Economic Growth Malawi Project #4158

Long-term Care of 260 Vulnerable Malawian Children

by SACCODE-Trust

Project Report | Apr 15, 2010
Schoolhouse Rennovation in Maliya & Choma, Malawi

By Joseph Patemba and Dennis Appel | Co-Founders of SACCODE-Trust

Maliya School House

In the September 2009 GlobalGiving challenge, SACCODE-Trust presented the need to raise funds to renovate 2 schoolhouses and to provide food and better care for the OVCs (orphans and other vulnerable children) residing in Maliya and Choma bush communities of Malawi, Central Africa.

The money raised has been put to good use and paid for the cultivation of the fields and the planting of corn as mentioned in the previous progress report. A future report will provide an update on the crop's harvest.

The funds have been also used for a reconstruction project of a children’s school house in Maliya, which is still underway as shown in the attached pictures. Money was used for rennovations in both Maliya and Choma, but the projects are not completed due to lack of funding.

We have yet another GG Open Challenge currently running. SACCODE-Trust has posted a Tailoring Enterprise Project, which will empower 40 women and benefits the OVCs too. Attached are photos of Joesph and women at work while he was doing a survey of an existing sewing/talioring operations in Malawi. Our link for donating money for this cause is: www.globalgiving.org/5171

Close up of Maliya School House

Joseph P. at a tailoring facility in Malawi

Women at sewing facility

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Dec 7, 2009
Project Update in Choma

By Joseph Patemba/Dennis Appel | Co-Founders

Land for Use in Agricultural Project

SACCODE-Trust’s management team continues to look at ways to help the children in several poverty stricken communities of Malawi. We are generating jobs and delivering food and educational materials

We address the real issues in these communities as quoted from a Choma community learder: “We hope you are going to come back and in time because lots of Donors promise but they don’t implement in time or come back at all”, a strong comment from Group Headman for 5 Villages in Choma, Mr. Chimaliro.

Below describes a project being executed by SACCODE-Trust in the Choma community.

- A 12.5 hectare piece of farm land was sold to SACCODE-Trust at the cost of Mk 400,000.00 - One village headman by the name of Mr. Samani Chiumia benefitted since he was the owner of the piece of land after inheriting it from his late father. - Some community elders and tenants have been employed to cultivate the piece of land and they are being paid Mk 5000.00/USD40 per person per hectare. - The piece of land is going to be used for growing corn to feed OVCs in Choma community. - Sales from corn to be produced shall be used to sustain better educational standards at a school in Choma community area. - 3 goats and 2 pigs need to be kept on the same piece of land for future near term sales.

EXPENSES; 1. Cost of buying the land = MK 406,000.00/ USD2,900.00 2. Cost of preparing the land = MK 70,000.00/ USD500.00 3. Cost of buying corn seed for planting = MK 50,000.00/ USD400.00 4. Cost of buying fertilizer = MK 240,000.00/ USD1,800.00 5. Cost of first weeding on the field = MK 42,000.00/ USD300 6. Cost of second weeding on the field = MK 42,000.00/ USD300 7. Cost of harvesting the corn = MK 28,000.00/ USD200

Total in Malawi Kwacha = MK 878,000.00

Total in US Dollars = USD 6,400.00

Village Headman

Man and Wife Suppporting Village Headman

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