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| Chinansi director: Chithyola |
Twenty grandmothers from Mpezeni, Pilitu, Sawali and Mthumba Villages all in the area of STA in Balaka stand to benefit from the Gogo Msamalira Ana project being implemented by Chinansi Foundation for Rural Development.
The Foundation has sourced K6million from a Canadian Stephen Lewis Foundation for supporting grannies who are looking after orphans and vulnerable children.
Chithyola said the goal of Gogo Msamalira Ana project is to support the education and welfare of orphaned children and empower grandmothers to enable them to achieve their full potential in life and at the same time to lessen the burden that grannies face in caring for OVCs.
“We want to contribute towards improving the living standards of grandmothers and orphaned children and enhance their capacities in the fight against HIV/AIDS,” he said.
“Thus the project aims at empowering grandmothers through training in farming and business skills and sustain their economical and food independence,” Chithyola explained.
He disclosed that over 50 percent of the population of the selected villages are affected directly or indirectly with orphanhood.
The Foundation is expected to provide the grannies with the grandmothers with farm inputs (fertilizers and maize seeds), livestock and a K20, 000 capital for entrepreneurship, according to Chithyola.
The project will also benefit 40 orphans (20 secondary and 20 primary school pupils).
The OVCs being targeted are those whose ages range from 12—25. Out of the 40 benefitting children, 25 females while 15 will be male.
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