The Gift of the Givers Malawi office was started in December 2005 with a staff complement of five people. The scope and reach of the Malawi operation has grown steadily and today, 10 staff members run a number of projects throughout the country (see project list below).
Their major projects include:
- Development of an area known as Domasi situated in Malawi's old capital, Zomba.
- Annual distribution of farm inputs to needy farmers (see distribution list below).
- Drilling and rigging of boreholes (see list below).
- Distribution of blankets and jerseys in winter; new shoes, food packs, nutritional supplements and other foodstuffs.
- Feeding schemes.
- Provision of bursaries/educational support to needy students.
- Supporting the media fraternity with yearly awards as an encouragement towards responsible journalism.
- Supporting Government's efforts in the health sector with the deployment of mobile clinics, as well as the provision of medicines and bicycle ambulances.
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Gift of the
Givers set up three containerised mobile clinics in Malawi in the period February 2005 to
July 2008. The mobile clinics have been
deployed in Soche (Blantyre),
Chande (Namwera) and Domasi (Zomba).
The clinics
are run in conjunction with the Blantyre District Health Office, Mangochi
District Health Office, Zomba District Health Office and the Ministry of Health. The clinics were officially opened after
receiving requests from the District Health Officers of Blantyre, Mangochi and
Zomba. Today the
three mobile clinics serve communities of over 50,000 people.
Said
Country Manager, Ahmed Sunka, “Before the mobile clinics were deployed, people walked
long distances to access medical services but now the facilities are providing
all the necessary services, within their reach.
Initially, the facilities stayed idle for sometime due to logistical
problems on government’s side – in terms of deployment of staff and medicines -
but the situation has been rectified and the facilities are running properly. Medical
services are now within reach and as an organisation we are proud that we
really made a difference to the people who had suffered for a long time.” This project is based on the
motto: “If people cannot get to health services then health services must
get to the people”.
Beneficiaries:
- 2005: 2 Clinics / communities
- 2008: 1 clinic / community
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