World Vision Malawi has disclosed that it will stop giving out allowances to communities saying a major shrinking donor support is straining its effort to improve service delivery to support the most vulnerable children within their programme areas in Machinga District.
WVM Programs Manager for Machinga, Chrissy Stima, says the organisation plans to re-allocate community allowances to demand driven initiatives so that development initiatives still remain a priority.
Stima highlighted persistent challenges including lack of resources in schools and proper infrastructures affecting access to quality education and other essential services.
“We need to leverage on the readily available resources to benefit those in dire need of assistance so that we can improve their well being in the long run,” she said.
“The shift from giving allowances to participants in the community is a tough decision that we made so that we save the money to increase support for the most vulnerable children. We ask that they understand,” she added.
In his remarks, Machinga District Council Public Relations Officer, Leonard Masauli, said the council remains optimistic about initiatives that foster development, advocating for continued reforms that protects the interest of the vulnerable population.
“As a council we welcome the development because according to World Vision, it is just a redirection from capacity building to more of asset building in the communities, which is a positive thing,” he said.
WVM provides interventions in health, education as well as Water and Sanitation in communities under Traditional Authorities (T/As) Chamba, Mposa and Liwonde.
