Malawi
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News
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to continue food security support in Malawi
Communities show resilience, but help still needed
Presbyterians Join Hands to Address Early Marriage in Malawi
RELIEF ACTION UPDATE
Letters from Debbie Braaksma and from Mphatso M. Nguluwe
PC(USA) mission personnel and partners raise alarm regarding crisis in Malawi
Flooding and drought leave families without food or homes
PC(USA) leaders call for urgent relief action in Malawi
Food shortages from this year’s flooding and drought reaching critical stage
The Malawi Mission Network, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterian World Mission have issued a call to a Day of Prayer and Fasting for the people of Malawi on World Food Day, Friday, October 16, 2015, followed by a Day of Action on Sunday, October 18 to collect contributions for food aid. Financial support can be provided through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance online, or by mailing a check to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburg, PA 15264-3700. Donations should be made as quickly as possible and designated to PDA Fund DR000158 for urgent assistance to Malawi and Southern Africa.
READ ABOUT how Janet Guyer and our Church partners in Malawi are working to combat child marriage, part of the campaign to Stop Sexual Violence.
READ ABOUT how Nancy Collins and our Church partners in Malawi are bringing quality education to children as part of the Educate a Child, Transform the World campaign.
Severe rains and flooding have devastated parts of Malawi. See how the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is responding.
Sept/12 Debbie Chase writes about the "painful days of transformation in Malawi"
Mission worker Martha Sommers featured in documentary film Brink of Survival; 9/21 screening
August 2012 Malawi churches establish Institute of Church Management
to provide training on strategic planning, human rights, conflict management, HIIV/AIDS management
Malawi religious leaders and people living with HIV agree on common actions through dialogue
Background
Presbyterian work in Malawi has its roots in the Church of Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland and the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, which developed into the four synods that now make up the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), formed in the late 1940s. PC(USA) work in the country began in the mid 1950s and has been strong, through mission personnel and cooperative efforts with partner churches.
Malawi, a relatively small English-speaking country, is poor and has suffered from drought and floods as well as the spread of HIV/AIDS. The PC(USA) has been very much involved with its partner churches’ health and educational ministries, including theological education, through congregational relationships and both long-term and volunteer personnel. Ministries include health and development programs focusing on women and children, activities for youth, care for orphans, leadership development, and water and sanitation. The Chingali Project, a Presbyterian Disaster Assistance pilot project that is feeding 50,000 people and helping to revitalize crop production. In Nkhoma Synod, a new mosquito abatement project has dramatically reduced malaria rates among children in the target areas. The Presbyterians were influential in standing up for oppressed minorities in 1994 and bringing about a multiparty democracy.
Malawi Partner Churches
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) — Blantyre Synod
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) — General Synod
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) — Livingstonia Synod
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) — Nkhoma Synod
Partner Organizations/Institutions
Ekwendeni Hospital
Embangweni Hospital
Embangweni School for the Deaf
Henry Henderson Institute Secondary School
Ministry of Hope
Mulanje Hospital
Nkhoma Hospital
University of Livingstonia, College of Theology
Zomba Theological College
Presbytery Partnerships
Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery
Northern New York Presbytery
Olympia Presbytery
Pittsburgh Presbytery
Malawi Mission Network
The Malawi Mission Network is among more than 40 networks that connect Presbyterians who share a common mission interest. Most participants are involved in mission partnerships through congregations, presbyteries or synods. Network members come together to coordinate efforts, share best practices and develop strategies.
- For more information contact Doug Kee
2016 meeting date: July 23-26 (in conjunction with New Wilmington Mission Conference), New Wilmington, Pa.
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