By Nyozomo Gondwe St Mathias Parish, under the Diocese of Karonga, has trained seventy-six (76) Sunday school instructors for both Junior and Senior Sunday school in order to improve their teaching skills and quality of catechetical lessons. Speaking during the training, Parish Priest for St Mathias Parish, Father Bernard Silungwe encouraged instructors to be dedicated…
By Benjamin Msowoya On 2nd June 2018, the Diocese of Karonga saw Sunday school children from Chitipa Deanery of the Diocese scooping both awards during the quiz and choir competitions that took place at St Joseph the Worker Cathedral. The competition took place in two categories, quiz and choir. In the quiz category, the winning…
By Leah Nyondo On Monday this week, the Caritas Commission, which is the social development arm, of the Diocese of Karonga began a three day planning and review meeting at St Kizito Conference Centre in Chitipa District. The meeting was attended by all officers under the commission which included desk officers, project officers, field officers…
By Deodatus Muriya The Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga Monsignor Denis Chitete conducted a monitoring tour in the Diocese to appreciate the progress being made in the various projects being implemented by the Diocese. The monitoring tour which started on 29th May, 2018 and ended on 1st June, 2018 saw the Vicar General…
By Elijah Banda The Development Desk of Karonga Diocese is promoting Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) among small scale farmers in order to increase crop production under Integrated Rural Development Project. The project is being implemented in four traditional authorities namely, Mwenewenya, Mwenemisuku, and Mwabulambiya in Chitipa and Kyungu in Karonga District. The use of sustainable…
By Vincent Bwinga (Justice and Peace) Civil Society Organizations in Karonga have expressed their commitment to advocate for an enabling domestic policy and legal framework that will see the enforcement and adoption of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) policy for community rights in Extractive Industries. The CSOs made this commitment during a three day…
By Louis Nkhata The Justice and Peace Desk of Karonga Diocese with the project coined “Promotion of High Quality, Accountable and Responsive Health Service Delivery” with funding from OSISA ( Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) held a youth conference on 2nd June, 2018. The youth conference came at a time when out of school…
By Elijah Banda Malawi is ranked among one of the poorest countries with about 53% of population living below the poverty line. The major source of livelihood is agriculture through direct employment, particularly the farming households, and others employed indirectly through organizations and companies working with farmers as extension agents and marketers. The agricultural sector…
By Paul Lonely Mwandira It was a youth weekend for St Michael’s Parish on 04th-06th May, 2018 when youth from 10 different schools within St Michael’s and St John Paul II’s parishes gathered at St Michael’s Parish. The youth weekend was celebrated under the theme, “youth as agents of change”. Different talks were presented to…
By Philip Chisi (Methodology Advisor) Two teams from St Joseph the Worker Cathedral Parish emerged victors in Karonga Deanery Junior Sunday School Quiz and choral competitions which took place at St Mary’s Parish on Sunday 27th May, 2018. Joseph the Worker Cathedral Centre and St. Helena Sub-Station (Vilawule), both under St Joseph the Worker Cathedral…