Summer Garden Party 2025
The FOMA annual garden party was held on 12 July 2025. Members and their guests enjoyed catching up with friends from time in Malawi over tea & cakes. The FOMA pop-up fundraising shop offered handmade gifts, marmalade for Malawi and a selection of greeting cards. It was a lovely afternoon and all proceeds go to support our community projects.
October 2024: Community projects update
The FOMA Trustees have approved grants for 11 new community projects. These will include installation of several new water pumps and repairs to boreholes too ensure safe water supplies; purchase of physiotherapy equipment to treat and support children with disabilities; new classroom blocks and disability friendly toilets for two primary schools; a new clinic room for HIV testing and a guardian shelter at a health centre. We wish everyone involved good luck with the projects – we look forward to hearing updates soon.
Keep an eye on our project pages for reports and photos.
FOMA AGM – September 2024
The AGM was held on Saturday 21st September at 2.00pm online. Zikomo to all members that attended.
Following an update on FOMA over the past year and re-election of the committee, the Grant Coordinator gave a presentation on FOMA’s current funded projects alongside a review of FOMA’s impact in Malawi over the 55 years since FOMA’s creation. See news page for further details
FOMA Spring Event – 2025
FOMA hosted an online event on Saturday 12th April 2025 for members to hear from two recent grant recipients providing feedback on the projects that FOMA have supported.
Thank you so much to Samuel Ulili from StepUp and Benjamin Dzonzi from Ho Ho Action Plus for sharing their projects – it was a pleasure to hear from you both.
Celebrating 55 years of FOMA!
FOMA is celebrating it 55th anniversary this year! We send greetings and a heartfelt Zikomo! to all our members, past and present for the support and many, many memories of time spent in Malawi.
Since 1990, FOMA’s charitable activities have been running in Malawi and to date FOMA have funded 255 community projects totalling over £225,000. Communities throughout each region from Chitipa in the north to Nsanje in the south have been supported with a wide variety of projects including re-building classrooms and health centres, bicycle ambulances, school desks, water pumps, solar panels for electricity, learning resources, physiotherapy equipment, sewing machines, farming equipment, planting trees, mending bridges and building lots and lots of toilets!
July 2024: Grants Programme update
FOMA have revised the schedule for the grants programme.
There will now be one annual Open Call during August – proposals will be reviewed by the Grants Committee during September and successful projects awarded funding in October. All applications must be submitted on the official FOMA application form by 31st August.
FOMA will also continue to support CorpsAfrica volunteers working in Malawi inviting them to a Closed Round during December with successful applicants awarded grants in February to support their community projects.
For further information please visit the Grants page here
April 2024: CorpsAfrica projects update
The FOMA Trustees have approved grants for 8 new CorpsAfrica projects. Volunteers working alongside their placement communities will soon be able to get the projects up and running – they include rebuilding two Under 5 healthcare clinics, installing hand operated water pumps, renovating several classrooms, reconstructing a bridge, building a toilet block and a new kitchen for a community based child care centre. Good luck to all those involved – we look forward to hearing updates soon.
Keep an eye on our project pages for reports and photos.
FOMA Garden Party 2024
The annual garden party was held on 13 July 2024 and was a celebration of FOMA’s 55 years. Members enjoyed the chance to catch up with friends from time in Malawi over tea & cakes as well as browse the pop-up fundraising shop. All proceeds go to support our community projects.
Thank you to all those that helped make it a wonderful event!
Spring Meeting 2024
FOMA held the first event of 2024 on Saturday 13th April. 26 members joined a virtual meeting to hear from three recent FOMA grant recipients talk about the project and impact it has had in their community – the three projects were CorpsAfrica Makanani Bridge, Cove Collective Kitchen Project and Patient Support Association Water project. Thank you to all those that attended and a big zikomo also to our speakers!
January 2024: FOMA grants – new projects underway
FOMA Trustees have recently awarded grants to 7 organisations in Malawi to support community projects. Over the coming months communities in Blantyre, Zomba and Machinga will benefit from improved water supplies through renovated boreholes and water systems. School students in Mulanje will soon be learning in a new classroom and new toilets will be constructed in Kasungu. In Karonga expectant mothers will find new beds and mattresses in the maternity wing of a rural health clinic and in Blantyre disabled adults and children attending a physiotherapy clinic will be supported with mobility equipment. Keep an eye on the FOMA Project pages for further updates and photos soon.