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In April 2006 we launched our Sponsor a Child scheme in partnership with Zambia YMCA. Children in this region face a daily struggle due to chronic poverty and the AIDS pandemic. Many are classed as double orphans having lost both their parents as a result of AIDS or other serious illness. We want to help children in this region have a future and not only help provide food and clothing for them but to assist with their education - helping to change their lives and give them hope for the future.
21 orphans are now sponsored through the scheme. 20 more are on a waiting list. Click here for more details about Sponsoring a Child (pdf download) or contact International Projects, Nottinghamshire YMCA, All Saints NDC Wellbeing Centre, 75 Raleigh St, Nottingham NG7 4DL. Tel: (0115) 855 3362.
We are also fundraising for sports kit for Peer Educators in Chibombo, and supporting the start of a micro-finance scheme in partnership with Zambia YMCA to help the local community in Chibombo become self-sustaining.
Activities include football leagues, the Avoid AIDS band visiting five schools and villages in Chikwawa, drama groups, advocating children's and women's rights and encouraging children to attend school. With the arrival of electricity in Chikwawa in 2008, they hope to start a DVD-showing room, to raise funds for YMCA activities.
Visit the Malawi page to find out more.
