Coronavirus in Malawi
We locked down our homes in April to protect our children and we continue our fundraising effort to support them through this crisis.
Our team rely on constant fundraising from meetings, events, visitors and partners. All of these are now on hold and if we cannot raise this money, then we cannot continue to provide for children in our care.
You can help by making a donation here.
Following medical advice, we decided to put our homes on lockdown, to reduce risks to our children and staff. As Malawi started to shut down services, we could not simply close our homes. Instead we decided to limit movement around them as much as possible. On 8th October we have been able to reopen our homes and build up our community work.
It costed us an additional £7k a month to lock down our homes and more for the extra equipment and supplies needed to facilitate this.
We asked you to help us and have been overwhelmed by your response. The funds you have raised, have been vital in ensuring the safety of our children and the continuation of our key services in these unprecedented times.
Together we will continue to provide for as many children as we can.
We need funds to lock down our homes and provide for the children in our care through the Coronavirus health crisis and beyond.
Donate nowCases are steady in Malawi but we will continue to monitor closely with medical experts.
Lockdown has significantly increase the funds needed this year at a time when our fundraising income has fallen significantly. We will continue to run our appeal for support through this difficult time and adapt it to meet the needs of our team in Malawi.
You can monitor the latest infection figures in Malawi by following this link to the Malawi government tracking page http://covid19.health.gov.mw/.
Between the boards of Open Arms Malawi and Open Arms Infant Homes, we have already started working on our longer term recovery plan. Despite our best efforts we are expecting a 45% drop in income means that we have to quickly reshape services this year to work within the funds available and continue to meet the needs of local partners in the future.
Our team need your help more than ever. Your donations will be used to provide vital community services to those most in need of help.
If you’re able to, please click here to set up a regular donation or to make a single gift now.
Together we can support children in Malawi through this crisis.
Your donation will help children in Malawi grow up healthy with the love of a family
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