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Kwithu Women’s Group and Feeding Center

 
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Formed in 2005,  Kwithu Women’s Group and Feeding Center (Kwithu) provides assistance to the large number of orphans and vulnerable children on the outskirts of Mzuzu.   Like so many children in Malawi and throughout the region, HIV/AIDS has had a devastating effect on these children.  Most have lost parents and family members to the disease.  Others live with and care for sick family members.  Some are HIV positive themselves.   Despite this trauma, the children find support and sanctuary at Kwithu.  Kwithu means home in the local languages. 

The Kwithu project is comprised of five main initiatives:

  • Feeding program for orphan and vulnerable children
  • After school learning program
  • Health and HIV screening, education and outreach
  • Sports and recreation
  • Women’s empowerment

Kwithu kids eating Kwithu Sign

Productivity and Sustainability

The Kwithu project currently operates with tremendous success out of a temporary shelter without a solid roof and where meals are cooked over an open fire. We currently have 125 children enrolled in the program, but the demand is much greater.  Maloto has broken ground on a permanent community center to accommodate 500 children, as well as other vulnerable members of the community.   With the permanent center, rain will no longer effect operations.  The center will also feature a modern kitchen, allowing for more meals to be cooked and more children to be fed, as well as facilities for programming and community events.  For Maloto, a successful program is also one that can be sustained and replicated. Kwithu has its own farm and grows most of its own food. What we don’t grow ourselves, we purchase from local small-scale farmers.

Empowering others

The same challenges that face the Kwithu Women’s Group and Feeding Center face countless other communities throughout Malawi and the region.   And just like Kwithu, there are women and community members ready to take the lead, but they need to know how.  Maloto is working to expand its activities to reach as many women and children as possible.
 

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