Malawi: The warm heart of Africa!

From Malawi360

Malawi has a lot of western NGOs and aid agencies operating within its borders. Please see the NGO category for a full list. If you know of any NGOs not listed, please either add a page for them, or email the webmaster (at webmaster@malawi360.com to get a page added).

CONGOMA is the national Council For Non-Governmental Organization In Malawi to which all NGOs must be registered (previously this was voluntary, but the NGO Act made membership mandatory). It is a membership umbrella body for NGOs operating in Malawi.

CONGOMA defines an NGO as an institution or organization constituted for public benefit purposes. It goes further to state that an NGO fulfils the following conditions:-

• it has written constitution or a governing instrument
• it is not established, administered or controlled directly or indirectly by the Government of Malawi, or any other Government of Malawi, or any other Government
• it applies all its funds and resources for public benefit purporses only
• it does not transfer or distribute, whether directly or indirectly, any benefit to its members, donors, trustees, directors or other officers, or their associates or next of kin, except if such benefits represent
  • reasonable remuneration for services actually rendered; or
  • benefits conferred, without favour or discrimination, by reason of the beneficiary being part of an eligible group or category entitled to benefit in accordance with the public benefit purposes of the organization concerned
• it is not for private profit or gain for the persons controlling or managing the affairs of the NGO without prejudice to the rights and privileges of employees
• it is managed or controlled by a committee, Board or Trust
• it serves all eligible people, regardless of age, gender, tribe, race, religion, creed, sex, political affiation, nationality, region, disability or being a member of a minority group
• it is not a church or religious organization or a purely evangelistic or proselytizing nature
• it is not a political party, trade union or a social club created to pursue the interests of its members