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FOMO has been there since 2000 looking after orphaned and vulnerable children in Malawi will you be there for them in the future?

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Friends of Mulanje Orphans (FOMO) is a community based orphan care programme supporting over 2,000 children through a network of 14 centres in Mulanje district of Malawi.

FOMO covers all aspects of the children’s welfare including health through our outreach clinics, formal and informal education, food security and production. The programme also covers pre-school, out of school activities and further learning through our playschools, driving and tailoring schools. The programme also covers the provision of school materials, personal items (Soap, clothes, blankets, and mosquito nets) and community and much more.

The programme is run by a very small staff of over 83 local workers and volunteers; our funds are raised by a small, but resourceful volunteer committee in the UK. FOMO provides direct aid and reaches out to many thousands of orphaned and vulnerable children, but it does need a regular source of funding and your personal donations are both valued and appreciated.

FOMO, established June 2000, is a registered charity in both the UK and Malawi.

2022 has been very difficult and challenging, but we kept going and this is a list of some of FOMO’s achievements in 2022, and we would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has contributed to helping the children and hope that you will help us again in 2023

2022 Major Achievements

Identification of over 2,000 children
Maintained and ran 14 FOMO Centres
Maintained the children feeding programme, to 2000 children
Maintained Health Care to the children most in need
Operating a day Clinic and Outreach programme
Operating a HIV treatment centre.
Assisted patients at the district hospital
83 Staff and Volunteers
Ran a secondary school 500 + students,
Maintained our links with Intercare (Medicine)
Maintained our links with KitAid (Sports Kit)
Ran sports bonanzas and local league with over 240, U12, U14 and U17 Football teams, netball and athletics,
Ran Activities Songs, Drama, Excursions, Dance, Stories, Sport, Reading Classes
Ran and Maintained a Maize mill facility.
Ran the driving school, Car and up to 3 tonne lorry
Provided personal toiletries, shoes, clothes, sport ware and equipment.
Funded,packed and filled one 40ft container.
Distributed goods from the container to the centres and children
Funding for 1 student at medical college
Funding for1 student at University, studying social welfare
Provided school uniforms, text books, shoes and educational materials
Support to all the FOMO registered Primary School Children
Maintenance and Repair of Buildings and vehicles
Ran and Maintained 14 Play Schools via centre committees
Ran and Maintained the tailoring school
Ran and Maintained small basic recording studio, (Closed most of the year due to failed computer)
Supported community football and netball. FOMO FC
Organised fund raising events in Mulanje
Built school sports gym and sports ground. More equipment still needed
Installed 3 oil filled cooking electric kettles (School) to help reduce firewood used
Provided links and funding support for Mulanje Albino Group
With the help and funding from West Lancashire Scouts:
- Built Mangani FOMO Community Centre
- Repainted FOMO Chole Community Centre
- Build a Chicken House at FOMO’s school
- Built a pit toilet block at FOMO’s school
- Built rocket stoves at FOMO’s school
- Built a playground at Kumwamba FOMO Centre
- Installed two water tanks and guttering to collect rain water at FOMO’s school Hostels.
Converted the old library at FOMO Kuwmamba into a hostel with beds, toilets and showers to accommodate for upto 50 people. (This is mainly used at weekends by the under 14 sports teams.)