Year: 2024

By 30th September 2024, Malawi had a total of 1,089 Registered NGOs from 941

On Wednesday, 16th of October, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera led the nation in commemorating the 2024 Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Day at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. This year’s event, themed “Strengthening Partnerships and Capacity in the NGO Sector: A Panacea for Achieving the Malawi 2063 Agenda,” created a platform for stakeholders to explore strategies for enhancing…

The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), Mr. Edward Chileka Banda, has expressed gratitude to National Bank of Malawi (NBM) for its generous donation of MK4 Million towards this year’s NGO Day commemoration. The annual event, set to take place on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre, will be…

The Chief Executive Officer for Non Governmental Regulatory Authority (NGORA) Mr. Edward Chileka Banda has urged NGOs in the country to assist government in improving the local education sector by pumping in resources in areas where government seems to be overwhelmed. Mr. Chileka-Banda made the remarks in Blantyre during the official opening of a three…

The CEO for NGORA Edward Chileka-Banda has requested NGOs to recommit themselves to the values of compassion, collaboration and justice in order for the sector to thrive. He made the remarks today at Capital Hotel during a breakfast meeting that NGORA organised to update NGOs on developments in the sector. Chileka-Banda informed the NGOs that…

The Ministry of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare in collaboration with the NGO Regulatory Authority and CONGOMA is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the upcoming NGO Excellence Awards which will be held hosted by the State President of the Republic of Malawi at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on the 11th October…

The CEO for NGORA Edward Chileka Banda has challenged district councils to invest in efforts towards the strengthening of coordination and monitoring of NGO work so that communities benefit from the interventions. Chileka-Banda said this during a Quarterly Council Coordination working session in the southern region. He called upon stakeholders to help enforce NGO laws…

The 1 billion Kwacha NGO Fund was launched by the Minister of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare Jean Sendeza at a ceremony that took place at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre. Speaking at the event, the Minister said the fund is a response to capacity gaps affecting the sector which include failure by NGOs to…

The Non-Governmental Organisations Regulatory Authority on Friday joined CONGOMA at its regional meeting for the north in Mzuzu to update northern based NGOs on recent developments in the sector. During the meeting. NGORA gave updates on the extension of the reporting period from June 30th to July 31st. The Authority therefore requested all NGOs that…