"A1:8 Team Malawi" an outreach of the National Community Church

We are going to Dedza, Malawi to work with an orphanage called MOLIMA Family Home. The thirty orphans range in age from 8 to 18 years old. We plan to engage with the orphans by holding a 3 – 4 day camp, including sports, crafts, music and teaching. We want to bless the Isaac Banda family that runs the orphanage.

We also plan to take medical and school supplies to distribute to the orphans and some widows in surrounding villages.

The money raised will go toward the cost of the trip. Any extra funds will be used for a much needed well at MOLIMA as well as a house for the secondary students. A long-term goal is to be advocates for the orphans and their sponsorship.

Malawi Missions Background

M.O.L.I.M.A. Family Home (Mission of Love in Malawi) is in Dedza Township. It is home to 30 orphans ranging in age between 8 and 18 years old.

History: Isaac Banda and his wife Ruth returned to Malawi after he retired from an engineering job in Zambia. They were set up to retire in their home with a rental property adjacent for monthly income. Isaac’s friendship with the President of the Red Cross led to discussions about the desperate needs of orphans in some of the poorest villages. Reluctantly, the Banda’s surveyed the needs and began interviewing candidates who were legitimate
orphans.

In 2000, the Banda’s took five children under their care. They would move the furniture out of their 8’ x 10’ dining room every night to sleep the kids on the floor. Each morning after getting the kids up for school they would move the furniture back in and feed them. Quickly the number grew to twelve
children. Sleeping them on the floor extended into the kitchen. The crowded
conditions forced them to ask their tenet next door to relinquish his lease so
they could house the girls in that building. Since then, thirty orphans have been loved and cared for by Isaac, Ruth
and two daughters, Wezi and Emi.

A building was added to house the boys, with a temporary
kitchen for cooking over an open fire.
Future plans are to add a separate house for the secondary boys; select
and train mentors and house parents to oversee the boys’ development.

After giving for twelve years to raise and educate the
mostly “double” orphans (many having lost both of their parents to A.I.D.S.),
we are looking for strategic partners to develop a sustainable, sponsorship
program to underwrite the increasing school tuition for each student. On average, it takes $35 a month to clothe, feed, board and educate each student.

Needs: Student sponsorship partners: the gift of $35 a month can provide hope and a future for each student.

Medical supplies: Non-prescription pain killers, topical ointments, and bandages. We will set up a dispensary and teach some health awareness.

Office set-up and School supplies: We would like to set up a computer for
tutorial work. Students need rain ponchos, book bags, notebooks and school materials.