Maria Nkhoma, who lives in the southern Malawi district of Balaka, recalls a time she would miss classes because there wasn’t enough food at home. With no food, the 17-year-old who is now in secondary school would remain at home to take care of domestic chores as her parents went around in search of menial jobs to feed their…
Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 – the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published on Tuesday. Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food on the table, governments are increasingly seeing the value of these initiatives, according to…
More needs to be done to fight children sexual abuse YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Unlike other types of abuses like physical or psychological torment, child sexual abuse in most cases happens secretly. This makes it difficult for culprits to be made answerable. In the first place, it is difficult to find data about children sexual abuse. Children exposed to being abused…