AID AFRICA
Serving the most vulnerable in rural Malawi

Malawi is regarded as one of the poorest countries in the world; in the remote regions, there’s acute poverty, widespread hunger and malnutrition.

Aid Africa, a small UK charity, powerfully impacts Malawi’s rural areas by running an integrated group of projects, each tailored to local need, designed to empower communities and help individuals in our target group: orphans, the elderly, those living with disabilities and the AIDS-affected.

Our Mission

Providing

food and shelther to the frailest

Enabling

safe water, education, and training to empower communities

Encouraging

self-sustainability over dependency

Our focus this month...

Back to Malawi!....

While Dave & Lynda - who founded Aid Africa 20 years ago - are back in Malawi monitoring progress, encouraging staff and implementing fresh projects for the next few months, they'll meet many challenges and needs. One of the most pressing is providing household toilets for the poorest families.

Leya’s, above, is one of the 100 we built last year giving this vulnerable elderly lady access to a private family facility and dignity restored.

The alternative was publicly using open fields and many had no choice, despite frailty, age, and disability, risking health and a polluted environment. It was claimed that the building of these structures helped our area remain cholera-free despite the epidemic, so this year, we’re planning to construct more.  

They’re simple units …. a 3m deep pit, hand-dug, covered by a solid floor and a wrap-around bamboo structure, lined with plastic sheeting and covered with grass thatching for privacy.  Each is expected to last for years.

Will you help us?

Each of these units costs just £18.50 to construct—basic but life-changing!

If you could support practically, just click the “donate now “ button for instant payment or options. 


Any amount is welcome and greatly appreciated...
...... and to enable us to continue to empower some of the poorest people on the planet, would you urgently consider setting up a monthly Standing Order to partner with us? See our Donations Page for more info....

Many thanks! 

Previously...

Thanks from the elderly!

On the periphery of society, with little to no income and often caring for orphans, the older folk struggle with poverty, poor health and limited access to food.  

But with your help, last month, alongside other projects, we hosted 2 Elderlies’ Luncheons.  Here, on site, 60 vulnerable older folk were invited to enjoy a nutritious meal and a cheerful social celebration.

The food was great, but the chance to sing, dance and chat even better! 



 
Thank you for your help…. 







Our Projects

A variety of programmes, each a response to local challenges, together serving thousands.