Officially established as
Peace of the World International Satellite: December, 2007
Malawi
Building Peace for the World's Children
ACTIVITIES
1-Teaching and feeding orphans and vulnerable children at the nursery school[under 5yrs]
2-Providing home-based care to the chronically ill
3-HIV/AIDS counselling and educate the public about the disease and ways of preventing it
4-Providing food, clothing, etc. to the orphans and other vulnerable groups
5-Empowering orphans through education and vocational skills.
6-Establishing Nonviolence programs and trainings throughout the region and country
STRATEGY
Acquire access to orphans and other vulnerable children/groups through village headmen and churches as well as their parents or caregivers
Visiting the sick in their various homes; accessing and meeting their immediate needs as resources permit.
FUTURE PLANS
1-To acquire NGO status in Malawi
2-To start giving small loans to families headed by widows and other vulnerable groups
3-To build a Peace Plex which will include a vocational training center, free clinic, Children's Peace Academy with orphanage and village community resource center
4-To reach the the orphans and other vulnerable groups in our nation and strive to help meet their basic needs
5-To establish programs which will pay school fees and supply uniforms for all orphans who cannot manage to pay such fees
7-To establish and support income-generating activities
MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
A 4-member Executive Board of Directors, community volunteers and staff of Burning Fire Ministries.
POWI~ Malawi Corporate Officers:
Chair: Rev. Joshua Mtalikah
Secretary: Mr Chatress Chintengo
Vice secretary: Mrs Florence Gama
Treasurer: Willfred Longwe
COUNTRY AND PROJECT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Malawi is a very poor country that is stable, enjoys religious tolerance and puts a high premium on education. Malawi is rarely in the spotlight when it comes to African aid. It is referred to as the “Warm Heart of Africa.”
Malawi is one of the smallest African countries, about the size of Pennsylvania. It is densely populated (for its size) with a population of approximately 12 million, most of whom live in the rural areas. Malawi achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 and has a democratic republic form of Government with elections every five years. English is widely spoken and taught in schools. It borders with Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique. The economy is predominately agricultural but the country depends on substantial economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank and individual donor nations. The greatest crisis facing Malawi is poverty. It is estimated that about half of the country is Christian, 12% Islamic and various other faiths and sects make up the remaining 38%. There is a high degree of religious tolerance between all religions, which contributes to the generally peaceful state of affairs in Malawi.
According to the W.H.O., Malawi is one of the seven sub-sahara countries where the proportion of children orphaned is very high. Others are Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Burundi, and the kingdom of Swaziland. This is a result of HIV/AIDS pandemic. This pandemic has resulted in the death of productive people in our society regardless of age, race, religion, etc. We have, for sure, a very big task ahead of us to address the dangers of this deadly disease in order to mitigate its impact among the societies. (For other information on Malawi, click to visit Timeline: Malawi.
Our organization caters to a wide catchment area which is sorrounded by six neighbouring villages (listed below). We have plans to extend our services beyond that as long as the resources will be made available. In the near future, we have this intention of looking at the growing demand to provide assistance to orphans, HIV/Aids patients, widows, the disabled and others who are in need.
Below is detailed demographic information for each village where we are presently working or are planning to serve:
VLLAGE NO OF ORPHANS NO OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS NO OF WIDOWS
Suya 125 60 115
Mwachande 155 88 135
Mdala 110 48 65
Kameza 170 105 145
Chatha 107 58 75
Malunga 120 70 85
Contact by writing: Peace of the World ~ Malawi ~ Please type "Malawi" in the subject line.
Joshua Mtalikah
Chair of the Board of Directors
Peace of the World International
Malawi
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Malawi is a very active Branch of Peace of the World International. Click here to view their current activity reports.
