Malawi: CCJP Integrates Sport Bonanzas in Its Civic, Voter Schooling Initiative

In its efforts to avert voter apathy during the September 16, 2025, Current Elections, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has started collaborating with neighborhood-based buildings to mobilize registered voters to solid their ballots on the polling day.

CCJP Lilongwe Acting Archdiocesan Secretary, Fletcher Mbewe, noticed that there is general lack of interest and pleasure about the forthcoming elections, especially among Malawians living in underserved communities.

Mbewe acknowledged this prompted them to field measures that will perhaps perhaps abet in averting apathy and reinforce voter turnout.

“We felt it’s very critical that we should enhance civic education, promote accessible and transparent governance, and encourage meaningful youth participation in all the electoral processes. And to achieve our goal, we are working with sports teams to educate citizens about their rights and responsibilities in a democratic society like Malawi,” he acknowledged.

Social and political commentators maintain cited loss of faith in politicians and unfulfilled promises as a pair of of the explanations driving voter apathy, with some electorate believing that politicians are no longer sincere, merely, or competent ample to fulfill their responsibilities.

Yet, in some instances, mis- and disinformation maintain forced registered voters into believing that the electoral course of has already been rigged, leading to lack of interest to participate in the elections.

Mbewe acknowledged with financial strengthen from the United International locations Building Programme (UNDP), CCJP is countering misinformation, promoting civic duty, and ensuring the popularization of electoral regulations.

“We’re doing all this through community engagement programs and fostering a sense of responsibility and ownership among citizens. We believe that our intervention will go a long way in averting apathy,” he acknowledged.

And speaking at Kaigwazanga Football Floor in Mchinji, the establish Kaigwa FC clashed with Mphepo FC in the CCJP bonanza on Sunday, the CCJP Governance Officer, Felix Kagawa Nakoma, asked the childhood to desist from engaging in violence sooner than the elections, but consume their influence to inquire of meaningful vogue from politicians and diverse duty-bearers.

Mchinji District Sports Officer, Martin Panyanja, acknowledged the sports actions bonanzas CCJP is sponsoring will abet in reducing childhood delinquency in the district.

Panyanja disclosed that majority of the childhood are idle, a vogue that drives them into wicked behaviors.