By Noel Banda | Project Leader
Dear Friends, Donors, and Family of Chinseu,
My name is Noel Banda, Executive Director and Founder of Chinseu Community Based Organization in Blantyre, Malawi. I am writing this report from the field, with a heavy heart but with hope.
This week is Mothers Week in our CHINSEU WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE 001 | TUESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2026.
Our 100 orphans and vulnerable children are facing a very difficult time. Our maize — the food our families depend on — has dried. The rains were not enough. The fields that should be green are dry. Our mothers came to me this week and said, “Noel, we have no food for our children tomorrow.”
I will be honest with you: We are struggling.
But I also want you to see what I saw this week.
Our mothers did not sit down and give up. They came together. They sat together on the mat, as you can see in our newsletter photo, they prayed together, they shared the little they had, they encouraged each other. One mother said, “Mothers are the first teachers. When we support a mother, we lift a whole family.”
That is why this Mothers Week report is not only about hunger. It is about mothers who are still fighting.
What We Need Right Now:
1. Emergency food for our 100 children — maize flour, beans, cooking oil, and salt for the next weeks
2. Support for our mothers to start small gardens and small businesses so they are not only waiting for rain
3. School support for children like Grace, who dreams of becoming a teacher one day, even when her dreams are still fragile
What Your Support Has Already Done:
Your past support has kept our children in school, kept our mothers together, and kept hope alive in Blantyre. We have not wasted one donation. Every donation has gone to real mothers and real children — the same faces you see in our newsletter.
Our Promise:
We will use every donation with honesty and transparency. We will share photos, we will share updates, we will tell you exactly what we bought and how many children ate.
From Blantyre to the World, we are asking you to stand with our 100 children today. If you can give, please give. If you cannot give, please share this report with 2 friends. Sharing is also giving.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for believing in our mothers. Thank you for believing in Malawi.
With deep gratitude,
Noel Banda
Executive Director and Founder
Chinseu Community Based Organization
Blantyre, Malawi
Our Project: https://goto.gg/63198
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