{"id":73991,"date":"2025-10-16T09:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?p=73991"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:47:59","slug":"mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs","title":{"rendered":"Mzimba youth call for inclusion in government programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Some youths in Mzimba have appealed to Minister of State Alfred Gangata, recently assigned by President Peter Mutharika to oversee youth affairs, to ensure that young people living in remote areas are not excluded from government programs.<\/p>\n<p>Mzimba Youth Organization (MYO) Executive Director Moses Nkhan stated that most youth development programs in recent years have primarily benefited those residing in urban areas, leaving rural youth behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring former President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s administration, most youth engagements involved young people from urban areas. We are hopeful that under this new administration, and with Minister Gangata\u2019s leadership, all youth across the country will be included in various programs through the District Youth Offices,\u201d said Nkhana.<\/p>\n<p>Programs Manager for the Mzimba Institute for Development Communication Trust (MIDCT), Justice Nantchengwa, echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the need for increased financial support at the district level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf District Youth Offices are adequately funded, even youth in remote villages will have access to different development activities,\u201d said Nantchengwa.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, funding for District Youth Offices (DYOs) stands at K14 million per year, translating to about K1.2 million per month an amount the organizations describe as far from sufficient to support youth programs, outreach, and operational needs.<\/p>\n<p>Random interviews conducted by Malawi24 with young people across the country revealed growing calls to increase the annual allocation to K65 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to the proposed breakdown, K9 million would go toward office operations and maintenance, K35 million for fieldwork and monitoring, and K21 million for program implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Youth leaders argue that such an increase would enable District Youth Offices to reach more young people with empowerment initiatives, entrepreneurship training, and community development projects especially in hard-to-reach areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to see genuine inclusivity, where every young person, regardless of where they live, can benefit from government programs,\u201d added Nkhana.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal comes as the new administration begins rolling out its youth empowerment agenda, aimed at creating opportunities and tackling unemployment among Malawi\u2019s young population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Some youths in Mzimba have appealed to Minister of State Alfred Gangata, recently assigned by President Peter Mutharika to oversee youth affairs, to ensure that young people living in remote areas are not excluded from government programs. Mzimba Youth Organization (MYO) Executive Director Moses Nkhan stated that most youth development programs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,664,3512],"class_list":["post-73991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-malawi","tag-mzimba","tag-youths"],"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>Mzimba youth call for inclusion in government programs - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some youths in Mzimba have appealed to Minister of State Alfred Gangata, recently assigned by President Peter Mutharika ...\" \/>\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\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mzimba youth call for inclusion in government programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some youths in Mzimba have appealed to Minister of State Alfred Gangata, recently assigned by President Peter Mutharika ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-16T09:50:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/10\/sm_1760595703.436562.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mzimba youth call for inclusion in government programs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-16T09:50:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/10\/sm_1760595703.436562.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Malawi\",\"mzimba\",\"Youths\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mzimba-youth-call-for-inclusion-in-government-programs\",\"name\":\"Mzimba youth call for inclusion in government programs - 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