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THE YOUTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE PROJECT

By Aubrey Alphonse Ligomeka

21 November 2021

With support from the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Tigonjetse Youth Club; a mother body of Development Network for Youth Empowerment (DENEYE) implemented a project called ‘The Youth Innovation Challenge’ which is the first ever project in the group village Chipolonga Traditional Authority, Chikweo Machinga District in the Eastern Region of Malawi.


Shalid Ishmael, the Executive Director, speaking at the function.

The project allowed different youth groups to raise problems in their respective communities and to then find solutions which made UNICEF sponsor a total funding of two million five hundred thousand Malawi kwacha for the project.

According to Shalid Ishmael who is the Executive Director for Development Network for Youth Empowerment (DENEYE) but also the Chairperson of Tigonjetse Youth Club, the funds were used to buy training equipment for the beneficiaries and also paying the training tutors.

Senior Group village Maniya

A cross section of community members listening to the guest of honour

Board of Trustees Member Madam Hana Wethiwa also had a chance to speak at the function

The materials for the training

One of the beneficiaries receiving the equipment from the guest of honour

One of the young female beneficiaries of the project after the training operating a sewing machine

Another beneficiary with a welding machine
A beneficiary of the pass on project

The beneficiaries were trained in different vocational skill areas such as Tailoring 3, Welding 3 but also Carpentry and Joinery 1. A total number of 14 beneficiaries received goats as from the Pass on Project. An agreement of the training was that the graduates should be able and willing to train their fellow youth in there respective communities in order to ensure the sustainability of the project.

The Guest of honour Senior Group Village Maniya commended the UNICEF and Tigonjetse Youth Club for the initiative while on her part one of the Board Trustee Members for Development Network for Youth Empowerment (DENEYE) appreciated for the project.

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