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 Project
name:
FOMO, Friends
of the Mulanje Orphans 
Project Goal:
The mission of
FOMO is to provide and enhance the health, education, shelter
and meet the basic human needs of all orphaned children of
Mulanje.
Objectives:
To raise standards
of and provide continuity of care and education to all Mulanje's
orphaned children.
- To integrate
the orphaned children in the local community by fostering
and adoption.
- To raise awareness
about issues related to FOMO's activities.
- To enable FOMO
Mulanje, to be self funding through business ventures.
- To involve the
local and greater community in FOMO's activities.
Rotary service
type:
Fund-raising.
Description:
FOMO is a community
based programme and has a long-term aim, to make FOMO Mulanje
self-sufficient.
The ultimate aim
is for FOMO Mulanje to be in a position to meet the needs
of the orphaned children and local community.
First priority
is to identify and feed the orphaned children most in need.
From this base it can then attend to the children's individual
needs in respect of Food, Security, Health, Education, Economic
and Emotional care. Over the past five years the number of
children attending FOMO centres has risen from 20 to over
5000. An infrastructure of 13 centres covering 80 villages
is being established in the Mulanje district of Malawi.
The aim of each
of the centres is to provide the infrastructure for the following
activities:
- Feeding programme
- Provision of
information (Aids/HIV, Health, Legal)
- Promote Activity
(Sport, Plays, Youth Groups etc) providing cohesion to community
- Promote Learning
(Under 13 Play-schools, Open learning centre, formal education).
- Promote skills
(Formal and Informal skills learning).
Present Need
and How Rotarians can help:
- Supplying all
types of aid including building materials and equipment,
food supplies, household goods, educational materials, libraries,
child packs.
- Basic medical
equipment to enable a "first responder" service
before referral to clinics or hospital
- Monetary donations
for projects, transport of containers, food programme. These
can be tailored to the club's capability.
- Involvement
of local schools and organisations increasing awareness
and funding.
- Provision of
volunteers to assist on a short term basis at the centres.
Summary
- Established 2000
- Over 5000 children
- 13 Centres (5
purpose built)
- Childrens activities
at every centre, Including Football, Net ball, Drama, Art,
Music recording
- 13 Play-schools
- 400 children
sponsored at secondary school
- 2 Students sponsored
at university
- 1 registered
Clinic
- Health Out Reach
programme
- Daily Feeding
Programme
- Chicken projects
- Gardening Projects
- 1 Computer school
- 1 Driving school
- 1 Tailoring
facility (school)
- 1 Office block
facility
We also provide
- Bore holes
- Blankets
- Mosquito nets
- Soap, toothpaste,
toothbrushes etc.
- Clothing, Shoes,
school uniforms etc
- Educational
materials, copy books, text books, pencils, pens etc
Main Objectives
20011- 14
- Maintain and
expand the existing programme
- Build and establish
a secondary school (Phase One has Started)
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Targeted
Project
Education, Education, stepping
stones that we have all been privileged to take. From
the dawn of time, passing on knowledge and skills has
been the bedrock of self fulfilment and nation building.
This dream of every parent is no less in Malawi, but
the chronic state of the Malawi’s Education System
means dreams are shattered and talent untapped.
FOMO encourages the children through
primary education, 200 FOMO registered orphans passed
standard 8 in 2009, but only 44 were selected for government
secondary schools.
FOMO with its 13 centres, clinic,
play schools, boreholes, library and much more has a
proven history of getting things done and in 2010 launched
a project to build a secondary school to help fill the
chronic shortage of school places in Mulanje.
FOMO is a voluntary community based
organisation and draws its labour and materials from
the immediate area, thereby providing employment and
money to the local economy.
School Project Starts: After fully
funding Phase One, work started in late 2010, but to
complete the seven phases of school project we need
your help.
Full details of the school project and
further information please check out FOMO’s web
site Click
Here
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we can make the difference
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Malawi - Friends of Mulanje Orphans
(FOMO)
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