Our Projects
Our mission is to assist the underprivileged communities in Malawi by implementing various initiatives such as educating
orphan girls, empowering livelihoods through livestock distribution (particularly goats), supporting women's
economic empowerment by raising cattle for milk, implementing small-scale irrigation, and providing social welfare
programs to vulnerable communities.
We also carry out activities such as distributing food during Ramadan and distributing Qurbanie meat,
constructing rural masjids, and providing clean and safe water.
We work to help the most impoverished communities in Malawi through;
- Orphan Girls education project
- Livelihood empowerment through livestock distribution mainly goats for raising
- Women economic empowerment through raising cattle for milk
- Small scale irrigation
We provide support to vulnerable communities through social welfare program
- Ramadan food distribution
- Qurbanie meat distribution
- Building rural masjid
- Provision of clean and safe water
Construction of Masaajid and Madrasah
World association friends of Africa took a step to help the Muslims by constructing masjid as well as madrassa classroom for them.
Early childhood development centres (Nursery Schools)
The Nursery school project intends to help children from eastern and southern region of Malawi, most nursery schools around the region are of Christian based and that exposes children from Muslim families to pagan teachings at their tender age.
Besides that, most Muslim families around the region cannot afford to pay the school fees for their children in those nursery schools.
The Nursery school objectives are based on caring, educating and empowering orphans and children from poor families for a better future, hence increasing social and economic developments. The Nursery school will also offer Islamic teachings and help children have a good upbringing to help them in this world and hereafter.
COVID-19 Donation
COVID-19 DONATION TO POLICE COLLEGE CAMPUS, ZOMBA MALAWI. 4 APRIL 2020
Malawi has under-resourced hospitals and fragile health systems characterised by congestion that impede access to healthcare facilities.
Washing hands is a recommended way by WHO to reduce the spread of Corona Virus.
WAFA has donated hand sanitiser and Buckets for washing hands to Police College in Zomba where there is a Hospital accessed by the Community and police Administration offices.
Emergency (Floods/Hunger) Projects
2019 Floods Response
In March 2019. Heavy rains affected most parts of Malawi. The floods critically impacted crops, shelters and critical service infrastructures including water, health nutrition and education facilities. World Association Friends of Africa, working in conjunction with International Organization for Relief, Welfare and Development responded with relief items to the affected individuals- 1000 households in Zomba and Phalombe through WAFA received the following items.
- 25 kg’s maize flour
- 10 packets soya pieces
- One blanket 210 × 160
- 4kg’s of sugar
- 2 pieces of soap bar
- Black plastic sheet
- One packet of match box
- One packet of candle (6 candles)
- 2kg of salt
Friday feeding program and Ramadhan food distribution
The Ramadan food distribution programme is one of the most annual projects carried by World
Association
Friends of Africa. During Ramadan in all the previous years since its establishment, WAFA has
carried out
successful Ramadan programme and these included Iftar meals and food parcel distribution to
needy
families, Eid gifts for orphans, needy children and poor families.
Malaria Control Project
Malawi suffers from burden of infectious diseases, particularly malaria. Following its 2018 – 2019 strategic plan WAFA scaled up a Malaria control project which was launched in Machinga in T/A Mposa.
The project included awareness raising to improve responsive behavior with regard to effective, presenting and malaria control as well as distribution of mosquito nets. WAFA distributed over 15,000 mosquito nets in all the traditional authorities in Zomba
Muslim Funeral Parlour
Free service to Humanity
The Islamic faith has quite guidelines regarding funeral services. Families usually contact a
local Islamic Institution so that they can help with the planning of the funeral.
The preparation before an Islamic funeral consists of two rituals called Ghusl (washing the dead
person) and Kaffan (Shrouding)
It has been difficult for the Muslim population to follow the right procedures for the following
reasons
- They leave in rented houses which are densely populated and house owners do not allow to do
the process in their houses - They have to pay to access the service at the Government facility hospitals
- To get kaffan is challenging most often
Orphan Girls Education Project
World Association Friends of Africa (WAFA) established an Orphan Girl Child School that provides
a better
future to girls living in difficult circumstances due to orphan hood.
Provision of education to orphan and vulnerable girls is a more reliable and sustainable approach
to
poverty reduction and well-being of the poorest communities in Malawi.
The project is being implemented in Zomba and Blantyre and enrolled 157 Girls across eastern and
southern
region of Malawi.
To support one Girl for complete one year it requires the following.
| Mk 1,086,000.00 | Malawi Kwacha |
| $ 1060.00 | USD |
| £ 850.00 | Pounds |
| R 19,300.00 | South African Rands |
what they should spend. Say:
whatever you spend of good must be for parents and
kindred and
orphans and al masaakin (the poor) and the wayfarer, and whatever you do of good deeds,
truly Allah
knows it well”
(Surah: Al Baqarah, Ayah: 215)
Providing clean water through Borehall drilling
We work with rural Muslims in Malawi, areas where women walk more than five hours to find drinking water which in turn is unsafe. WAFA responded with borehole drilling.
Qurbanie
For many Malawian Muslim families, a meal consisting of meat is considered a rare luxury. For many years now WAFA has been slaughtering goats under strict shariah supervision and distribute to poor families in the eastern and southern region of Malawi.