AID AFRICA
Serving the most vulnerable in rural Malawi
Malawi is regarded as one of the poorest countries in the world; in the remote regions, there’s acute poverty, widespread hunger and malnutrition.
Aid Africa, a small UK charity, powerfully impacts Malawi’s rural areas by running an integrated group of projects, each tailored to local need, designed to empower communities and help individuals in our target group: orphans, the elderly, those living with disabilities and the AIDS-affected.
Our Mission
Providing
food and shelther to the frailest
Enabling
safe water, education, and training to empower communities
Encouraging
self-sustainability over dependency
Our focus this month;-
Urgent need for more sanitation....
One of the most pressing problems in the impoverished rural areas is the lack of sanitation. This photo shows a collapsed toilet, leaving the whole family having to use open fields despite frailty, age, and disability, risking health and a polluted environment.
So we’re planning to build over 100 toilet units …. each simply a 3m deep pit, hand-dug, covered by a solid floor and a wrap-around bamboo structure, lined with plastic sheeting and covered with grass thatching for privacy, expected to last for years.
As a guide,
each of these units costs about £25 to construct — basic but life-changing!
Would you like to help? —just click the “Donate Now” button for info on how to donate.
Any amount towards this project is welcome and greatly appreciated...
and would you urgently consider setting up a monthly Standing Order to partner with us?
See our Donations Page (via "donate now" button) for more info.... or if you're more comfortable sending a cheque, please make it payable to "Aid Africa" and send to P.O.Box 103, Fakenham, NR21 1BF.
Many thanks!
Previously:-
The new Community Hall is almost finished ….
The new Community Hall in Phodogoma Village is almost completed.
Many years ago a simple building housing the “under-5’s” clinic along with other events was constructed, but it gradually disintegrated, part of the roof collapsed and it became dangerous. Despite recognising it’s value, the frustrated villagers weren’t able to repair it so asked us for help to bring back the heart of their village.
So we planned a replacement building designed to suit needs—a simple, open hall roofed with iron sheets—some recycled from the original building, with 2 secure consulting rooms/offices.
The excited villagers partnered with us, bringing sand and water for the construction as their contribution. We provided labour to demolish the original building (carefully, to retain any re-usable materials), dug foundations, located and transported bricks, timber, cement and iron sheets, had metal window frames made, then built the walls, formed the offices, and constructed the roof.
All that needs to be done is the interior plastering, hanging the reclaimed doors, glazing and painting so by the end of July it should all be finished and functioning!
Thank you for your help!
Would you like to help further?
Just a little is life-transforming—click “donate now” for ways to give.
Our Projects
A variety of programmes, each a response to local challenges, together serving thousands.
