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;-
Toilets in the community!
Sanitation is a major challenge in Malawian countryside.
Many families lack toilet facilities, with little alternative to using open fields. No rural homes have running water and without a centralised sewerage system, disease is a serious threat to all, but especially to the malnourished.
So building these simple structures is life-transforming ….
The process begins with a 3m-deep pit being dug by hand. This is then covered with a sturdy floor, and surrounded by a bamboo-framed shelter lined with plastic sheeting for privacy. Thatching grass, provided by the beneficiary as their contribution, is then fixed in place, forming an invaluable resource for each family.
We aim to build 200 units for needy households during this period.
Would you like to help?
Just click "donate now" and your donation will help this vulnerable community enjoy safe and constructive rural development for generations to come.....
and would you urgently consider setting up a monthly Standing Order to partner with us, 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 first 2 bridges are complete!
During May, to construct the first of the bridges, foundations were deeply dug by hand, and stone piers erected, specially angled to channel potential flood water through the bridge to prevent erosion of the banks. These were then straddled by huge purpose-cut treated logs and surfaced with timbers. Finally the river bank edges were filled in and the work complete.
During June the 2nd bridge has been built—a drift bridge, designed specifically for this location. The construction of the final—and largest bridge—is taking place now, due to be complete by the end of July.
The local villagers, eager for this development, had provided and transported the stone and sand for the builders as their contribution to the project, and we provided 150 bags of cement, and all the other materials, plus a team of experienced builders.
Together, these bridges will provide safe and simple access to everything in the local area, linking many villages with schools, health centres, markets & water supplies and will be travelled daily by hundreds of villagers and schoolchildren —all thankful and delighted!
You can see more in our “news” section…..
Many thanks for your help!
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Our Projects
A variety of programmes, each a response to local challenges, together serving thousands.
