Orphan Care

Sustain Mlanda was initially started to support a group of orphans in a village called Chiphikira.

Chiphikira can best be described as a village of children. Chiphikira is densely populated by young children being cared for solely by those either a little older than them or elderly grandparents. An entire generation has been wiped out by HIV/AIDs leaving young, orphaned children to fend for themselves in a village almost entirely cut off from the center of Mlanda by the mountain, restricting access to the general amenities of Mlanda such as the medical center, primary school as well as any access to electricity or a good source of water.

Sustain Mlanda has made it a primary part of our work to care for all of the essential needs of a growing group of orphans in Chiphikira. We currently provide for all school aged orphans in Chiphikira, but the other children and relatives in each family they are adopted into also benefit from the support of Sustain Mlanda.

We ensure that each child has: Orphan feeding

A home and guardians
Enough food, produced through our communal maize farm.
Blankets, buckets and soap
Adequate clothing
School stationary
Medical treatment
Secondary school fees
An oppotunity to attend one of our life skill training programs (tailoring, carpentry)

Sustain Mlanda also takes the welfare of the guardians (both young and old) very seriously, and support their dietary, medical and educational needs as well.

Every year we also provide all of the children in Chiphikira with lots of new games and sports equipment.

In the future, Sustain Mlanda hopes to be able to:

Help with the maintenance of the houses that our orphans live in
Increase our training, feeding and educational programs
Build a community center in Chiphikira
Provide further support to another orphan program run by the church for orphans in Mlanda.