Youth Initiative for Community Development (YICOD) Executive Director, Andrew Bwanali, has expressed his satisfaction with the pass-on programme for livestock currently being implemented in the area of Traditional Authority Kachere in Dedza district.
He made this expression after a successful pass-on event in which primary beneficiaries of livestock passed on 91 chickens to 25 other identified beneficiaries in their communities.
Youth Initiative for Community Development (YICOD) together with its partners convened a National-Youth led dialogue to demand Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) as well as Youth-Friendly Health Services (YFHS) in Malawi.
The dialogue provided a platform for young people to present their challenges and recommendations on YFHS/SRHR programming, follow up on the implementation of key recommendations agreed upon at previous National Youth Conferences on youth- targeted HIV and AIDS and SRHR also amplified their voices and drove substantial change towards better SRH/YHS financing and accountability in Malawi.
In a bid to enhance the nutritional status of women and promote food security alongside WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) practices, YICOD has initiated a ground-breaking initiative aiming to integrate financial inclusion with nutrition-sensitive practices among vulnerable communities.
In the area of Traditional Authority Kachere, settled within the villages of Kachere and Fosa, a noteworthy transformation has taken root, reshaping the lives of communities once plagued by health challenges and nutritional deficiencies.
The Sexual, Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH+N) Youth Platform, comprising the Youth Initiative for Community Development (YICOD), All for Youth, and Phalombe Youth Arms (PYAO), recently engaged the Ministerial Directors of Health, Budget, and Finance to address concerns regarding the government's failure to meet the Abuja Declaration's health budget threshold.