By Naomi Langisi
Lilongwe, 18 July, MANA: Minister of labour, Agness Nyalonje has assured the government of Israel that Malawi will send quality workers to fill the 500 job openings in Israel.
She made the assurance during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the labour deal between Israel and Malawi which took place at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Thursday.
Nyalonje expressed gratitude to Israel stakeholders that took part in training Malawian Central Recruitment Team and District Labour officers to offer transparent recruitment during this period.
“They have been trained on various approaches to ensure fair and ethical recruitment of migrant workers for the labour export program.” Nyalonje said.
She the government of Malawi acknowledges that labour export provide employment opportunities for the youths and contributes to the development of countries of origin through investments, skills and technology transfer.
Israel`s Director of Bilateral Agreements and Foreign Workers Administration, Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA), Raisin Sasson Shirley encouraged Malawian agricultural workers to utilize the opportunity, saying they will be receiving same benefits as Israel workers.
“The gross salary is $1500 per month, this is without social benefits that the workers receive and we encourage people to come and learn high methods of agriculture” She said.
Shirley emphasized that recruitment will be free from illegal fees and people should only pay the fees that appears on the website of ministry of labour in Malawi which was agreed between the two countries, adding only the best workers will be selected.
The government of Malawi through ministry of labour will conduct a country wide full scale interviews of shortlisted candidates from 22nd to 26th July 2024.
