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WHAT IS PASHELLO CHARITABLE TRUST?
Pashello Charitable Trust (PCT) is a local Non-profit organization (NGO) located in the Chikwawa District of the Southern Region of Malawi. PCT was established and registered in Malawi year 2011 to empower, protect and promote the less privileged, vulnerable and needy population in the communities surrounding the organization. PCT is fully registered and incorporated with The Council of Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA) as well as The NGO Regulatory Authority.
WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?
Pashello Charitable Trust is centered in a town known as N’gabu in the Chikwawa District of Southern Malawi also known as the Lower Shire. N’gabu serves as one of the administrative centers of the district and the NGO is at the heart of the town along the M1 road.
N’gabu and its surrounding Areas are primarily rural with agriculture being the main economic activity, including the cultivation of crops such as maize, sorghum, sugarcane and rice. Also, the town is situated along the Shire River, which is the largest river in Malawi and serves as an important waterway for transportation and irrigation.
Due to the town’s geographical position, the area is usually affected with drought and flooding.
Due to the town’s geographical position, the area is usually affected with drought and flooding.
OUR GOALS & OBJECTIVES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION BY EMPOWERMENT OF LESS PRIVILEGED PEOPLE
- Providing business advice & training to start small scale businesses.
- Providing soft loans to orphans, widows & other poor families/households to enable them start small scale businesses.
- Donating livestock to households to enable them use livestock farming as a sustainable source of income at household level.
ORPHAN CARE
To rehabilitate orphans to become self-sufficient citizens by:
- Providing them with school fees, learning materials, uniforms, food, shelter & clothing.
- To teach them income generating activities at individual and cluster/community levels.
- To support the orphans in their community & not in orphan centers for them to grow up in family set ups just like any other children who have got parents.
GENDER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- To assist in reduction of gender-based violence at family, community & national level.
- To promote mainstreaming of gender practices in all relevant activities.
EDUCATION
- To help reduce the number of school dropouts in rural communities, particularly the girl child.
- To promote community participation in education improvement activities.
- Promote accessibility to education especially to the girl child, orphans & other less privileged children by providing tuition, learning materials and other school needs.
FOOD SECURITY
- Promoting diversification of food sources at household level.
- Promoting irrigation and winter cropping to achieve food security at household level by providing technical advice and equipment to communities.
- Providing farm inputs to poor households, especially households run by widows, orphans, elderly people & other less privileged people in the society.
- Providing training on modern, sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices.
- Providing advice to farming communities on reduction of postharvest loss.
HEALTH
- Providing information to people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Working hand in hand with health institutions in providing ARVs & other medical help to people living with HIV/ AIDS.
- Providing nutritious food to people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Sensitizing people especially the youth ways of having protected sex & encourage peer education on HIV/ AIDS.to have aids free generation in future.
- To discourage discrimination on people living with HIV/AIDS.
LITERACY & SANITATION
- Introduction of adult schools & provide basic education to them.
- Providing boreholes to people for clean water supply.
- Encouraging people to have toilets & sensitize them on how to use them adequately.
KEY INSIGHTS
Here is an overview of the key insights of Malawi
- Food Security: Malawi usually experiences food insecurity due to factors such as erratic weather patterns, poor agricultural practices and limited access to modern farming techniques (Source: FAO, ” Malawi: Food Security Outlook, June 2021″). Due to a dependence on rain-fed agriculture, communities become vulnerable to a shortage of food in periods of drought and/or flooding.
- Education: In Malawi, a limited access to quality education especially in the rural areas, hinders children’s development and denies them a brighter future. Challenges include inadequate school infrastructure, teacher shortages and low enrollment rates (Source: UNESCO, “Education for All Global Monitoring Report”). Improving access to schools, ensuring the availability of qualified teachers and addressing the barriers to education such as Poverty and Gender inequality are essential in achieving higher education levels in Malawi.
- Poverty: Many residents of N’gabu and surrounding areas face poverty and economic hardship because of limited employment opportunities and low agricultural productivity. Addressing poverty requires targeted interventions to promote economic diversification, enhance agricultural practices and create income-generating opportunities.
- Water and Sanitation: Access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities is often limited in the rural areas of Malawi, such as Chikwawa N’gabu, this can lead to several health risks such as Waterbourne diseases (Source: UNICEF, “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Malawi”). Improved water infrastructure and sanitation facilities are needed to address these challenges.
- Healthcare Services/Access: Rural communities in Malawi often lack adequate healthcare infrastructure, medical supplies and personnel, leading to challenges in accessing essential healthcare services (Source: Malawi Ministry of Health, “Health Sector Strategic Plan 2017-2022”). Addressing this challenge requires investment in/ improved healthcare infrastructure, training medical personnel and the provision on medical supplies.
- Infrastructure: Rural areas in Malawi like N’gabu face challenges with poor road networks, limited access to electricity and inadequate transportation infrastructure, resulting to low economic development and hindering access to essential services (Source: World Bank, “Malawi – Country Partnership Framework for FY19-FY23”). Investing in road infrastructure and transportation systems can increase the access to services such as markets, schools and healthcare facilities.
- Natural Disasters: Communities like those in N’gabu are vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods which can result in the loss of lives, displacement and the damage of homes and infrastructure. implementing disaster preparedness and mitigation measures such as early warning systems and resilient infrastructure can aid in reducing the impact of these natural disasters.
HISTORY
Felia Malola’s Journey
Our Vision
Looking forward to see a better Malawi where most of the people will be self reliable
Our Mission
To promote, protect and empower the less priviledged people in Malawi
Our Goal
To reach out to 90% of the vulnerable people in Malawi.
