Community Based Orphan Care
Orphan Crisis
Malawi is a sub-Saharan African country, which lies on the eastern side of the continent. Small, landlocked, and stricken by poverty, it is home to about 11 million people, of which approximately 10% are orphans or vulnerable children. In this context “orphan” refers to a child who has lost one or both parents and a “vulnerable child” is one whom community leaders deem to be at greatest risk.
Orphan children are typically either taken in by relatives, often a grandmother who is herself struggling to survive, or left on their own to fend for themselves. Because of their circumstances, they are at the very bottom of the life-support chain.
Miqlat's Response to the Crisis
Miqlat has established a community-based orphan care program, “Feed My Lambs” (FML), to mitigate the problems of the orphaned community in the rural village of Kogoya, Malawi.
- Created in response to the orphan crisis, FML seeks to:
- Secure the survival and growth of the orphan children
- Provide access to health care and basic education
- Reduce the risk of water-born and other infectious diseases and lower the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
- Share the love and grace of Jesus Christ
- To meet these needs Miqlat has:
- Drilled a safe-water well
- Constructed a FML community center, cookhouse, medical facility, and educational resource center
- Established a daily feeding program
- Created a bi-monthly medical examination and treatment program
- Provided daily after-school Christian instruction
Each child is supported by a $35.00 monthly sponsorship. FML currently cares for 350 orphans who are having their physical and spiritual needs met every day in an environment of warm, nurturing, Christian love.
Sponsoring a Child
When you sponsor a child for $35.00 a month, you will enable us to provide regular balanced meals, health and hygiene, school expenses, tutoring (without education these children are guaranteed a life of poverty), and daily after-school Christian instruction.
Upon sponsorship of a child, you will receive a photo and short biography of your child. You will be able to send written communications to your child, and he/she will send a response to you.
Choose an orphan to sponsor now by using our secure Sponsorship Page.
If you have questions or need more information, please contact us by sending an email to:
