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Malawi
Malawi Council for the Handicapped
Kittermaster Avenue, BCA Hills, Post Office Box 5971, Limbe, Malawi.
Contact person: Mr. Steven Wisemavi Msowoya, Executive Director
Tel: +265 1 847 105
Fax: +265 1 845 449
Email: wisemavi2001@yahoo.co.uk; macohahdoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Activities: Vocational skill training (institutional); Community based rehabilitation program;
Educational sponsorship; Provision of soft loans and business advisory services; Public education
on disability issues; Registration of organisations working with persons with disabilities. The council is a regulatory body in the area of disability.
Last updated: 23/03/2010
Malawi Union of the Blind
PO Box 5092, Limbe, Malawi.
Tel: +265 8 852 391 or +265 1 842 144
Fax: +265 1 840 389
Email: mubmalawi@africa-online.net
Activities: Malawi Union of Blind is using a small grant from Voluntary Service Oversea's Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA) to raise the awareness of young blind students and the people around them about HIV/AIDS and change their behaviour. Using the grant, the Union is training blind students and distributing braille HIV/AIDS information, education and communication material to the blind. Also involved in: advocacy, training, materials production and materials distribution.
Last updated: 16/02/2010