development committees.

National Association of Business Women

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Combating Poverty
• Community Sustainable Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Micro-Finance
• Small Business Development

Purpose

Build women's capacity and network for business development.

Illustrative Project:

Training on management, information technology and marketing.

National Family Planning Council

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Information
• Institution Building
• Research
• Training

Purpose:

To promote family planning services in Malawi through coordination, advocacy and support.

Illustrative Project:

Currently training family planning service providers and sensitising political leaders, the civil society  and general public.

Phwezi Foundation for Education

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Fisheries / Sea Fishing
• Primary Health Care ( PHC )
• Reforestation
• Secondary Education
• Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Training
• Vocational Training

Purpose:

To provide private primary education and vocational training programmes; to help develop small enterprises; reforestation projects; promote primary health care; agricultural projects, such as fish farming and promotion of crop diversity.

Illustrative Project:

Executed secondary education and vocational training programmes; developed small enterprises; reforestation projects; promoted primary health care; agricultural projects, such as fish farming and promotion of crop diversity.

Plan International Malawi

Action Areas:

• Community Development
• Conservation
• Development
• Environment
• Reforestation
• Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Training
• Tree Planting
• Water Supply and Sanitation

Purpose:

To enable deprived children, their families and respective communities in poor countries to meet their basic needs; to foster the improvement of the living conditions of the poor; to increase their capacity to contribute to the economic well-being of their societies.

Illustrative Project:

Educational activities, such as training materials and improvement of the infrastructure for teachers; environmental activities, such as reforestation projects, tree planting and soil conservation; development of small enterprises in the field of water and sanitation; community development; collaboration with other NGOs in similar areas.

Rumphi Youth Development Organization

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Awareness Raising / Sensitization
• Environment
• Fisheries / Sea Fishing
• HIV/AIDS
• Public Health
• Reforestation
• Training

Purpose:

To provide civic education and drama; to reduce drug and alcohol abuse, danger of AIDS/HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and infections, and teenager pregnancy; to reduce child labour; to promote reforestation; to promote IGA training for young people; to encourage young people to participate in development projects and their local community.

Illustrative Project:

Awareness raising campaigns on above mentioned issues using drama as an approach; environmental projects; public hygiene projects; IGA training; construction of fish pools and expositions of representative gardening.

Samaritan

Action Areas:

• Education
• Health
• Rehabilitation
• Street Children
• Training

Purpose:

To protect and promote welfare of street children and other marginalised groups of the society; to provide education for street children.

Illustrative Project:

Embarked on educational activities, such as basic teaching, skills training and personal hygiene; counseling activities; rehabilitation of street children.

Save the Children Fund Malawi

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Education
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Legal Issues
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Secondary Education
• Training

Purpose:

To help needy children, educate and feed  them; provide education on AIDS, orphan care and in children's rights to the youth; maintain a women's project on vegetable growing.

Illustrative Project:

The organization is working with schools, teaching children's rights and responsibilities; nutrition for  over 2000 children; education for over 70 children; setting up 29 children's rights clubs.

Scripture Union of Malawi

Action Areas:

• Children
• Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Religion
• Youth

Purpose:

To prevent the spread of AIDS through provision of education for families and primary school pupils; to encourage young people to participate in Christian educational activities.

Illustrative Project:

Monitoring children clubs in primary schools; running youth clubs in rural and urban areas; running bible study groups; preventive and educational measures on AIDS; co-operation with governmental bodies and the private sector.

St. John Ambulance

Action Areas:

• Child Care
• Family Planning
• HIV/AIDS
• Physical Health

Purpose:

To provide first aid to the public; to train the public in first aid; to render preventive health services to communities through primary health care.

Illustrative Project:

Participated in the Africa Crisis Response Peace Initiative.

Thandizani Ana

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Children
• Education
• Finance
• Food and Nutrition
• HIV/AIDS
• Income Generating Activities

Purpose:

To promote the rights of children according to the Convention on the Right's of the Child, in particular the three major principles outlined: provision, protection and participation.

Illustrative Project:

Annual award of 1500 scholarships for children; administration of secondary school grants; food security and advice on nutrition, supplementary feeding, growing of vegetables for income generation and balanced diet; preventive and educational activities on AIDS/HIV in home based centres; child protection; income generation for NGO sustainability.

The Malawi Institute of Democratic and Economic Affairs

Action Areas:

• Democracy
• Economics
• Voter Education

Purpose: 

An advocacy think tank organisation that focuses on human rights, governance and social economic justice. Aims to facilitate public debate on national issues.

Illustrative Project: 

Research and Documentation ( community and policy research); advocacy, peace and networking: advocates issues dealing with electoral process, debates on national issues; intervened against political violence in 1998-99 and managed to bring top leaders to a round table discussion; National Consultative Group provides a platform at national and local levels to allow civil society organisations to discuss various issues of national interest. 

The Students' Alliance for Rural Youth in Development

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Children
• Crafts
• Development
• Drug Abuse
• Farming
• Finance
• Management
• Youth

Purpose:

To promote involvement of students in national development activities; to promote adoption of appropriate technologies available at the University of Malawi; to cooperate closely with other organizations for the improvement of the situation of children and youth in rural areas; to provide counseling for rural youth on alcohol and drug abuse.

Illustrative Project:

Counseling; agriculture, in particular rabbit farming; business management; home crafts; important donation to the 'Queen Elisabeth Central Hospital'.

Titani Rural Youth Support Organization

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Awareness Raising / Sensitization
• Children's Rights
• Drug Abuse
• Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Music
• Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Sports
• Training

Purpose:

To provide educational activities, address youth and children's rights; to implement preventive measures on drug and alcohol abuse; to address reproductive health issues among young people; to advocate for participation of young people in decision making procedures and policy making.

Illustrative Project:

Organised awareness raising and campaigns on HIV/AIDS through cultural and creative performances, such as drama, dance, songs, discussions, etc.; sport activities as a preventive measure against boredom; training courses on various health related issues; running of a women's project on home management training; successful cooperation and networking with other organizations.

United Christian Womens Association of Malawi

Action Areas:

• Child Care
• Community Sustainable Development
• Education
• Environment
• Gender Analysis
• Housing
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication

Purpose:

To encourage women to participate fully in the development of several church activities and also to help the old, the needy, the orphans, street children, and other national causes. The organization encourages women to participate fully in eradicating ignorance among the populace and to understand what their rights are.

Illustrative Project:

Distribute clothes to people in various areas and also build more houses for the old people; enter into an agreement with the Government to build hostels for girls in some schools.

United Democratic Front - Youth

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Democracy
• Humanitarian Issues / Disaster Relief
• Politics

Purpose:

To promote democracy and liberalism. 85000 members.

Illustrative Project:

Drama; fund raising activities; disaster relief; participation in politics.

United Youth Organization

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Drug Abuse
• Education
• Family Planning
• HIV/AIDS
• Humanitarian Issues / Disaster Relief
• Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Youth

Purpose:

To protect youth from contracting HIV/AIDS and from drug or alcohol abuse; to render emergency assistance during natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, etc.; to encourage young people to become responsible leaders.

Illustrative Project:

Civic education on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, through drama and creative methods; family planning; organization of a seminar in 1996 on AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.

Vipya Women Development Association

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Aging
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Disabled
• Employment Creation
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Housing
• Literacy
• Poverty Eradication
• Training
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

To assist the social, economic, educational and cultural development of women and disabled people to improve their status.

Illustrative Project:

The organization has  been engaged in the training of women on how to run businesses, accounts, cash flow and handcrafts. Some 2,000 women have already been trained this way.

Women's World Banking

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Communication
• Credit
• Democracy
• Entrepreneurship
• Family Planning
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Information
• Institution Building
• Micro-Finance
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Savings
• Science and Technology
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

Women's World Banking is a non-governmental organization and aims at empowering the disadvantaged, including women, youth and men.

Illustrative Project:

Between 1996 and 1997 Women's World Banking has trained over 51,000 beneficiaries in small enterprise management and disbursed over K24 million (US$1.5 million) to 3,400 small-scale entrepreneurs to invest in small enterprises.

World Vision International - Malawi

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Community Sustainable Development
• Credit
• Disabled
• Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Literacy
• Physical Health
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Research
• Savings
• Secondary Education
• Small Business Development
• Training

Purpose:

World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and the oppressed. To promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God.

Illustrative Project:

Agriculture: The organization has been facilitating and providing farm input loans to marginalised farming families in order to contribute towards their household food security.

Education: The organization has facilitated communities to construct classrooms and teachers' houses that have made a difference on the school environment and has in turn contributed to the increase in school enrolment.

Youth Arm Organization

Action Areas:

• Children's Rights
• Communication
• Democracy
• Education
• Environment
• Girl Child
• Health
• Information
• Youth

Purpose:

To promote and protect the rights of children and youth; to prevent young people from drug and alcohol abuse and AIDS infection; to expose hidden talents of the youth; to participate in social economic activities with special focus on empowering girls; to promote environmental protection. 

Illustrative Project:

The organisation has 1200 members. It has been active in advocacy and lobbying for: youth participation in all relevant levels of decision-making procedures; personal and social development of young people to become responsible citizens; against violence in various forms, such as child labour, rape etc.; dissemination of information about AIDS, drug abuse and alcohol; distribution of information, educational and communicative activities in communities and schools; establishment of a drop-in centre; launching of a weekly radio programme 'Straight Talk' on the national radio.