Category: Gender & health

DMMU maize will easy Kuku and Misisi poverty, says Tasila Lungu

[blockquote style=”1″]DMMU maize will easy Kuku and Misisi poverty, says Tasila Lungu[/blockquote] By Patrick Soko Kwilanzi News Zambia, in Lusaka SOME Flood victims from Chawama’s Nkoloma Ward One have benefited from the Mealie Meal package from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit D.M.M.U. An elated Nkoloma Ward One Councilor, Ms. Tasila Lungu, led the distribution exercise explaining that being a flood-prone area it was difficult for some people relocated to safer areas to cope with hardships. Ms. Lungu explains that before a long term solution is found, most people in Kuku and Misisi compounds endure the floods adding that coupled...

ZAMBIA RECEIVES USD 2.1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF) FOR ITS NATIONAL ADAPATION PLAN (NAP)

Government of the Republic of Zambia PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ZAMBIA RECEIVES USD 2.1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF) FOR ITS NATIONAL ADAPATION PLAN (NAP) Lusaka, Zambia, Monday 20TH April 2020 — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has awarded the Government Of the Republic of Zambia a Grant Of USD 2,184,355 for the development Of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Resilience. The Grant will enable the Government to formulate a medium to long-term climate adaptation plan, which will strengthen systems for integrating climate change adaptation into development planning and budget processes. The NAP will also...

Ministry of Health PS for Administration Dr. Kennedy Malama with Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya with Local Government Minister Dr. Charles Romel Banda at Chilenje Level 1 Hospital Monday 20 April 2020

Ministry of Health (MoH) Permanent Secretary (PS) for Administration Dr. Kennedy Malama with Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya with Local Government Minister Dr. Charles Romel Banda at Chilenje Level 1 Hospital Monday 20 April 2020 Kwilanzi News Zambia Kwilanzi New Zambia   

C & S Investments Ltd donates a variety of hygienic products and food stuffs to the Catholic Church’s Monze Mission Hospital

#KwilanziNewsZambia Saturday 18th April 2020 Today, C & S Investments Ltd. has donated a variety of hygienic products and food stuffs to the Catholic Church’s Monze Mission Hospital. #C&SInvestmentsLtd #FightingCOVID-19 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/derrick-sinjela-4849468_kwilanzinewszambia-saturday18thapril2020-activity-6657304304153702400-EM1b

We will not distribute branded masks, insists UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka

We will not distribute branded masks, insists UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka By Luswepo Mutepuka – Kwilanzi News Zambia Photo-Journalist OPPOSITION United Party for National Development says the party has resolved not to make UPND branded masks, to be distributed countrywide in compliance with President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s directive that wearing a mask is now mandatory. Party Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the party is aware of the ruling Patriotic Front’s branded masks, but UPND will not make any branded masks on account of the seriousness it attaches in fight against the dreaded covid 19 pandemic. Formerly, UPND Mwinilunga Member of...

CHASEFU EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT TRUST – (ChEST) DONATES TOWARDS THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONA VIRUS

CHASEFU EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT TRUST – (ChEST) DONATES TOWARDS THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONA VIRUS. Chasefu district receives a short in the arm from a renourned NGO operating in the district towards the fight against COVID 19 or Corona virus that has claimed thousands of lives world over and Zambia has since recorded two (2) deaths to date. The fight against this desease can not be left to Government alone as the effects of the pandemic are so devastating and overwhelming to the people and the economy. It is for this particular reason that the board of ChEST lead by Mr Misheck...

Press Release dated Wednesday 15th April 2020 in Response to the use of Corporal Punishment (Beatings) Against Citizens during the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Linda Kasonde Executive Director, Chapter One Foundation  Email: infodesk@cof.org.zm Telephone: +260 953 725 510 We look forward to being of assistance. Chapter One Foundation promotes and protects human rights, human rights defenders, constitutionalism, social justice and the rule of law in Zambia, primarily through strategic litigation, advocacy and capacity building. Our aim is to promote and protect the Constitution and the rights included in it and by so doing, free the space for Zambians to fully realise the rights and freedoms afforded to them in a democratic society such as Zambia. Chapter One Foundation appreciates that during the Corona Virus...

“Open Letter from Addis Ababa ‘How We Love Foreign Things!’ by Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba”

Open letter from Addis Ababa How We Love Foreign Things! By Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba OUR most eminent persons in the economic sector have issued an uncharacteristic open letter and in summary said Zambia should rush back to the IMF to obtain a financial package and programme and halt any borrowings as a panacea solution to our “economic crisis”. So one would be persuaded to respond to this missive in a similar manner. When you invite the gallery through an open letter, anyone can respond to the issues raised. So I’ve taken the privilege to respond. Let’s start with the assertions...

Kafue residents compliance with covid 19 Lockdown testing cheers, UPND MP Mirriam Chonya

By Miriam Chonya, United Party for National Development (UPND) Kafue Member of Parliament (MP) Lock Down Update:- People have complied with the directive to remain home; The streets are empty and so far disinfecting of markets has taken place and the health people are on the ground to carry out mass testing. They are targeting to test around 1, 800 people today (Wednesday 115th April 2020), concentrating in the urban/ centre prone to being high risk. Teams have been dispatched in the various parts of Kafue to do some preliminary tests. Only cases requiring further investigation will be referred to...

JCTR Deputy Director Father Alex Muyebe’s Press Statement on Measures to Cushion Poor Households in the Wake of COVID-19 Wednesday, April 15, 2020

JCTR Press Statement on Measures to Cushion Poor Households in the Wake of COVID-19 April 15, 2020 For Immediate Release The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is of the view that amidst the fight against COVID-19, there is a need for mechanisms to be put in place that will protect and safeguard human dignity. The JCTR is therefore appealing to the Government to utilize the Disaster management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to ensure that vulnerable and poor households do not face starvation as Government implements restriction of citizens’ movements and operations of some businesses to curb spread of COVID-19....

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