1. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” __ Jesus Christ, through Mathew 25:40
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Registration No: TR/INC 6912
Emergency
Food
Relief
And
Other
Projects
in
Malawi
Table
of
Contents
Introduction
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2
The
Founder
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2
The
Foundation
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3
Our
operations
in
Kenya
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3
Our
operations
in
Malawi
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4
Why
Malawi?
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5
Our
Projects
in
Malawi
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6
Food
Stations
–
Urgently
needed
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6
Build
Nursery
Schools
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6
Support
Education
of
Brilliant-­‐but-­‐needy
students.
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7
How
can
you
support
us?
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7
Sponsor
the
Food
Counters
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7
Sponsor
a
child
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8
Help
build
a
nursery
school
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9
How
to
contact
us?
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10
Our
Bank
Account
Details
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Annemarie Foundation,
PO Box 744, 5 Miles,
Zomba – Blantyre Road,
Zomba, Malawi.
Phone (M): +265-­99 452 4046
+265-­99 134 5771
annemariefoundation.malawi@gmail.com

2. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Introduction
The
Founder
The founder, Shaji Jose Parayil, went for Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage of 800
kilometers walk starting from St Jean pied de Port in France to Santiago de
Compostela in Spain to reach St James Cathedral where the remains of Apostle St
James, the patron saint of Spain and Portugal, is believed to be buried. There he
promised Jesus and St James to establish “Annemarie Foundation” as a charitable
organization to serve the poor, based on the guidance from Jesus Christ given
through the book of Mathew, in chapter 25 verses 31-­46. The statement, “Truly I tell
you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you
did to Me” is the mission statement of Annemarie Foundation. “Lighting the lamp of
love” is the tagline, which is implicitly symbolized in the logo. While the driving force
behind the Foundation is the words of Jesus, the Founder loves and respects all
humans, and all forms of lives, as the divine creations of God.
More about the founder can be seen in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN-­FXj4gxQU and
www.shajiparayil.com

3. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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The
Foundation
Annemarie Foundation is a registered charitable organization (NGO) operating in
Africa -­ in Kenya and in Malawi. The primary mission of the Foundation is to create
good citizens in those poor countries by supporting the education of the
underprivileged children. We do it by sponsoring student fees and other related
expenses, monitoring the academic performances of the children and staying in
active touch with those students, their families and teachers.
Our
operations
in
Kenya
At the moment, the Foundation supports fifteen children in Kenya. The students have
been personally chosen by the Founder after professional screening of their
academic records and family circumstances. They are currently studying in some of
the best schools in Kenya, funded by the Foundation. The first student, Joseph
Mbuthiya Kanyiri, selected and supported since early 2012, is currently doing his
third year Mechanical Engineering in National Polytechnic, Nyeri.
Figure
1
Founder
with
Annemarie's
children
and
parents/guardians
during
the
annual
camp
held
at
Nyeri
during
May
2016
We also do auxiliary projects to support those in need. One of them was to provide
used cloths to poor children and families in Kenya supported by St Francis Church,
Jebel Ali. Some pictures of this project are below. A video of this is available in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXj0rcJ__w

4. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Our
operations
in
Malawi
Figure
2
Office
of
Annemarie
Foundation
in
Malawi
In Malawi, the Foundation operates in Zomba and Dedza districts. Our first project
there was to help build a school (and a church) in partnership with the villagers and
well wishers in the Chabwera village, where around 600 children are studying at
present, in Annemarie’s School.
Figure
3Annemarie's
School
and
Church
in
Chabwera,
Dedza,
Malawi
Figure
4With
he
Bishop,
priests,
parishioners,
and
villagers,
during
the
inauguration
of
the
school
and
church

5. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Figure
5
With
Immanuel,
our
first
child
under
sponsorship,
in
Malawi;
a
visit
to
student’s
home(right).
At the moment, we are increasingly focusing to support Malawi.
Why
Malawi?
According to the World Bank 2016 report, Malawi is the poorest country in the world
with the lowest GDP per capita. On top of that, as per official data, 10.8% of the
population are HIV infected;; unofficial estimates are much higher. Life expectancy is
one of the lowest in the world, with HIV and Malaria among the major causes of
death. Infant mortality rate as of 2015 is 43/1000, one of the highest in the world. For
every 100,000 live births in Malawi, 807 mothers die as a result of pregnancy and
childbirth related causes. There are 6.8 million children in Malawi, 51% of the
population. Out of that 6.8 million children, one million children are orphans, more
than half of them have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Malawi is a landlocked
country, with no sea ports;; air transport is also very expensive and time consuming.
http://www.unicef.org/malawi/children.html
During this month, in September 2016, the founder visited Malawi again, his third
trip. He and the Malawian trustees -­ Hon Charles Tikhiwa MP and Fr Sherin
Cheranthuruthy, a Capuchin priest – visited the remote villages in Zomba district. He
was shocked by the looming poverty and starvation faced by the people there due to
the prolonged drought which experts say is caused by the weather phenomenon
known as El Nino. Its just the beginning of summer there and people are already
starving and begging for food. This situation is much different than what he had
witnessed during previous visits. Most of the rivers are dry and its dust everywhere.
The government of Malawi has declared a national emergency in April 2016, due to
shortage of food and a committee headed by the Vice President of the country is
overseeing the disaster recovery efforts. The bishops of Catholic and Prebyterian
churches have requested the international community for urgent help. The World
Food Program (WFP) of UN has launched the largest ever relief program in the
countries history, with estimates of more than 40% of the population suffering from
hunger already;; the worst summer months are yet to come, from November to
February. Existing efforts and resources are hardly sufficient, as we had witnessed
there.
https://www.wfp.org/news/news-­release/wfp-­begins-­unprecedented-­emergency-­food-­
relief-­operation-­drought-­hit-­malawi

6. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Our
Projects
in
Malawi
Food
Stations
–
Urgently
needed
Based on the situations witnessed there, the Foundation is currently working to
establish food counters (stations) in those villages and small towns which will serve
porridge to the hungry children and elderly. The local Member of Parliament, Hon
Charles Tikhiwa, and Archbishop of Blantyre, His Grace Thomas Luke Msusa, have
promised premises and volunteers to support running these food counters. Many
nursery schools will work with us to cook and serve food in their empty kitchens to
feed their children and grandparents, if we succeed to bring maize floor to their
kitchen. Maize floor is their main food, which they use to cook porridge, a common
meal locally called, Likuni Phala.
We plan to serve approximately 500 meals per day, one meal per person, at one
such food counter;; they will operate from November to February, the most difficult
months. The number of counters we can operate is dependent on the amount of
financial support we can mobilize.
Build
Nursery
Schools
We have made agreements in principle with more than three dozen village chiefs
(locally known as Fumu) to support their efforts to build nursery schools to house up
to 200 children between the age group of 3 to 5. Providing porridge for children in
these nurseries are essential to attract them and also to convince their parents to
send their children to school.
The villagers will make and provide us with sufficient bricks, as can be seen in the
picture below. We will provide the remaining building materials and construct a
stable roof for the children to study and play.

7. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Support
Education
of
Brilliant-­‐but-­‐needy
students.
This is our primary mission. We liaise with local schools, churches, government
authorities at the educational, women and child development departments of the
Zomba and Dedza districts to identify children who are very good in studies, who
without financial assistance would not be able to pursue their secondary school
studies. Orphans, children of single mothers, single fathers and physically
challenged children get higher precedence for selection over the others. Once
selected, we send them to the best schools in the country.
How
can
you
support
us?
Sponsor
the
Food
Counters
This is the most urgent need. A donation of 25 US dollars ( 1,700/-­ Indian rupees, or
93 UAE Dirhms) can help us to feed a nursery school child for two months!! This
includes the cost of maize flour, groundnut flour, salt, sugar, firewood, cost of
transportation, monitoring and book keeping, tip for the local volunteers (who cook,
distribute the food for the people, wash the utensils, …)
Figure
6
Cooking
Likuni
Phala

8. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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The detailed cost workout to run a food counter is shown below.
Price per 50 KG bag of maize grain = 12,500 Malawian Kwacha, approx. 17.5 US
dollars. Meals per one such bag = 250 meals (persons) approximately.Thus to serve
500 persons, we need two 50 kg bags per day, per station, costing 35 US Dollars per
day. Hence the cost of food materials for running a food counter station for 4 months
from November to February = 4 X 30 X 35 = 4,200 USD, per food station, for four
months. Approximate supporting cost (transportation, flour mills charges to flour the
grains, tips for volunteers who cook, and other similar expenses) would be around
USD 700 per station for a period of four months. Thus the total cost of 500 meals per
day, for four months (120 days) would be around 4,900 US dollars.
Depending on the finance we are able to raise, the number of food counters will
increase;; the volunteers, local nurseries and churches are ready to help us with
premises and labor, thus enabling us to run many such stations subject only to our
ability to mobilize the money needed to run them.
Sponsor
a
child
Support individual students for secondary school studies, which is from Form I (9th
Standard) to Form IV (12th
Standard). During this trip, we have shortlisted 59 eligible
students for secondary school studies who are good in studies, but extremely poor to
pay the tuition and/or boarding fees. The school fees per student are as follows:
1. 150 US dollars per year for community secondary schools. They have no
boarding facilities;; these are based in local communities.
2. 150 US dollars per year for district level secondary schools. This the fee for day
scholars. Students with a better performance at primary school secure seats
here.
3. 300 US dollars per year for district level secondary schools. This the fee for
tuition plus boarding. Students with a better performance at primary school
secure seats in such schools with boarding facilities.
4. 400 dollars a year, in the national secondary schools. These are the best schools
in the country. Students are admitted on a merit basis based on their primary
school results. Many children who gets admission here are not able to study here
because of the higher fees and choose the community secondary schools
instead.

9. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Help
build
a
nursery
school
With more than 20% of the children being orphans, and more than 40% of the entire
population already starving there is a special need to build nursery schools here in
Malawi. If we can provide food at these centers, they will save the children from
hunger and malnutrition. Such schools and the staff members would offer care and
affection for those innocent children, who are deprived of love and food.
As we build these schools, with the support of local communities who would provide
us bricks (and also sand in some cases), the cost for building a nursery school with
three class rooms and two external toilets is approximately 2,500/-­ US dollars.
Currently, we have requests to build 34 such nursery schools from local villages,
which have more than 200 children in the age group of 3 to 5 years.

10. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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How
to
contact
us?
Our address in Malawi is:
Annemarie Foundation,
PO Box 744, 5 Miles,
Zomba – Blantyre Road,
Zomba, Malawi.
Phone : +265-­99 452 4046
Website: www.annemariefoundation.org (currently under construction,
expected to be ready by Nov 2016)
Email: annemariefoundation.malawi@gmail.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AnnemarieFoundation/
You can also contact
Name Position Phone Email
Shaji Jose
Parayil
Founder,
Chairman
+265 – 99-­438-­9945
(Malawi)
+91-­9495-­559182
(India)
+971-­56-­1167444
(Dubai)
shaji@shajiparayil.com
Hon Charles
Tikhiwa, MP
Trustee,
Member of
Parliament
+265-­99 452 4046
(Malawi)
chatimwa@yahoo.com
Fr Sherin
Cheranthuruty
Trustee,
Priest
+265-­99 134 5771
scheranthuruthy@gmail.com

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of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus Christ (Mathew 25:40).
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Our
Bank
Account
Details
Our USD account details in Malawi are given below:
Account Number: 0240088869200
Account Name: Annemarie Foundation
Address: PO Box 744, 5 Miles, Zomba, Malawi
Country: Malawi (MW)
Name and Address of Bank: Standard Bank, Zomba Branch, Malawi
Sort Code: 010306
SWIFT Code: SBICMWMX
Lovingly,