Malingunde Woman Benefits from Self-Help Funding
When the team that manages the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund consulted the compass for their next adventure in September, 2005, they found a worthy project proposal in Malingunde, a remote area 45 minutes southwest of Lilongwe. Barely two years later, the project's organizers boast of a substantial multiplier effect and the sort of extended benefits that many projects never achieve.
In 2005, the Self-Help Fund granted $5,000 to the Malingunde Teachers Training School, a faith-based institution that runs training courses for women in tailoring and other life skills. The grant funds purchased building materials, chicken feed, garden tools, treadle pumps, and a refrigerator, all of which were used to operate this "Food and Income Supplementation (FAIS) project." more