KODO Expands Reach in Malawi

KODO Distribution Goes Both North and South

    Because of the recent influx of supplies from the supporters of the Malawi Project the work of the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach  (KODO) has been able to expand into parts of Malawi that were only dreamed of just a few months ago. The following gives a partial report of distribution from two recent shipments of supplies to KODO in Salima.

 Aid Programs Touch Zomba
     The Songani Orphan Care facility in Zomba District made repeated calls to KODO asking for help. Nothing could be done. Then after shipments of needed supplies started coming in from the Malawi Project in America it was possible to extend assistance. Mr. George Chimpiko, from KODO, made a trip to Zomba to look in on the assistance being given to the orphans. Seeing orphans being taught life skills he was impressed with the programs being given to the 500 orphans who live at the facility. In the pictures below are shown Chifundo Musa, an orphan who has lost both parents, yet is still involved in trying to help her two siblings to survive. Also shown are a number of the residents of the orphanage going through to find shirts and pants that will fit them.
 

Expand Out Over Salima District
    They came from all over the Salima District, even the blind, deaf, albinos and any other kind of disability known to man. Even the elderly and the orphans were present as KODO organized the ceremony that included the District Commissioner who came to oversee the distribution of the much-needed supplies to those in need. By the end of the day over 400 families had benefited from the assistance that had come from America.

Blantyre Resource Center Receives Supplies
    Continuing with the distribution program KODO workers arrive in Blantyre, in the southern district of Malawi. Here local news reporters, school officials, school children and parents of children with disabilities greeted them. In this school is a resource center for children from all walks of life who have disabilities, and the need for supplies was acute. By the end of the day the land around the school had taken on a new look at supplies were offloaded for the school.

 Working to Solve Their Own Problems
    Field visits to sites being helped with supplies from KODO are found to be working to solve their own problems. Training in life skills is critical and is proving to be a success in a large number of cases with the programs at KODO. Whether it is digging the KODO truck out of the mud or spending time in a classroom the students are learning how to cope with life and its challenges.
 

Kasungu and Nkhotakota Districts Receive Aid
    Reaching Kasungu two districts north of the capital, and then expanding east to the Nkhotakota District, families received sewing machines along with other supplies to assist them. With the sewing machines handicapped families are able to provide themselves with a living and not be a burden to other family members or to the village in which they live.