Timveni is a child and youth media organization registered as a Trust with focus on empowering children and youths to know their rights and responsibilities. From a radio project implemented in 2006 to an independent institution in 2010, Timveni has been a platform where children and youths have voiced out the challenges that they encounter in their respective communities. Timveni has been able to leverage the capacities of children and youth to make observations,
Timveni targets youth in Malawi, giving them a platform to speak out hence the name Timveni which translates to hear us out.
Timveni ensures that children and youths voices are heard by duty bearers and taken seriously by decision makers as provided by article 12 on the convention of the right of a child, as well as prepare children and youths with a good start in life through knowledge and information sharing on their rights, responsibility via its media platforms.
Timveni's mission is to engage children & youths in Malawi through social programs,ensure they are protected and that their voice is heard by decision makers in order for them to become active participants in society and development work of the country,while empowering them to maximize their potential through media.
Timveni's vision is to empower children and youths in Malawi in realizing their rights and participating fully in national agenda.
Timveni remains committed in being a leader in high quality production of social programs while maintaining the promotion of children and youths in various national development sectors.
The project aims at reducing child marriages in Malawi using the media. The Media sector is an important stakeholder in ensuring that the public is well sensitized about the consequences of child marriages and can provide a plat- form for other stakeholders such as girls and youths to share their experiences on the fight against child marriages.
Youth Out Loud is a youth media project run by Timveni, with support from UNICEF. It gives adolescents in Mangochi the opportunity to tell their own stories, about child rights issues in their communities, through radio, print and online media.
Mwauona mwala’competition has been launched on social media where young people were encouraged to look for the rocks that have painted 18+ atsikana osaphweketsa in their area and take a ‘selfie’ there, tag their friends on facebook and send it to us with any message of the child marriage that they know.
By Meclina Chirwa In a drive to improve access to safe water, Water for People has constructed 110 water taps in Chikwawa district.Water for People’s Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Engineer Thokozani Kaitane told Timveni that over 18 thousand people in Limphangwi area have benefited from the development."Through the programs that Water for People is implementing in […]
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Read MoreA Polytechnic based economic expert has said the country has lost out on foreign direct investment over the past year due to Covid-19. In an interview with Timveni, Dr Betchani Tchereni said "there has been slow progress in terms of investment" over the last 12 months "due to restrictions that were imposed in different countries." […]
Read MoreBy Aamon Butao 410 adolescents have graduated from a 4 month training in gender, HIV/AIDS as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights in Neno district. The mastermind behind the initiative, Partners in Health, says the training was aimed at grooming the youths to become agents of change in society. The organization’s Adolescents and […]
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