My 100 Orphans have no food our maize all dried

Challenge

My name is Noel Banda. I lead Chinseu Community Based Organization in Blantyre, Malawi. On December 15th last year, we planted 5 acres of maize with 30 mothers and our orphans. The children were happy, they sang while planting. We expected to harvest in April and feed 100 orphans for 6 months. It did not rain in January. It did not rain in February. I walked in the garden on March 2nd. Everything was dry. Leaves were brown, like paper. I knelt down and touched the soil - dust. No maize. Nothing

Solution

$29 is enough in Blantyre market. - 20kg maize flour = K48,000 = $29 Feeds one child for 30 days - Mothers cook at our center, children eat together at 12 noon We buy, we cook, we eat. No office costs. No car. I go to market on bicycle. If you give $45 - one child like Esther eats for a month. If you give $150 - 10 children eat for a month. I will send you photo of children eating with your name written on paper. What We Will Do With Your Money - I Show Receipt - 80% - Buy maize flour and bea

Long-Term Impact

When we survive this month, we want to dig shallow well with treadle pump. Then we can grow vegetables even without rain. But today, we cannot think long term when children are hungry today. WHO WE ARE Chinseu CBO started 2003. I am orphan myself. We care for 100 orphans in 4 villages. No salary. My wife and I volunteer. We are Superstar on GlobalGiving - Rank 110 - with our orphan school project #11257. 410 donors trust us. We have posted 25 reports with real photos.