After a lot of hot days has finally begun the rainy season. The hunger is so terrible moment that most families have no food and no seeds to plant. I have therefore decided to use part of the money from the foundation seeds and fertilizer. We want the families self-sufficient and therefore […]
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Katie lives with me since March, 2015. Once she came to my house, we started looking for her family. However, that was not easy. We only had a phone number for her father's family. They Katie years treated badly and refused to contact her mother to give family. Eventually after 5 months […]
In Malawi it is summer now. The temperature goes almost every day above 30 degrees. Yesterday decided therefore to take the girls for a day at the pool in Lilongwe. Maria and Diana swam before but Fenili (nanny who lives with me) Tiwonge and Katie had never been to the pool […]
Chinsisi Jonasi is one of the children in my project sponsor. The mother of Chinsinsi has epileptic and mentally retarded; She was raped and became pregnant. After birth, the grandmother took over caring for Chinsinsi. But the mother refused to breastfeed and the mother was unable to buy milk powder. […]
On February 7 September started the new school year. Last year, Maria and Diana went to a local nursery school. Diana in May became three and this year goes to the beginners class at Ebenezer. Ebenezer is a mission school in Nkhoma. We teach in English, and there is a maximum of 30 students per class. […]
Last Saturday I was invited by Diana's family to attend the ceremony chef. Each village in Malawi has a person responsible for social problems to solve - the chef. The chief ceremony began on Friday, because of security reasons I decided, I decided to go along day Saturday. We arrived Saturday morning […]
Esinta Kalikokha is born 28 September 2014. Her mother has four children, all a lot older than Esinta. De oudste is 18, the second 16, the third 14 and the fourth 10. Esinta is the fifth child and currently 11 months old. Begin augustus 2015 The mother became ill Esinta. […]
Last week we climbed Nkhoma Mountain. Katie, Tiwonge and Fenilli live as Nkhoma several years but have never Nkhoma mountain climb. Two careful spent the night at my home to take care of the little ones and I booked an overnight stay for us in the refuge. Friday afternoon we left and we have the […]
Diana has been living with me since March, 2014. I met with the family and social work to Lilongwe agreed that she stays with me until she is healthy and strong enough to go back to her village. Because it goes very well with Diana, I asked a few months ago when grandma […]
My name is Katie Mwamadi, I was born in 2002. My grandmother told me that my father died before I was born, My mother died when I have three was.Ik 2 years with my grandmother. After that, a sister of my mother picked me up and took me to her home. I went to the […]
People often ask me why I do volunteer work in Malawi. Why did I spend all my time, energy and money in caring for and helping vulnerable children in Malawi? The answer is simple; I feel that God wants me to do this work.[/av_one_third] The work is anything but easy. […]
On February 22 April 2015 a good friend of me went into labor. At 7 in the evening she went to the hospital to give birth to her baby. After investigation, it was decided to do a caesarean. At 11 PM was a beautiful baby boy born, but his mother died during childbirth, her […]
On February 9 december 2014 Malita peeled like triplets in the Nkhoma hospital. This was her sixth childbirth, So she has nine children now. The triplets are born very prematurely and the kids have a very low birth weight. Malita is almost 2 months at the Kangaroo Care Unit of the hospital remained, wanted […]
Today is Easter. I got up at 5am and it was quiet in the house, everyone is still asleep. I am reminded of a picture I posted on Facebook a year ago. Diana lived right at me; she was very ill, stunted and malnourished. I had no idea why God wanted me for her […]
Last week, my nanny brought two girls to my house. She saw them on the streets begging for food for over a week now and found out that they were all alone. She gave them regularly eat what, but soon found out that they needed more help. Kate is a […]
Brandina Brenda and her twin sister were born on 3 november 2014. Their mother was only 18 years old and mentally limited. The babies are born prematurely with 32 weeks. The father left the mother when she was 4 months pregnant. After the birth I helped the grandmother to take care of the […]
I take care of Maria since she was born in November 2012. Mary is the fourth child of a mother who is mentally retarded. Her two brothers and sister all died shortly after childbirth. Maria a few days after its birth in the woods was found where her mother gave birth to her. She became […]
We very much enjoyed our Christmas break. On Christmas Day we went all day to Diana's hometown. We ate with the family and have celebrated Diana today still with us Diana Kamba Lame is now 20 months old and has lived 10 months in the Africare […]