Giving To MDT
At present, we have 5 projects in need of additional funding. Details on each of these can be found in the summary documents below.
- Ongoing Orphan Financial Support - MDT provides monthly food stipends, clothing, school fees and social care to orphans between the ages of 0 and 18 years. More details can be found here
- Clowns Without Borders Orphan Project - MDT would like to continue facilitating sessions with the Clowns Without Borders organization, which provides psycho-social support to orphans and their extended families and caregivers. More details can be found here
- Orphan Day - Orphan Days take place on the last Saturday of every month and are designed to give orphans a chance to meet with social care workers one-on-one; develop relationships with other orphans; and provide skills training in sewing, woodwork, gardening and other life skills that will foster independence. More details can be found here
- Orphan's Planting Project - MDT is developing a Gardens Project to help families supplement the monthly food stipend, while teaching critical skills for that will help them develop into useful adults. More details can be found here
- Ntate Tsepang Lichaba, Nursuryman - Ntate Lichaba is requesting a loan from the MDT to fund the creation and maintenance of a nursery from which he can sell fruit and trees to the community. More details can be found here
GIVING FROM THE UK
Donations of money or items can be made through our UK affiliate organisation, Khokanyana-Phiri. Founded and managed by Ken Dunn, a school teacher from South Yorkshire, Khokanyana-Phiri sends students from Royston High in Barnsley and The City School in Sheffield on a biennial visit to Malealea to deliver aid and implement eco-development projects in the Valley. Kenn first visited Malealea in 2000 on an eco-tourism trip that included a stay at The Malealea Lodge [include link to Lodge page on MDT site]. He was taken with the natural beauty of the country, the generous hospitality of the people, and the opportunity to help the remote community preserve its ecology. Ken and his student volunteers have returned four times in the years that passed, leaving an indelible mark on the local community. Khokanyana-Phiri has installed wind and solar energy systems that deliver electric power to several schools; built and refurbished school buildings; repaired dams and restored lands damaged by erosion; planted trees to prevent further erosion; repaired damaged roads, and; delivered school supplies, medical care and equipment.
Please visit http://www.malealea.org.uk/an_appeal.html to make donations. Khokanyana-Phiri is run entirely by unpaid staff and therefore 100% of the donations given will go to the MDT for the work in the Valley. The charity organisation will be launching a membership program shortly at two subscription levels. A Basic Membership would involve a donation of £1 per month and a Scholarship Membership would involve £10 donation per month (providing one child with the £113 it costs per year to attend school).
We are grateful for your support!
