Welcome to NOVOC – Notes From The Filed News section.
NOVOC is a Malawian non-government, umbrella organisation with a secretariate in Lilongwe. In 2001 an historic meeting took place, by orphan-care stakeholders, and it was agreed that a national network was needed in Malawi to monitor, popularise and disseminate Community-Based Organisations (CBO’s), and so NOVOC was born. NOVOC functions to network Orphaned-and- Vulnerable Children (OVC’s) service providers, to build their capacity, thus offering quality services to orphans and vulnerable children.
Jan 27, 2012
Welcome to our end of year newsletter 2011:
We have reached the end of another very challenging, but also rewarding year for everyone at NOVOC and all our network members.
The highlights of NOVOC’S achievements in the last half of 2011 are building the capacity of a local NGO Consol Homes in Finance management, establishing Village Savings and Loans Associations in a new impact area: the District of Mzimba, and translating an advocacy toolkit into Chichewa and printing it out as well as distributing it to its network members.
However we cannot assume that the year has been smooth for NOVOC, we met various challenges in implementing our activities ranging from lack of funding to high prices of commodities and lack of fuel in the country that has derailed implementation of projects on time.
Looking ahead, 2012 will present NOVOC with many new challenges, opportunities, more partnerships and collaborative endeavors and much more.
We would like to wish all our partners, funders and supporters, as well as NOVOC staff, Board Members and network members a happy and peaceful year.
We’d like to thank those that added their energy and commitment to our team. Thank you for your support during the past year and we wish you a wonderful and prosperous 2012!
Jan 05, 2012
NOVOC through the help of CORDAID have been implementing a project on strengthening the capacity of women in the Districts of Zomba, Phalombe, Nsanje, Mchinji, Kasungu. Watch this film illustrating the good practices collected during the implementation of economic empowerment activities.
Jan 05, 2012
The plight of OVC in Malawi and the challenges they face in accessing quality education in public primary schools in Malawi. This documentary has been used in lobbying the Parliamentarians to allocate more funds in the national budget for OVC education support.
Dec 15, 2011
The year 2010 marked 10 years of implementation of the MDGs. Among the MDGs is goal # 2 on “Achieving Universal Primary Education”. Malawi is party to the commitment that, by 2015, children everywhere will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Sep 14, 2011
Welcome to NOVOC Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2011. This newsletter aims to build on this foundation with information, news, and views from the sub-network members and its NGO partners. Let us know the kinds of questions about NOVOC’s work you need answered.
Aug 15, 2011
NOVOC is implementing a “Strengthening the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme through Liking and Learning” supported by STOP AIDS NOW!. In collaboration with IPRSC, NOVOC has been conducting action research.
For 2010 report, click below:
