Raising Malawi

Orphan Care Initiative

Our Impact

Everyday, Raising Malawi works to improve the lives of Malawians with the help of invaluable partner organizations, volunteers and donors. Read about the recent progress to end disease and poverty in this African nation of 14,000,000.

HIV / AIDS + Disease

Over 66,000 children and caregivers living with HIV/AIDS, malaria, or other diseases have received life saving treatments and care.

Poverty

6,000 households are on the road to sustainability through the establishment of communal gardens and distribution of agricultural inputs, including livestock.
3,000 youth and caregivers are receiving vocational training.
300 widows are enrolled in a savings and credit program and have received vocational skills training.
73,000 children and caregivers are receiving daily, nutritious meals, while 10,000 children have received supplements aimed at reversing the effects of severe malnutrition.
57,000 impoverished villagers now have piped safe water and new boreholes.
10,000 children and caregivers are receiving regular dental care through Malawi's first community based Oral Health Development Program, co-created with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Orphans

1,750 community-based organizations have increased their ability to respond to the needs of 1,000,000 orphans and vulnerable children.
160,000 children are benefiting from the construction of 159 community-based child care centers.
30,000 orphaned children have been enrolled in rural and urban community-based child care centers.

Children’s Mental Health

1,500 children are receiving Success for Kids (SFK) classes and personalized mentorship through community-based organizations.
300 youth are receiving SFK classes and personalized mentorship through juvenile prisons and reformatory schools
200 children and caregivers are receiving SFK classes and personalized mentorship through orphanages.

Education

50,000 children now receive primary and secondary education support, including academic scholarships, school uniforms, and learning materials.
10,000 children now benefit from the construction of new or renovated primary and secondary schools.
In 2011, Raising Malawi will open the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, an all-girls boarding school.

With your support, we can see to it that community-based child care centers can take in more kids, more antiretroviral drugs can be distributed, academies for girls get built, and more.