{"id":30366,"date":"2022-08-31T21:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama"},"modified":"2022-08-31T22:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:09:15","slug":"drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","title":{"rendered":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse among youths in the country . Simama made the statement during a press briefing which was conducted at the Church in Lilongwe on Thursday aimed at announcing a youth seminar which will going to happen at the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the press briefing , Bishop Simama said that youth of nowadays are involved in bad ways to the extent that they do not have time to go to church.<\/p>\n<p>He added that poverty has made the future leaders to go astray in a brink of an eye and parents are no longer respected with their own children not because they cannot upbring them in Christianity way but because of the devil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have noticed that there is a need to do something. We have come with a solution to our youth. We are calling youths out there to come and attend Youth Seminar which is going to take place here at Glorious Light International Church in Lilongwe from 3rd and 4th September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegistration has started for those who want to be prayed and witness the hand of Lord working. This seminar is for free and any youth including married people are encouraged to participate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He then said that the event is going to be attended by international player partners and currently they have received delegates from Nigeria and they are going to be joined by prophets Yanka and Annie.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Simama also told journalists that the church is going to support 1500 families from Mchesi, Kawale, Mtsiliza, Kawale with food items which among of the is flour from 5th to 6th Semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever God has given to us it should change the life of someone. We believe in changing life and changing people through God\u2019s power, bless others so that you can be blessed,\u201d he explained. The seminar will be conducted under the theme of \u201cJesus Christ my Changer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse among youths in the country . Simama made the statement during a press briefing which was conducted at the Church in Lilongwe on Thursday aimed at announcing a youth seminar which will going to happen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,25,8],"tags":[233,371,1536,5126,234,848,276],"class_list":["post-30366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-featured","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-alcohol","tag-bishop-abraham-simama","tag-malawi","tag-religion","tag-youth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"933\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"489\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Alcohol\",\"Bishop Abraham Simama\",\"Malawi\",\"religion\",\"youth\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\",\"name\":\"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg\",\"width\":933,\"height\":489,\"caption\":\"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama - Malawi","description":"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama","og_description":"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":933,"height":489,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama","datePublished":"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama"},"wordCount":345,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Alcohol","Bishop Abraham Simama","Malawi","religion","youth"],"articleSection":["all news","community","Featured","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama","name":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-31T21:07:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-31T22:09:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Founder of Glorious Light International Church Bishop Abraham Simama has expressed concern over alcohol and drug abuse a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_9-630fdbeeea05e.jpg","width":933,"height":489,"caption":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/drug-abuse-among-youths-worries-bishop-simama#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drug abuse among youths worries Bishop Simama"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}