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April 22, 2021 Community Development
Outreach Activities around DAPP TTCs with Child Aid
The DAPP Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) has commenced implementation of a Child Aid model outreach activities around the three colleges of Chilangoma, Dowa and Mzimba in Blantyre, Dowa and Mzimba districts respectively. The Child Aid project employs the idea that communities should work together…
March 23, 2021 Community Development
Strides in the FARMSE Project
The Poverty Reduction of Vulnerable Beneficiaries through Community Based Financial Organization and small scale Enterprise Development (PROVED) project, a component of the Financial Access for Rural Markets, Smallholders and Enterprises (FARMSE) being implemented by DAPP Malawi in Nkhotakota and…
January 29, 2021 Community Development
Caregivers Trained in Early Learning
Investing in Early Years is a World Bank funded project which being implemented by the Malawi government through the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare. In December 2020, Dowa District Social Welfare Office trained 80 Caregivers under the project. According to the District…
May 05, 2020 Community Development
Project Responding to Covid-19
The Child Aid project under Community Development programs implemented by DAPP Malawi is built on the idea that communities should work together to identify issues of mutual interest that affect them in and come up with solutions.Using locally available resources, communities are able to create…
DAPP Supports Primary Schools to Plant More Trees
As one way of engaging primary school learners and communities in the fight against climate change and global warming, DAPP Malawi with funding assistance from Humana Spain embarked on a tree planting exercise in the month of December 2019 primary schools. The exercise was successfully carried out…
December 10, 2019 Community Development
DAPP Dowa TTC visit Bzyanzi prison
With the realization that inmates lack social, economic as well as basic needs, DAPP Dowa Teachers Training College (TTC) student teachers and staff members organized a trip to Bzyanzi prison located in Dowa district.
Student teacher donating food items to the prisoners
Teachers sharing experiences with the prisoners
The visit, slated for 10th November…
November 20, 2019 Community Development
Dowa DNS student teachers cheer the sick on the mothers day
As one way of cerebrating Mother's Day which falls on 15th October in Malawi, student teachers of DAPP Dowa Teachers Training College (TTC) visited Dzaleka Health Center for a cleaning action and to cheer the sick. Organized by the student teachers, the action saw the premises seeped, floors were…
October 16, 2019 Community Development
Upgrading life through tailoring learnt from DAPP
Owen Mchocho is a Malawian born on 6th March 1994. He comes from Chinyama village in Mulanje district. Owen grew up in his home village and upon completion of his secondary school he enrolled with DAPP Malawi's Mikolongwe Vocational School (MVS) for a 6 months tailoring course. Owen went straight…
July 05, 2019 Community Development
The story of Mrs. Irene Davie
I am Ireen Davie, a 28 year old married woman, a mother and a tailor by profession and I come from Mbalame village in traditional authority Mkukula, Dowa district. After four months of training is various tailoring skills and knowledge, I graduated from DAPP Dowa Teachers Training College (TTC) In…
June 17, 2019 Community Development
Satellite Tailoring course leaving a mark
Martha Diamond, a 24-year-old lady from Chiwaya Village, Traditional Authority Nsakambewa in Dowa District never thought she would ever be a self-reliant individual. The 24-year-old who dropped out of secondary school in form 2, heard about the DAPP Satellite centre's four months tailoring course…
Planning is Key in Development – Blantyre District Development Plan and Social Economic Profile Launched
On 10 May 2019, DAPP Malawi through Chilangoma Teachers Training College (TTC) participated in the launch of the Blantyre District Development Plan (DDP) and Socio-Economic Profile (SEP). The launch took place at Chisenjere Ground in Lunzu, Blantyre district. The Director of Rural Development Ms.…
DAPP Child Aid project transforming lives
Development Aid from people to People (DAPP) is a nonprofit organization which is working hand in hand with the Government of Malawi as well as local and international organizations in implementing social and economic development activities in Education, Agriculture, Health, Community Development…
Women's club shines at GIZ Kulima MEIRA Project's National Peer Leaning event
Confronting the belief that women achieve less in society, Mapemba club extraordinarily came out the best to represent batch 5 of GIZ Kulima MIERA Project Peer Leaning Event (PLE) held at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe district from the 3rd to the 5th December 2018. Mapemba club is an…
CSOs challanged to strengthen collaboration in the fight against GBV
The Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare launched the 16 Days of Activism campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV) on 23 November 2018 at College of Medicine in Blantyre.Malawi is commemorating the 16 days under the theme "End GBV in the…
September 02, 2018 Community Development
150 Villages Declared open defecation free
The DAPP Child Aid projects builds on the idea that the people in a community should work together in a structured way to discuss and come up with solution to issues of mutual interest in particular those that involve the wellbeing and upbringing of the children. The aim is to create safe and…
August 30, 2018 Community Development
DAPP improves transitioning of infant learners from CBCC into Primary School Findings
The DAPP Let Children Stay in School (LCSS) project was implemented in six districts namely Chitipa, Rumphi, Ntchisi, Lilongwe, Machinga and Nsanje targeting to reach 114 primary schools. The goal was to improve the transition of infant learners from community based care centres into primary…
I want to set up my tailoring shop – Ester Michael
Esther Michael is 18 years old, she comes from Pemba village in Traditional authority Nsakambewa, Dowa district. She is one of the Satellite tailoring training beneficiaries being offered at DAPP Malawi's Dowa Teachers Training College (TTC). The Satellite Tailoring is an extension of DAPP…
Deputy Director in Ministry of Finance Commend DAPP for Strides in Child Aid Project
The DAPP Child Aid project in Machinga district together with the DAPP Social Development Fund (SDF) organized a project visit where partners had a chance to appreciate the project's progress to date. Started in November 2017, the project is being implemented in three Traditional Authorities of…
Soya milk making supports nutrition of Kalumo village families
Before 2015, the family of Agnes Kaliati from Kalumo village of Traditional Authority Kalumo in Ntchisi could not afford to buy milk. It was too expensive and the family could only drink milk once or twice in a year. Since joining Mother Group at Masangano Primary School in 2015, Agnes together…
Government Economist Urges Farmers to Capitalise on Macadamia Nuts Project
The Chief Economist in the Ministry of Local Planning and Development Flemings Nyirenda says smallholder farmers working with DAPP Malawi in a Macadamia Nuts Value Chain Enhancement project in Mzimba district should capitalize on the project's initiatives in order to enhance their farm…
Neno Girls Hope for Economic Empowerment
Mary Gogoda, Yamikani Office and Lusina Benda are among 31 young women and girls who are undergoing a four-month tailoring training at Neno Youth Centre in Neno district. The training also known as Mobile training is a four-month program being run by Development Aid from People to People (DAPP)…
DAPP hands over tailoring startup tools to satellite tailoring students
DAPP Dowa Teacher Training College (TTC) Satellite Training Centre held an Open Day on the 30th of May 2018 where 49 young women and girls who have undergone tailoring training at the institution received startup tools. The tools include sewing machines, measuring tapes, cloth materials, scissors…
Partners applaud DAPP for strides made through LCSS Project
DAPP Let Children Stay in School (LCSS) project was aimed at ensuring smooth transition of preschool learners to primary school by working with in-service teachers and the communities to create conducive learning environment for the lower class learners.The project reached out to 114 primary…
February 16, 2018 Community Development
HOPE in schools project for informed AGYW
Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi in partnership with the National AIDS Commission (NAC) is implementing a Hope in Schools project called Creating Space for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) to Access Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services. It aims at promoting…
Machinga and Dowa district officials visit DAPP Project
The District Coordinating Committee members for Machinga and Zomba districts visited DAPP Malawi's Child Aid project to appreciate what the project is doing in their two districts. Child Aid project officers organized the exercise in order to present to district officials the achievements that the…