A WORLD VISION MAGAZINE CHANGING LIVES ISSUE 5 May, 2021 Contents 5 From the Officer in Charge 6 Summary of Achievements 7 World Vision unveils partners to fight HIV and TB 9 Malawi Minister hails FMNR 10 World Vision donates school block 12 World Vision donates wheelchairs 13 Tabia’s freedom from Malaria 15 World Vision encourages uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine 16 World Vision mourns immaculate 16 Staff updates From the Charge Changing Lives supported in raising awareness of the pandemic. Most importantly, our advocacy World Vision mission is about changing partnerships ensured that we supported lives, enhancing the quality of the life the Malawi government with advice on safe people live and this, amongst the most reopening of schools to enable children of vulnerable segments of our society. While it the country attain life changing education. is our joy to be a part of the transformation process for the Even in the midst of the pandemic, World communities that partner with on this Vision’s work in Malawi has continued to journey; what motivates us to keep at it is grow. In the second quarter of 2021, with the demonstrated impact we see amongst your support, we reached over 2.2 million the community. children through our programs, advocacy and relief work. The growth, in part, was This month I had an opportunity to visit due to our sustained partnership with the one of the Area programmes in a Global Fund and the Malawi government in community that World Vision supported addressing the triple burden of Malaria, HIV for over 20 years. We transitioned in 2019 and TB. and we were interested to see if the amazing work that had been done in that With successful implementation of the community in Chingale was sustained. 1800 Global Fund funded Indoor Residual fish ponds had been constructed, we met a spraying programme we safeguarded over lady who was still running her 3 fish ponds two million people from Malaria, including and was supplying her fingerlings 148,000 children and 40,000 pregnant and internationally. She was one of many. Food lactating mothers. In this period we have security and malnutrition had been a major seen a steady involvement of families in challenge in the community. Together, we Savings Groups, which demonstrates set up a 29HA irrigation scheme it was our community’s trust in the model as a joy to find the community still United, fall-back option in times of need. While In farming and maintaining the systems. It was the lean season response implemented in even more encouraging to hear the Neno and Chikwawa districts, World Vision personal stories of changes in their lives. partnering with WFP has supported nearly 100,000 families through a mixture of food Houses built, healthy nourished children distributions as well as cash disbursements. protected and in school, mattresses bought. World Vision is committed to consistently Change when it happens in a community positioning ourselves to self reflection and transforms it, it is important to recognize strategic change where necessary to that every story is an individual story and it become a more effective partner. As we is a personal one. It is this personal prepare for the launch of our strategy for transformation of mindset, and the the next five years, we will steward our evidence of what a little investment can resources more efficiently, with greater trigger in a community that motivates us to benefits for children. go out and find communities that are willing to partner with them on this We are grateful for the support from journey. committed and capable partners, including the national and local Government of World Vision continues to seek out Malawi, United Nations agencies, the Global children in marginalised contexts with a Fund and other local and international desire for them to enjoy life in all its development partner who are part of our fullness through many healthy and quest to transform Malawi for the productive partnerships we have developed well-being of vulnerable children. The with the Malawi government and other resources you entrust to World Vision stakeholders. enable us to do what we do. Without you, life in all its fullness for every child would At the peak of the pandemic in Malawi, in remain a dream. December and January, as an organization, we kept our faith in God and did our best to ensure all communities we work in were Summary of Achievements More than people12, gained 030 access to clean water through 97 people2 million safeguarded from Malaria through IRS in new boreholes Mangochi, Balaka and Nkhatabay following the spraying of 513,000 houses. 167, 860 mothers55, reached 065 with nutrition counselling people attained access to latrines messages 43, 518 adolescents9, 530 reached with HIV/AIDS messages farming families trained in post-harvest handling of through teen clubs their crops 82, 732 children98, participated 923 in growth monitoring families supported with food during lean season 733, 729 farming31, families 247 participating in Savings Groups distributed to 99, 033 families under the lean season food insecurity response World Vision unveils part- ners to fight HIV and TB Young people stand to benefit from the grant. Insert, Pennia Moyo he COVID-19 pandemic has had this to early sexual activity and teen mar- young people’s lives. gruesome effects in the country riage, with around a third of all new HIV not only in wiping out businesses infections in the country in 2018 occur- Apart from managing the disbursement but also backtracking achieve- ring among young people (aged 15-24). of resources as well as leading monitoring Tments and attempts to fight against three and evaluation of the work, World Vision diseases burdens of TB, HIV and Malaria. Sadly, around 60% of young people do will foster communication, interactions not have sufficient knowledge of how to and synergies among the implementing While donor countries have not been prevent HIV. partners and report impact to the Coun- spared from the effects of the pandem- try Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), the ic, the Global Fund has stood firm on It is from this backdrop that World Vision, Malawi government and Global Fund. its promise to support and leverage on as Principal Recipient for the TB/HIV grant, government efforts in fighting the three has partnered with other like-minded World Vision Malawi’s Officer in Charge, diseases. organisations that have been recruited as Catherine Omenda, says the new grants Sub Recipients (SR) to deliver a mixture give the people of Malawi a rare oppor- In Malawi, World Vision was awarded 56 of youth-friendly interventions on HIV/ tunity to deliver its promise to the most million United States dollars to implement AIDS and TB across the country. vulnerable children and communities, es- non-biomedical interventions to fight HIV, pecially stamping out HIV and the stigma TB and Malaria. These were selected having undergone a that still prevails. highly competitive and rigorous process World Vision’s relationship with the having adhered to a call for Expression of Omenda said that World Malawi is thank- Global Fund stretches back from 2017 Interest. These SRs are expected to lead ful to the Malawi government, especially when the children’s charity reached over the implementation of interventions on ministries of Health, for the policy direc- 10.7 million people with a combination the ground as well as build relations that tion in the implementation and delivery of of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets, deepen the reach and impact of the grant. various services under the three grants. setting up of Village clinics and training of Health Surveillance Assistants and provi- All work will be done in compliance with sion of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Testing national technical guidelines and protocols Kits. for HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis service delivery. Global Fund has This Global Fund grant has come at a crit- ical time when Malawi’s HIV prevalence is “These are organisations whose footprint invested US$1.6 rising, with 9 percent of the adult popu- in addressing HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis is lation (aged 15-49) living with the virus, well felt and appreciated in their respec- with 33, 000 new infections, according to tive locations of work”, said World Vision’s billion in a 2020 UNAIDS report. Deputy Chief of Party for HIV and TB, Doctor Happy Phiri, before adding that Malawi since The report further warned that young they look forward to a three-year period people are particularly at risk, attributing with renewed effort that will transform 2003. Malawi’s“ HIV prevalence is rising, with 9 “ percent of the adult population (aged 15- 49) living with the virus, with 33, 000 Malawi Minister Hails FMNR inister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy for Assets (FFA) project brought grafted fruit trees and the actual Tembo, has applauded World Vision in Malawi for fruits, greenhouse mushrooms and other produce coming from efforts taken to restore the earth through Farmer their efforts of conserving trees. Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) efforts that Mare bearing fruits. “With the earnings we are making from our conserved trees, we have stopped cutting trees aimlessly which is good for our Tembo, who was seemingly amazed that forests can be children in the future”, said Mr Kefas Pensulo, from Chiwaya regenerated, made the remarks after touring two FMNR sites in Village, Traditional Authority Kaledzera in Phalombe. Nkhoma Area Programme where World Vision is working. In his remarks, World Vision’s Director of Programmes in Malawi, According to a recent study by the MDPI Journal, Malawi leads Charles Chimombo revealed that the organisation has helped deforestation statistics in the Southern African Development communities recover over 10, 000 hectares of forest land using Community (SADC) region with 30,000 and 40,000 hactres of FMNR in its 36 impact areas across Malawi.