About Raising Malawi

In 2006 Madonna and Michael Berg founded Raising Malawi to bring an end to the extreme poverty and hardship endured by Malawi's 2,000,000 orphans and vulnerable children once and for all. Raising Malawi supports community-based organizations that provide vulnerable children and caregivers with the following critical resources:

• Nutritious food
• Proper clothing
• Secure shelter
• Formal education
• Targeted medical care
• Emotional care and psychosocial support

In addition, Raising Malawi supports non-government organizations that offer impoverished families with innovative opportunities for sustainability. Raising Malawi collaborates with a vast range of partners. In this way, we can be sure the dedicated people on the ground and in the villages who really understand Malawi’s challenges are able to bring Malawians the help they need.

By working at a truly grass-roots level, real and lasting change is happening for hundreds of thousands of impoverished children.

In 2008, Raising Malawi announced the creation of an all-girls boarding school to provide impoverished girls with the means to realize the full range of their potential, to foster Malawian cultural pride and responsibility and to act as examples of girls' empowerment and gender equity.

Why Malawi?

Some ask why we choose Malawi instead of other impoverished countries in the region. To read our reply, and to begin learning about Malawi, click here.