Health
11% of children don't reach their 5th birthday
50% of deaths of under 5's is due to malaria
11% of Malawians are living with HIV/AIDS
Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Safe Motherhood Unit (SMU)
This year we will complete two very important projects.
Three interconnected centres in M'bang'ombe, Malawi, will make a significant difference for people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This comprehensive programme provides essential support, fostering greater independence and inclusion within the community.
We will also build a Safe Motherhood Unit (SMU) for new mothers at the Maternity Unit. Have a look at the videos below to see exactly why we built the Maternity Unit in the first place. This second stage will provide essential care for pre-term births
The project will include nutritional permaculture gardens in front of the new wing, and education on good nutrition for new mothers.
Videos
This film shows the progress of the recently built Maternity Unit and the report back of Project4Africa who very kindly funded it. It also explains our search for funds to build a Safe Motherhood Unit in 2021.
A short film looking at the many different types of physical and mental disabilities people face in the rural area. Similarly, it looks at what we are doing to improve their situation, through medical referrals and education.
One of our Feeding Centres in action. We are very grateful to the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust for funding this. We provide a nutritious porridge 5 mornings a week to the under 5's feeding over 1000 children per day.
SEND Unit (Special Educational Needs)
A network of three centres in M'bang'ombe, Malawi, will significantly improve the lives of people with special needs.
Find out moreSafe Motherhood Unit
We work in an area of 45,000 people of which 16,000 go to M'bang'ombe Maternity and 29,000 access N'goni Clinic. Both are very poorly equipped.
Find out moreBicycle Ambulances
We have introduced bicycle ambulances as we found one of the major difficulties for people getting to clinics, was lack of transport.
Find out moreDisability
We have found over the years that people with disabilities are the mostpoverty stricken and often outcast from their community.
Find out moreHIV/AIDS
Many children are orphaned due to HIV/AIDS and are left to be looked afterby their extended family, often grandparents.
Find out moreFeeding Programmes
The under 5's are one of our most vulnerable groups where 11% often diethrough dysentery or malaria, from drinking dirty water
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