By Paul Madise

Lilongwe, March 14, Mana: World Vision Advocacy and Communications Director, Charles Gwengwe, has appealed to Government and the private sector to invest in early childhood development in order to enhance national productivity and economic growth thereby breaking the poverty circle.

Speaking during the Enough Campaign policy briefing in Lilongwe, Gwengwe emphasized the need for government and developmental partners to embark on deliberate attempts in addressing disparities and gaps prevailing in the country.

Gwengwe highlighted that the campaign remains crucial in addressing child hunger and malnutrition in over 100 countries globally focusing on root causes and building sustainable community centered framework for change.

“Enough Campaign believes that we have enough policies, enough resources, enough political will, enough Non-Governmental Organizations, enough companies that can enable us to make sure that at least every child in Malawi has food,” he said.

He expressed the organization’s commitment in investing more resources in early childhood education stating its scientific and economic authenticity of investing more money in childhood education whose economic returns remain huge.

“The programs we are implementing as World Vision are in 19 district, but we are now sharing experiences, encouraging stakeholders, more importantly government, to lead by example to say enough is enough,” he said.

According to Enough Campaign policy, Malawi faces a national crisis in child development rooted in early childhood malnutrition, health disparities and inequities in education access