First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has disclosed that she has officially registered her own charitable organisation to be called the Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust. Madam Mutharika said her charity would promote hygiene practices, proper waste disposal and recycling of waste. “The Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust (BEAM), is envisioning increased access to participatory and improved...
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I have registered my charity, says First Lady: Beautify Malawi Trust
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APM, Chilima sweep the streets: Beautify Malawi
Malawi President Peter Mutharika and his deputy Saulos Chilima on Saturday demonstrated that they mean no rubbish leadership as they picked up brooms to sweep the streets of Lilongwe clean. They exercise was in support of First Lady who launches her Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) whose aim is to encourage Malawians to work...
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First Lady raises K55m for Beautify Malawi Trust
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika says in the country families lose their children to malaria and other preventable diseases, simply because their communities lack proper sanitation and waste management. Mutharika said this Saturday night at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during the official launch and fundraising dinner of the Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust (BEAM) which...
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First Lady calls for greater inclusion of youths
The First Lady of Malawi, Getrude Mutharika has called on member states of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA Initiative) to fully involve the youth in matters that affect their lives and promote peer education among them to avoid early pregnancies, marriages and HIV infections. She was speaking when she closed the ICPD (International Conference...
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Malawi First Lady no show as Joyce Banda address conference in New York
Malawi First Lady Getrude Maseko Mutharika boycotted a “First Ladies’ Global Call to Action Conference on women and girls’ financial health” convened for the First Ladies of the world when former president Joyce Banda had to make an address. Mutharika. who was scheduled to attend, sent a last minute apology that she would not attend....
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Aircraft donated to Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi Trust
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi Trust has received a donation of an aircraft from Delivering Hope International (DHI), an American humanitarian organisation. The donation has been made to assist the First Lady and her Trust to respond to emergencies on time. According to Collins Magalasi, President Mutharika’s Chief Economic Adviser, the benefactor will meet...
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Kaliati put ‘spin’ on First Lady absence to meeting Malawi ex-president addressed
Malawi’s Minister of Gender Patricia Kaliati has put a positive spin on the country’s First Lady, Gertrude Mutharika, abscence at a First Ladies meeting during the UN General Assembly because one of the panelists was former Malawi president Joyce Banda. Speaking in New York with Nyasa Times on Monday, Kaliati said Mutharika delegated her to attend the meeting...
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Malawi First Lady grants scholarships to 20 girls: To study at Bedir
Malawi’s First Lady Getrude Mutharika through her Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust, has awarded scholarships to 20 disadvantaged girls to continue their secondary education. The girls will study at Bedir Girls International High School in Blantyre. Half of the girls have been offered boarding facilities while the rest will be day scholars. Speaking during the presentation...
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First Lady appeals for unity among Malawi political leaders
The First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has called on politicians in the country to learn to co-exist and work together despite coming from different political parties. Mrs Mutharika spoke on Friday night when she hosted Malawi Members of Parliament who are members to the Pan-African Parliament-PAP to a dinner in Johannesburg South Africa, where she also...
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Avoid ‘Zidyamakanda’, First Lady advises students
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has commended the Roman Catholic for their quest to offer quality and holistic girl education in the country. Mutharika said this Saturday when she graced the Golden Jubilee of Stella Maris Secondary School in Blantyre. It opened its doors in 1964. She noted that institution has achieved a lot in the five...
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Malawi First Lady to grace Women’s Entrepreneurship Day in US
Malawi First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has been invited to be a Guest Speaker and panelist during the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day to held on November 19 in New York, United States of America (USA). The event is expected to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and will be handled by speaker and moderator Cathy...
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HTD to help Beautify Malawi Trust in girls’ education
Motor vehicle dealers HTD Limited have committed to contribute towards girls’ education in Malawi. This was disclosed on Friday in Blantyre at the newly-launched Abdul Majid Motor City where HTD donated a three-ton KIA truck, wheelbarrows, shovels and an office to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust. HTD board member Javid Sidik said...
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First Lady says Beautify Malawi trust to support women economic empowerment
Malawi First Lady Madame Gertrude Mutharika has said her organisation Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust will begin turning women and girls into economically independent citizens for them to effectively contribute to the social and economic development of Malawi. Madam Mutharika said this in her high level keynote address delivered at the launch of the World Entrepreneurship...
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Malawi First Lady admits getting Aids money for her charity launch
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has admitted that her Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) got K5 million from the country National Aids Commission (Nac) but she was quick to deny that her charity bulldozed its way to get the money. NAC is a government institution that is mandated to fight HIV and Aids and is funded...
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Malawi angers UN over misuse of HIV money, risk losing Global Fund help
Malawi may risk losing its Global Fund help following massive abuse of HIV and Aids resources through the National Aids Commission (NAC) which is currently at the centre of wantonly disbursing money to non-HIV related activities and in the process angering the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAids). NAC is a government...
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Malawi First Lady charity forced K6m from ministries for launch
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika, who is currently embroiled in a scandal involving K5 million which she collected from the country’s National Aids Commission (NAC) for her charity Beautify Malawi trust (BEAM) ,is said to have also bulldozed government ministries to cough K300,000 each to support the launch of her organisation. Nyasa Times investigations revealed that apart...
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Malawi CSOs ring demo warning bell, issue 7-day ultimatum for First Lady to refund NAC money
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund money amounting to K5 million she collected from the country National Aids Commission (Nac) to to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic or else they will hold mass...
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Malawi NAC-gate scandal: Concerned HIV counsellors writes Global Fund
The continued abuse of funds at Malawi’s National Aids Commission (NAC) has forced one of the country’s community development worker and HIV Councellor to write the office of the Global Fund Inspector General asking it to reconsider suspending its support to NAC arguing that the money is not benefitting the targeted individuals. In his letter...
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First Lady refuses to refund NAC money: CSOs can go ahead with demo
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika will not return the money her organisation Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust took from National Aids Commission (NAC) as demanded by civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country, challenging they can go ahead to hold national demonstrations. The President’s spouse personally wrote a letter to NAC alongside, National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and...
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First Lady must refund Aids money – Chakwera
Leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera has asked First Lady Gertrude Mutharika to return K5 million to people with HIV and Aids in this country, irregularly taken out of National Aids Commission (NAC)by her organisation Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, told a news conference in Lilongwe...
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