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Partnering with Somebody Cares-Malawi; Building a multi-use facility & assessing community needs.
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- Malawi: A small country in Southern Africa about the size of Pennsylvania.
Landlocked, Malawi ranks among the world's most densely populated and least developed countries.
- Population: 15.6 million (UN 2010)
- Income: more than ½ live on $0.32/day
- Children: 51% are under the age of 15
- Life expenctancy: 44 male/51 female
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Is It Possible?
The one thing we will vouch for is that ideas can be a reality.
drops of grace was an idea that turned into something real.
Our partners - who we are helping on the other side of the world,
Somebody Cares-Malawi, has an idea that started with one person’s thinking for
an Administration/Education facility.
Can this idea be a reality? It is possible that everything can be made possible!
We met Chief Theresa Malila, Executive Director & Founder of Somebody Cares-Malawi a couple
years ago on a visit to Malawi. The African Mother Theresa, as the people call her,
started her ministry to comfort, feed, care, and pray for the sick, dying, elderly,
widowed, and orphaned in communities in & around Lilongwe, Malawi. Of its 15.6 million people,
85% live in rural areas (as subsistence farmers) where the population density is one of the highest in Africa.
Today, Somebody Cares ministers & supports 24 communities with over 6,000 orphans &
nearly 1500 widows. As well as provide care to over 600 patients in their Home Based
Care program. It is astounding the amount of care that Chief Theresa & her small staff give on a daily basis.
The problem: they work directly out of Theresa’s home residence.
Can you imagine people coming and going 24/7 at your home? Can you imagine
never having a moment alone in your home; hosting not just one stranger but
groups of strangers who come daily to your home and walk in and out all day?
Can you imagine? Theresa manages Somebody Cares directly from her small home
and she does this with a glad heart knowing that the end result is helping
those she cares so passionately about – orphans & widows.
We saw this and we couldn’t believe it! So we decided that we would
like to help Theresa and the Somebody Cares staff with their idea,
their dream of a multi-use facility where they can continue to transform
entire communities in Malawi. Where widows can come and learn income
generating programs so they can feed their families; where youth can come to be
trained in a trade to earn an income; where teachers can participate in training
so the orphans can have a quality education and where Theresa & her staff can work
in conditions conducive to growth & development and continue their efforts of
transforming lives & giving back hope to people who thought there was none left to give.
This multi-use facility will cost approximately $75,000 to fully complete.
We are 30% there, but we have a ways to go. Together, with your generous donations,
we can help build this facility on land that is already owned by Somebody Cares. Is it
possible?
Absolutely!
Let's do it together!
Please DONATE!
THANK YOU!
Data source: UNICEF & WHO
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