WorldHope Corps

In response to the invitation from St Joseph Center (Dominican Sisters Nursery) in Bethlehem to visit their ministry and help set up a coalition and community development training event for Muslims, Christians and Jews in Palestine,  WorldHope responded:  first by sending a $2,000 gift last year to benefit the Nursery and Bethlehem Bible School; and then this year by sending a service team to help lay the groundwork for a Shalom/Salaam community training event in 2018. Here's is our board member, Doug Smith's photos and initial report from Bethlehem:   INITIAL SITE VISIT MARCH 14, 2017  The nursery school at St. Joseph’s Center is filled with love. The children are happy and learning in a clean and healthy environment. The Center administrator, Sister Ellen, has six teachers who are devoted to the children. We enjoyed joining in the activities, first in each of the age-sorted classrooms and then in the new covered indoor-outdoor playground, which was partial...

PRGRAM DIRECTOR DENNIS SINGINI REPORTS SUCCESS OF SHALOM TRAINING IN ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN MZUZU (AND HOPES TO GRADUATE AT LEAST 40 PARTICIPANTS IN OCTOBER, 2017): ü   Communities of Shalom training resumed on 9 th January 2017 with 41 participants, representing:  ü    Doroba at Kachere shalom Zone and  Kachere Shalom Zone, which  runs an Orphan Care Centre.   The group has a registration of 60 orphans and they have a land where they are cultivating corn. ü    WorldHope Malawi donated 10kg Maize seeds and 4 bags of Fertilizers to help in addressing the challenge of food shortage at the Centre which has been there for a long period of time until some kids dropped because of hunger. ü   It is expected that the 41 participants will be trained till July end and graduate in October. ü   This training program currently does not have a sponsor, and thus is in need of basic training materials and supplies, includi...

ü   Program Director, Dennis Singini, announced today that World Hope Corps Malawi finally found and rented an office room at K60,000 ($ 83) per month which includes room, water, electricity and security.  ü   The office is located in Mzuzu in Gwamba Building behind Kawiruwiru house.    ü   The office has been furnished and the only problem at hand is internet.   ü   If funds permit, there is a possibility of fixing sky band internet at the office it as soon as possible. ü Board members appreciated the efforts made by the Program Director to locate the office room, because this will show seriousness [and credibility] to our local partners who always ask where WHC Mw offices are located. Submitted by Dennis Singini -->

WorldHope Corp's first  Anti-Malaria Mosquito Net  distribution was completed on January 31, 2017.   Our first distribution was conducted at Mzuzu prison targeting women prisoners with children. 80 nets were distributed to Mzuzu prison. The Mzimba District Health Office appreciated for the donation because they overlooked women with children in the prisons hence WHC Mw approach to help them cannot be given a blind eye but to appreciate the initiative taken. Descriptions for captions:  The DHO representative during the exercise explained the need to care and the need to use the nets. Mobilized and Ready for Distribution Mrs Kaluwa, Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA), demonstrating how to hung a mosquito net, care and sleep under the Mosquito net.   Mphatso (meaning Gift in English) under 5 years old baby boy getting under the mosquito net ready to practice how to sleep under the net.   Women prisoners...

Its the rainy season in northern Malawi, and WorldHope Corps stands ready to distribute at least 1000 mosquito nets in 12 rural villages and one city prison--by request and coordination with the government's District Health Department.    A total of $10,000 is needed to purchase and distribute 1000 Mosquito Nets in rural villages and prisons in Malaria that were left out in previous “Nothing But Nets” distributions in Malawi.  So far, $8500 has been contributed to WorldHope Corps for this mission, leaving just $1,500 still needed  in order to mobilize for a January distribution. Donations of any amount will help! Dennis Singini, Program Director for WorldHope Malawi, submitted this mission update last week in preparation for project mobilization: “Since I returned from the USA tour, our team has visited 22 villages across Mzuzu and outside Mzuzu City to assess the need for mosquito nets.   After meeting with the District Health Officer (DHO) i...