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Kayezi, Malawi 2013

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Kayezi, Malawi 2013

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Here I am at m visiting my old te y old Primary school, changes which haveachers and seeing the been made since I left

arn A place to le World Vision built a new library at my old primary school! It has lots of books to help students learn more and is a good place for club meetings. There are also classes for students he re, and the library has arts materials so that children can learn crafts that will he lp them make a living when they leave sc hool. Here I am holding some of the craf ts woven from straw the students have been making.

Our healt h clinic s, a midwife who Here I am with France inic. The lady on works at the Health Cl birth to her baby! n ve gi st ju s ha d be e th maternity wing at World Vision opened the men would have the clinic so pregnant wo a doctor and have somewhere close to see clinic. They used to e th at rn bo s bie ba eir th res to be close to have to walk 15 kilomet . the doctor at child birth

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an o get cle t e r t e m ilo w walk a k o t e o this ne v t a h s o k n t a h d but t e water! , I use f y a il s m a m f o r s f r my sses like 5 metre water fo e 1 n k t ic s u s j , ell now e t this w il u b well, I’m e. Now w n io g la is il V v y ld r m o Before W re very common in leaning – c d n a g e w rinkin w diarrhoea er for d t a ter by ho w a w f o f o y t t n a lo have ple ’ve drawn I bucket! ll t e a t h t n a c t lif you or me to f is it hard

90%

of children under two receiving vaccines

Improving the health of young children has been a big focus in Kayezi over the past year. Following a push to raise awareness about vaccines, our observations saw the percentage of vaccinated children under 2 years rise from 86% in 2011 to 90% in 2012. da/World Vision

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of families benefiting from improved sanitation You have helped us provide more accessible clean water and sanitation facilities for the people of Kayezi. We still want to see more families benefiting from better health, but in 2012 we saw the number with access to safe amenities rise from 41% to 60%.

435

pregnant women received vitamin tablets

Through home visits by our com munity health wor kers in Kayezi, we were able to provide iron and folate tablets to pregnant wom en. These supplements give unborn bab ies a better chance at a healthy star t in life.

90.1%

of women gave birth safely

community Health and the presence of the Thanks to the education with expert help ries men having safe delive Clinic, the number of wo gave bir th with n me wo 1% of pregnant is on the rise. This year, 90. attendant. the help of a skilled bir th

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ia in Souther n zambique and Tanzan Mo ia, mb Za ing er rd er. The majority of d country bo st of its Eastern bord Malawi is a landlocke mo wn do ans for ns ru i law Lake Ma maize, cassava and be Africa. The immense staple crops such as ng wi gro rs me far all the population are sm s. ilie fam ir the some people are rther n Malawi, where no in is ity un It is a dr y area mm co ’s subsistence far mers. are ity Your sponsored child jor ma the t me far mers still o plantations bu hit hard. As such, so employed on tobacc en oft ts gh ou dr d an the hills, in the rain-shadow of ilies. gh to feed their fam ou en w gro to str uggle the population of 1998 and is helping in n ga be of me ram og sorship Pr in improved methods World Vision’s Spon ren through training ild ch ir the for d . ps foo re ge of cro over 17,50 0 grow mo t seeds for a wider ran n of drought resistan isio ov pr d an ng mi far . Many community s of the programme itie ior pr o the als are hcare me and have a say in Education and healt work of the program g who will the gin in er ed em olv inv are g rs gthened and leade member s are gettin en str . ing be are a s mmunitie s lef t the are in 2015 ac tivities that run. Co after World Vision ha en ev es nu nti co nt lopme ensure that the deve

…and more about me After-school Activiti es:

I am a member of th e Children’s Parliament , where I get to work with other students to raise awareness about child rights an d to make changes to our community

My Family:

I am the youngest of three: my brother Allan is 19, and my sis ter Tryness is 16

Favorite Past time:

I love to read

Kayezi, Malawi

Lifecycle of a World Vision sponsorship programme

Kayezi community is in Phase 3

Phase 1

Phase 3

Phase 2

Years 1-3: Building trust and laying groundwork

Years 4-9: Building skills together

Years 10-close: Building long-term solutions together

Partnership with community established.

World Vision and communities work together so children and families benefit and participate in projects such as education, nutrition, clean water and healthcare.

Communities equipped to continue improving child well-being including education and health. Children should be cared for and protected in a loving environment.

Communities and World Vision plan long-term projects together.

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All photographs unless otherwise stated: ©2013 Limbani Nsapato/ World Vision

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