2024 Project Summary
A grant of £1000 to support the rehabilitation of the damaged borehole at Mpemba Health Centre, Blantyre.
Gift Ayami, Program Coordinator with Community Hope explained that the health centre’s borehole was damaged by cyclone Freddy and, as the only source of clean water, repairing it was a priority to protect against waterborne diseases among the healthcare workers and surrounding households. Renovating the borehole has meant the community now has a safe water supply and sanitation in line with sustainable goal no 6. Community Hope has also introduced an income generating forest garden farming programme to provide a maintenance fund to keep the borehole working.
2021 Project Summary
A grant of £1000 to support the construction of a child care centre in Traditional Authority Nansomba, Chikwawa District.
Gift Ayami, Program Coordinator with Community Hope told us there is no nursery school in the area and as such children learn under the trees to access early childhood education. This prompted the communities to come together to mobilise resources for the construction of a child education centre. The community committed to making bricks and providing the labour needed for the building project; the FOMA grant will support the purchase of the other construction materials.