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Project in Malawi

  • Healthlink Worldwide (Formerly AHRTAG)

    The HIV epidemic is having a devastating impact on poor communities across Africa as communities are weakened when people fall ill or die. Community-based organisations are key to tackling the crisis but need support to help them grow and develop. This project supports organisations across five countries, providing them with funds, skills and training to improve their services and reach even more people. This project operates in five countries, with a spend of £574,593.80 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £574593

  • Homeless International

    Over half of Africa's population now lives in urban areas. This project helps urban slum dwellers in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia to address overcrowding, forced eviction, inadequate shelter, water and sanitation facilities. The project helps set up networks of slum dwellers who are then able to access to affordable loans which they can use to purchase land and build better housing. This process builds the confidence of members of the group, so they are better placed to lobby for essential services such as water and sanitation from local authorities. This project operates in three countries, with a spend of £1,000,000 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £1000000

  • Homeless International

    Urban slum dwellers across Malawi and Zambia face overcrowding, forced evictions and deplorable living conditions. The project supports slum dwellers to organise themselves into small savings groups, and then to work with the government in order to get loans to build their own houses. Once they get government recognition, they are better placed to influence local government’s urban development plans, and make sure they take into account the needs of the poorest members of their community. This project operates in two countries, with a spend of £500,000 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £500000

  • International Development through Sport UK (IDS)

    Many children who have been abused or exploited by adults have very low self-esteem and it can be hard for them to trust people. Sport can help to reach out to these children as it can build their confidence and make them feel part of a team. The project will work with sports practitioners across Africa to identify how sport can be best used to change children’s lives. This project operates in eight countries, with a £47,700 spend of in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £47700

  • One World Action

    Women are likely to have practical ideas for improving their own lives to lift their families out of poverty, but they often don't have the confidence to express their needs. This project works to increase women's participation and representation in community groups, local councils, school management committees and others organisations, so they are listened to and their opinions are valued. They do this by providing leadership and other forms of training to build women's confidence and ability to express their needs and become leaders on decisions that affect their lives.

    Amount Awarded: £434779

  • One World Action

    It can be hard to reach those living with HIV if they aren’t organised to access the services they need and tackle the stigma they face. This project is setting up groups of positive people in remote districts in Malawi and supporting them with home-based HIV care, nutritional supplements, counselling, peer support and micro-credit. The groups then build links to district and local health centres so they can access life saving antiretroviral medicines and campaign locally against the stigma and exploitation HIV positive people face. This project operates in two countries, with a spend of £295,880.50 in each location

    Amount Awarded: £295880

  • The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

    Malawi is one of the world's poorest countries and has a million orphaned children. This project is supported by grant-makers who are addressing the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children so they can grow up free from the impact of HIV. Working in two districts of Malawi, the project supports the provision of an integrated package of care for orphaned children and their families that includes access to basic education and health care, income generating schemes, and work that tackles the stigma and discrimination that people affected by HIV face.

    Amount Awarded: £2500000

  • Twin

    Over 70% of Africa's people rely on producing food to make a living, but unfair trade rules mean that small-scale farmers struggle to get a fair price for their produce. The project is working to unite farmers’ groups in key countries in Africa to campaign for changes in government policies so that they can better access international markets. The farmers also receive training to ensure their produce meets the Fairtrade standard for export. This project operates in nine countries, with a spend of £89,255.56 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £89255

  • Twin

    Many farmers in the developing world stay trapped in poverty because they do not get a fair price for what they grow. The project is supporting nut farmers, who are particularly vulnerable to low prices, to get a fairer deal by setting up a company where farmers have greater ownership and the profits are ploughed back into the community so everyone feels the benefits. This project operates in three countries, with a spend of £247,600 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £247600

  • TWIN (Trading) Ltd

    The current growth in demand for Fairtrade and organic coffee provides an opportunity for African farmers to improve their livelihoods. The project works to make the transition to double-certified (Fairtrade and organic), high-quality coffee by providing access to equipment, training and support. This means local producers can get a fairer deal and start to work their own way out of poverty. This project operates in six countries, with a spend of £75,000 in each location

    Amount Awarded: £75000

  • TWIN (Trading) Ltd

    Millions of farmers and producers throughout the world do not get a fair price for their produce. The project supports nut producers in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to get access to essential tools which mean women no longer have to do the work of shelling the nuts by hand. This will also improve the quality of the produce and help to secure a fairer price. This project operates in three countries, with a spend of £59,333 in each location.

    Amount Awarded: £59333

  • Unicef UK

    Currently, education for children under five is not common in Malawi. This project will undertake a much needed review of the provision of under-five nursery education in order to influence government pre-school policy in the future.

    Amount Awarded: £67805