Helping the Malawi People

Giving Children Hope is partnering with World Emergency Relief to send two packages of medicines to Namikango Maternity Hospital in Thondwe, Malawi.

According to ruralpoverty.org, 70% of Malawi’s population lives below the poverty line. Chronic malnutrition, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, substandard health services and lack of clean drinking water have combined to drive average life expectancy in Malawi down from 46 years in 1996 to 38 years in 2002. One million Malawians are infected with HIV/AIDS, which caused 90,000 deaths in 2003 and has left some 400,000 children orphaned. Because of the high death rate, the population is very young: about 72 per cent of Malawians are under 25 years of age. And young people often lack the skills and experience they need to shoulder the burden of caring for orphans and chronically ill or disabled family members.

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