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The source of food for Malawians is corn. Each village allows families to farm plots of land around the community. Situation Taken from: https://www.usaid.gov/malawi/food-assistance In southern Malawi, 868,900 individuals were affected by Tropical Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in early March 2019 and resulted in heavy rainfall and flooding, destroying houses, Read more…
The most common brick used to build homes is Malawi is a simple mud brick. Mud bricks are simple and easy to manufacture on site. They are basically on-site soil that is hand shaped and placed in the sun to dry. They will dissolve when the winter rains come. Some Read more…
Since 2008 Habitat for Humanity Malawi with funds from the Gates Foundation has supported 681 Individual Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC’s) with improved shelter, homeowner training on HIV prevention, malaria prevention, and property rights & will writing in the Mulanje and Salima districts of Malawi Cost estimates Three to four Read more…
The “Orphans and Vulnerable Children” (OVC) group program started in 2009 and to date, HFHM has constructed 200 houses for the vulnerable families in six communities. The services include: Improved housing: HFHM construct two, three or four-room houses for vulnerable families. In addition, each family is provided with a ventilated Read more…
Mother Widow 5 children 2 to 5 yrs Mother Widow 4 children 4 to 10 yrs Grandmother 3 children still living at home (unmarried) 1 grandchild