Landirani Projects
Maternity Unit
Help us save thousands of lives
1 in 6 women die in childbirth in Malawi
Story so far….
• In April 2010 we filmed in our local Clinic and Maternity unit with 8 beds. These serve 13,569 people. There was one Medical Assistant and one Midwife to run the two units. The Midwife was pregnant.
• In August 2010 we put in 3 bicycle ambulances to help people get to the Clinic and Maternity e... Read more
Posted in Projects, Fri, 4th Mar 2011 @ 07:51:44
Landirani Training Village
Education, sustainability and innovation
Using traditional techniques and resources we will be building a village that will primarily be an education site for agricultural teaching and vocational training. The secondary purpose of this village is to move Landirani Headquarters into the area of operation so we can have a deeper understanding and closer connection to those we are supporting. This, in turn, will also help to lower the gener... Read more
Posted in Projects, Wed, 8th Dec 2010 @ 10:26:11
Bicycle Ambulances
Ensuring people can get to a health service
In our area of support there is a huge issue with lack of transport to hospital/clinics.
There are not enough health centres/hospitals in our area and therefore the catchment area for each centre is huge.
Because of the lack of health services in our area people have to travel vast distances to be seen by a nurse or doctor. Travel to the hospitals is usually by ox and cart but this is an expensi... Read more
Posted in Projects, Thu, 9th Sep 2010 @ 11:20:02
Water and Sanitation
45,000 people in our area need clean safe water
We have initiated a safe water program and intend to ensure that everyone in our area (around 45,000 people) has access to clean, safe water.
Water holes - a very shallow hole dug in the ground and left completely un protected
Shallow wells – a hole dug to water level but left unprotected
Broken borehole – this is a safe water source ... Read more
Posted in Projects, Tue, 1st Dec 2009 @ 12:11:11
Feeding Programme in Schools
Working with Feed The Children
Providing a meal at the beginning of the day encourages the children come to school because there will be food there for them that they wouldn’t otherwise have, and it helps them learn more effectively when they’re at school.
We have been working in partnership with ‘Feed The Children’ (www.feedthechildren.org) and have started using a new fuel saving oven in one of our sc... Read more
Posted in Projects, Tue, 6th Oct 2009 @ 17:17:20
Children's Corners
Emotional support for children affected by HIV/AIDS
We are setting up children's corners in our area to offer emotional support to those who have suffered a loss in their family due to HIV/AIDS
Children's Corners give children a place to go to mix with other people in the same situation as themselves. The children are encouraged to keep memory books to remember their loved ones and also they are given the chance to talk about their loss wit... Read more
Posted in Projects, Tue, 6th Oct 2009 @ 11:54:59
Secondary School Sponsorship
Sponsor a child through Secondary School
It only costs £198/year (£16.50/month) to sponsor a child through secondary school
Education is free to children up to the end of primary school but if they want to go on and get a full education (and hopefully go onto university) it costs around £792 for four years at Secondary School This pays for school fees, exam fees, school materials, boarding fees, food and school uniform... Read more
Posted in Projects, Tue, 6th Oct 2009 @ 11:32:53
Project4Africa
PROJECT II - MATERNITY UNIT
Project4Africa is a group who raise funds to help various projects in Africa.
Project:
Last year they were working with Landirani to build at Namanyanga, which is a school in the North East of our area.
They raised the funds to build two school blocks (which is 4 classrooms) a pre-school and feeding station and a teacher's house.
This year we are delighted to announce they will be raising mo... Read more
Posted in Projects, Fri, 13th Feb 2009 @ 13:32:26
Distributions
Distributions will always be a big part of our work, and are vital to the orphans who have nothing.
We do regular distributions throughout our area.
We distribute clothes, toys, sleeping mats, blankets, monsquito nets.
We also do regular orphan lunch days, providing every orphan in a school with a nutritious lunch.
We were recently donated some wheelchairs by The Rotary, which have been distributed to people in our area. See the News page for more information and pictures.
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Reforestation
Reforestation in our area
In order to do all the building projects, we have asked the communities to help contribute by providing bricks for us. The firing of the bricks takes up a lot of firewood.
Wood is the main source of fuel for keeping warm and cooking. The land has slowly but surely been taken over by farming and trees are also chopped down in the fields. There is very little replanting, therefore it is essential t... Read more
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Building a school at Masiye
Building started 2006
We have completed:
Three out of four school blocks (which is 6 classrooms)
Two out of four teacher's houses
The kitchen and store room
The renovation of the pre school.
We have yet to complete the other school block and the teacher's houses but progress on these projects is steady and being over seen by our project manager.
Building the School:
... Read more
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School Partnerships
Linking schools in Malawi with schools in the UK
We are linking schools in Malawi with schools in the UK to establish a relationship between the two countries through correspondence. We want the schools in Malawi to learn about and learn from the schools, teachers and children in the UK, and likewise the people in the UK can learn a lot from those in Malawi.
School Links we have set up:
October 2008
Masiye & St... Read more
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Orphan Vegetable Gardens
Setting up vegetable gardens in schools
So far we have set up six vegetable gardens at Masiye, M’bang’ombe, Chitsime, Kakoma, Kafutwe and Namanyanga.
We prepared the land, planted the seeds and set up the irrigation systems as shown in the picture.
The barrels we used for the irrigation systems were first put into schools in the UK to be filled with seeds, books and equipment and decorated then we brought them over ... Read more
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Fruit Trees
Planting Fruit Trees in the schools
640 trees were planted in February 2008 and this project is being monitored by our team in Malawi. When we're in Malawi we visit the orchards in all our schools to check they are being well maintained and give advice and aid where needed.
*20 Fruit trees: £20 *Equipment: £15
If you would like to donate to something specific, please click on the "gift list" link on th... Read more
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