Maoni Orphanage update
We have just had a report from Vitumbiko (Vitu), our representative in Malawi, who has visited the orphanage and sent us a very positive report, which we are summarising in this update.
HealthcareThere is now a full time nurse at the orphanage. Vitu reports “The nurse is doing a very good job especially in the health assessment of the children. Some children have been found to be HIV positive and I am glad to report that they have been consequently been put on Antiretroviral Therapy. The sick bay is fully operational and the children who fall sick can now be looked after in isolation until they are well. This is a very good development.” |
Food prices Cooks Preparing Salad! Like the rest of the world, Malawi is suffering from high food prices. Unfortunately for a developing country this is much more serious than it is in the West. The price of maize has gone up a lot, and although we have provided more funds for this we are looking to see if more is required. |
 Windmill for the Irrigation project  Installing the Windmill Irrigation ProjectThanks to a special gift we have been able to fund the provision of a windmill to irrigate land for food production. |
 A Maoni Classroom EducationMore classrooms have been refurbished to a good standard (Pictured – classroom block at Maoni). The school has a new head teacher and she has helped to improve standards. There is a need for teacher training. Many teachers in Malawi have little, if any training and those in the orphanage are no exception. We are also facing this issue at our other project in Mzuzu, in the north of Malawi. We know that the Malawi Government is keen to raise education standards. Our representative, Vitumbiko is himself trained as a teacher to university level, and he will be working with the head teacher to offer in –house training to the other teaching staff. The head teacher herself is well qualified and came from the local state school. |
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