Principal Object of the Trust
The main object of Press Trust (Paragraph 3 of the Deed) is to provide funding by way of grants, donations or contributions to any person or institution for charitable purposes which are in the interest and for the benefit of the people of Malawi including for the advancement of their education, health, social welfare and housing. The definition clause in the Deed stipulates that National Benefit Purposes means “such charitable purposes as are in the interest and for the benefit of the people of Malawi including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing for the advancement of their education, health, welfare and housing”.
Briefly, this is the history of the Press Trust.