2. Introduction
Maranatha Care Foundation
is a rural community based
organization with a primary
mandate to assist the less
privileged in the areas of:-
1. Education
2. Health
3. Agriculture
4. Environment
5. Rural infrastructure Dev
6. Safe drinking water
3. Registration and Activities
We are registered organisation
Trustee presenting a bucket
in Malawi and our head office is
in Balaka.
Maranatha Care has previously
assisted and distributed
blankets, buckets etc received
from the Freedom Foundation
Trust.
We also received donation of
vitamin flour and wheel chairs
from Blessing Hospitals.
Clothes, plates, cups, sugar and
other items were donated to us
by Cas Group of Companies Ltd
for orphan care centres
4. Mission Statement
To alleviate poverty, ignorance, disease
and give hope to the less privileged
persons including assurance of equitable
distribution of essential services for their
better living.
7. Programme Objectives
Objectives
Prevention of HIV $ Aids infections
Reduction of ignorance and poverty
Provision of safe good drinking water
Reduction of hunger
Prevention of soil erosion
Easy access to important facilities i.e
hospital, markets, schools and trading centers
8. Projects
Project Area
Our projects are in Balaka.
The Villages are under Traditional Authority Msamala
in the eastern region of Malawi.
It is 200 kilometers from the capital Lilongwe and 130
kilometers from the commercial city of Blantyre.
The Villages concerned are under group village
headmen, Kankao, Chimpakati, Mbonani, Mfulanjobvu
, Siliya, Manjanja, Khoswe, Msamala Mchenga and
Chembekezo.
9. Education: Girls back to school Project
Girls who dropped
out of school because
of pregnancy and other
factors.
The project has select
ten girls from each
village and is paying
school fees for them.
We have encouraged
those who were doing
well in class.
10. Continuation
In this area there are low numbers
of girls who attend secondary
school education due to traditional
beliefs, early
pregnancies, ignorance and
poverty.
It has come to our knowledge that
out of every ten girl students in the
area seven drop out of school
either due to pregnancies or other
factors.
Despite several awareness
campaign done on radios and other
media communication by the
government in many rural
villages, messages do not reach
them as they can not afford to buy
a radio.
11. Many girls are orphans and due to many challenges
they face, they do not go to school as a result some
end up being hopeless and eventually become
prostitutes or get married early.
The project is very important because it gives hope
to the girls living with widowed grandmothers who
cannot afford to raise school fees.
We believe these girls shall live as models after
completion of their studies. The project is useful in
many rural areas because if girls are educated then
we have educated the whole community.
13. Health : HIV and Aids Project
In some rural areas some
people are still unaware on how
and where to get HIV/AIDS
counseling and testing.
There is still discrimination in
the communities since they do
not have the right information.
We want to have a well
informed community so that
they are aware on how one can
be protected from the virus.
At the same time encourage
and provide those living
positively with the right
information on the balanced
diet.
14. Infrustructure Dev. Project
It has come to our knowledge
that despite several
awareness campaigns done
on radios and other media
communication on importance
of education, good healthy
and safe motherhood the
efforts are being frustrated
due to poor roads
infrastructure in these areas.
In many rural villages, the
roads are impassable due to
non availability of bridges
hence failure to access the
health and education facilities
15. Continuation
Many children begin school very late
because they can not cross rivers
during rainy seasons.
Pregnant mothers die early due to
failure to reach health facilities in time.
Therefore the need to build these
timber bridges are of paramount
importance.
16. Agriculture: Irrigation & Food Security
The project is on a
hunger prone area.
The area has thirty two
villages and has a
population of about
forty thousand people.
It is on the rain shadow
and has most times
receives very little
rains.
17. Continuation
The project has distributed treadle pumps to
people who are living near to the rivers.
However this did no bear any fruits as most
rivers has water during the rainy seasons only.
There is a need to construct dams for irrigation
purpose.
We need to introduce wind mills to pump water
into the gardens
18. Safe drinking water
This area is on the rain
shadow. It does not receive
much rains.
Hence water table is very
low
People have sometimes
gone without drinking
water as some boreholes
fails to pump water.
This makes it very difficult
for women to have enough
water for homes choruses.
19. continuation
This has affected the attendance of the
school going children in the area.
We want the residents and animals of the
surrounding villages to have good clean
water.
Women and girls must not spend much
time fetching water.
20. Environment Water Harvesting
The water harvesting
project is very
important as it shall
improve the water
table on this dry land.
The constructed dams
shall be used as
backup to the limited
boreholes to supply
water for other uses.
21. Continuation
People must start fish farming business instead
of cutting few remaining trees for charcoal
burning.
Some people cultivate in the river banks in
search of moisture. This has prompted the
massive cutting of tree along the river banks to
create gardens.
The project shall also plant trees along these
rivers so that it has running water throughout
the year and at the same time prevent soil
erosion.
22. Goal, Objectives & Outcome
The intended goal is to have a well educated
community, which protects itself from
diseases, communicate effectively and know
how they can empower themselves
economically.
The community that takes care of their
families and environment and at the same
time be able to produce food for home
consumption.
23. Implementing Strategy
The projects work hand in hand with area
development committee within the community to
identify beneficiaries around designated project
area.
Before the committee starts its work, we hold
public meetings at group level and invite
traditional dancers to spice the occasion.
We have women models who give their
experiences and encourage everyone to be
developmental conscious.
24. Continuation
Then the committee headed by the village
headman is set up, to identify names or
groups of beneficiaries' within the
community.
Upon identification of names, or
groups, Maranatha Care Foundation
starts making arrangements with its
projects officers to set the ball rolling.
25. Monitoring Mechanism
Maranatha Care Foundation continues to
monitor the area development committee
on how they are assisting and monitoring
beneficiaries and advise them when
necessary until the end of the project
period.
At the end of the project, Maranatha
submit a report to donors and the
trustees on how finances has been used.
26. Conclusion
Finally the project is handed over to the
chiefs and the community to own it.
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