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A Councelling Centre on SRHR and Family Planning Issues

Heavy rainfall and, as a result, many almost impassable roads and paths, as well as almost daily power blackouts, hindered the completion of the POS center and its initial operation at the beginning of this year.

Despite all these problems, the planned services in the area of SRHR and youth-friendly health services could already be offered in the first quarter of 2025, although still to a limited extent. Thus, several hundred people visited the POS center in the first few months of this year.

Unfortunately, these included an alarming number of women who sought help due to unwanted pregnancy or sexual violence.

In the Karonga district, there is currently no contact point with trained staff for women who have been victims of sexual violence, nor for the psychological care of unintended pregnant women.

The current concept for the POS center provides for psycho-sexual counseling as part of family planning therapeutic measures. However, the number of unintentionally pregnant women and women affected by sexual violence who currently visit the POS center due to anxiety and depression is unexpectedly high.  If this trend continues in the long term, this will pose a new and major challenge for our project work, as we do not want to turn away those seeking help.

We will therefore continue to rely on your help and donations in the future in order to successfully continue our projects and overcome unexpected problems.

Please continue to support us, our projects and the people of Malawi with your donations.     

Every donation helps.

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The most important characteristics of this new project:

Region:     Karonga and Chipita districts, North Malawi.

Duration:   December 2023 to March 2026

Opening:   June, 5th, 2025

Budget:     approx. 300,000 €, including BMZ funding

Local partner:    Pamoza Tingakwaniska

Lokaler Partner:       Pamoza Tingakwaniska

In mid-October 2023, we received funding approval from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a new project:

The establishment of a councelling, information and service centre on sexual and reproductive health and family planning issues in northern Malawi

The main objectives of the project:

● The counselling, information and service centre (Pamoza OneStop Centre) will create a protected space where young people can access YFHS and information in the field of SRHR in a confidential environment.

● After the opening of the Pamoza OneStop Centre, which took place at June, 5th, 2025, all project-specific services in the area of SRHR and YFHS will be offered, in particular:

-  STD testing and treatment

-  Family planning including insertion and removal of    modern contraceptives

-  Family planning therapies (psychosexual  counselling)

-  Information sessions on SRHR

● Through regular community forums and health marches, we will provoke a change in the awareness of the community. This overcomes preconceived negative attitudes and myths about SRHR. These activities are supported by topic-related radio broadcasts as well as the targeted use of social media.

●  Regular trainings are held for health care workers on SRHR and YFHS so that they can provide project-related services when needed. In addition, 2 corresponding workshops are offered for local authorities, at the level of Group Village Headpersons.

This project aims to sustainably promote awareness and empowerment of adolescents, as well as the ability of young people to make conscious, healthy and respectful decisions regarding their sexual behaviour. o

For this project, the local authority has provided a piece of land of about 0.5 hectares, which has been dedicated for the operation of the counselling centre for a period of 50 years.

Proceed to report of the POS openening session