Water for All: pedal pumps and wells for families

Dear donor,

The arrival of covid19 in Malawi has fuelled concern about the already dramatic situation (food insecurity, malaria, HIV/AIDS, typhoid, cholera). But it is precisely the lack of water and the precariousness of sanitation and hygiene facilities that make the risk of contagion alarming. If the virus is not contained, the country will face another tragic pandemic and the poorest villages and vulnerable people will still suffer the worst consequences.

To avoid the worst, the government has issued severe restrictions, closing schools, activities and banning travel and gatherings, including markets. This lockdown is only worsening the poverty and hunger emergency for many families.

For our children attending kindergartens and schools run by our local partner (the St. John's Development Centre), going to school is the only way to have a nutritious meal guaranteed; many parents cannot provide enough food for their children and, with the school closed, many children risk falling into the malnutrition/nutrition trap.

We've come up with a temporary solution which is the installation of hand-washing devices.

Thank you for your help, more important than ever !

Dear Friend

April is aproaching as well as this year sowing season.

Last year harvest was not really good because of the hard rains and the floods that striked the Mangochi region but, thanks to the pumps we donated, our families managed to harvest enough to get through the year.

This was a great achievement alredy but for this year we hope the weather will be kinder so that our families will be able to harvest not just enough but enough to feed themselves and their whole village with some products to spare so that they can sell them and make a small profit from their work.

Seeing what was achievable with this pumps, we hope to donate more of them to other families and villages of the region so that they can improve their harvest and get free from the ghost of malnutrition

April will be a great month also for us because father Kimu will come back to Italy! He'll come visit us and our donors to thank them directly for all the good we they doing for his community and tell us about his work.

We can't wait to see him.

We'll let you now any news he brings with him.

In the meanwhile thank you for all you've done and will do for our families in Mangochi and we hope you will continue helping us making the difference in their lives.