MAGLA Donates 10 Million Kwacha towards Mothers’ Fun Run
Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority has donated 10 million Kwacha towards the 2023 Nation Publications Limited safe motherhood initiative – mothers’ fun run. In her remarks before making the cheque presentation in Blantyre, MAGLA Director General Rachel Mijiga emphasized on the need for all citizenry to take the responsibility of ensuring that mothers give birth in a safe and healthy environment, in order to reduce maternal deaths. She added that households are part of the institutions that form the economic structure and a mother holds that institution, as such, functional households, with healthy mothers will lead to having productive youths who contribute greatly to the economic development of the country. Therefore, she called upon corporate citizens, to invest in safe motherhood for Mother Malawi to have a healthy pipeline of productive youths that feed into the labour market for the efficient and effective operations of economic sectors, hence MAGLA’s support to the noble cause. Receiving the donation, deputy CEO for NPL Alfred Ntonga expressed gratitude for MAGLA’s gesture, saying it will go a long way in saving the lives of mothers and children in Malawi. This year, the initiative targets Nkhatabay District Hospital and 23 surrounding health centres. Over 200 million Kwacha is expected to be raised for the cause.
