BackCarolin's work in Malawi in march Report: Carolin Dennewill – 20th April 2005
What I am working on at the moment:
1.Food Project
Part A:
Idea: Giving out food packages for one month for undernourished children and AIDS patients, continue give out monthly if possible
Planned date for first give out: 01.05.2005
Food package for one person for one month:
-10kg maize flour
-1,5kg Lukuni flour (especially for undernourished people)
-1 Litre cooking oil
-5kg beans
-Multivitamintablets
Done until now:
-Planning together with medical staff at chikowa health centre
-Detection of undernourished people in TA Kunthembwe through social workers
-Fundraising (Private donors, RAB Processors LTD)
-Looking for partners of the project (contact with WFP, Hunger Project)
Results until now:
-NR. of undernourished children and people in need: 150
-Fundraised: - 25.000 Kwacha
- Lukuni flour worth 50.000 Kwacha
Remaining tasks;
-Fundraise approx. 100.000 Kwacha more (maybe date for give out has to be changed)
-Organise transport of food packages and give out
-Meet with Medicines sans frontiers Luxembourg, WFP, Hunger Project, World Vision
Part B:
Idea: Make it development work and not only relief aid through enabling the people to take their food situation in their own hands.
Done until now:
-Gathered detailed information about composting,drought resistent crops
Planned actions:
-Visiting families during food give-out, gather information about living conditions and income sources of the families
-Gather more information about drought resistant farming methods, possibilities for vegetable gardens (maybe income generating possibility), introduce to families
-Fundraise
2. Medical Project
Idea: Provide necessary medicines for rural health centres in Kunthembwe and Kuntaja through the help of Action medeor (German NGO)
Done until now:
-Gathering necessary information for proposal through District Health Office and Chikowa health centre
-write proposal
à received medicine-donation for 1000 Euro
Plan:
-fundraise more money,write to medical and pharmaceutical companies and organisations for more medicines and equipment
3. AIDS education in rural areas
Idea: to give lessons about AIDS in rural schools from grade 7 onwards , but in the process of preparing I found out that the people will probably not open up to foreigners and language problems may also occur.
à Change of idea: Now: Finding motivated youth in schools, educating them on HIV/AIDS and forming youth clubs together with them, we educate them and discuss and they will educate their collegues,community
45 schoolsà too much to implement in each youth club,very small schoolsàschools divided in 4 zones,so in the centre of every zone start a youth club
Done until now:
-Gathering information about situation in schools, possibilities how to implement our program
-meeting with district education officer and introduce idea
Planned:
-Meeting this week with somebody who is leading such an AIDS club in higher education school in Blantyre to get advice.
-meet again with district education officer
4.Starting TCE/ Preparing training for Field Officers
Done this month:
-Screening application letters
-Contact and meetings with possible sponsor for printing training materials
No further plans,because funding not yet here
5.Water Project
Idea: I came in contact with a private donor who would like to donate a borehole for 4000$
Done until now:
-negotiating with donor
-Contact with NGO freshwater project which works in area
àDetecting village in area most in need of borehole : Diri village
Planned:
-Visiting Diri with donor and representative of freshwater project
6.Health education:
Idea: train medical staff in chikowa about HIV/AIDS ,PMTCT
Done: talked with medical staff
Plan: Find competent trainer for them in other NGO …who does the training for free
7. Working on Project Total
Done: Found out about malaria,TB,food security ,orphan situation in malawi and especially in Kuntaja and kunthembwe,worked out 10 new acts to implement in order to improve situation…made presentation about it.
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