SERVING AND SAVING
ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
Our Mission
Believe in The Power of Reaching out to Change the Future
FOHOP exists to improve the living standards of marginalized women, youth and children in the rural communities of Malawi through different capacity building, service delivery, advocacy and networking based interventions.
Community Engagement
This will involve the inclusion of communities and relevant institutions in communities in all programmes the Fountain of Hope will be conducting in each community. This will ensure getting maximum support from the community and various institutions followed by sustainability of the program activities
PROGRAM AREAS
FOHOP had been implementing several projects aimed at improving well-being of marginalized people with material, technical and financial support from different partners.
Food Security
Fountain of Hope (FOHOP) has carried out food security and nutrition interventions in Karonga district in the Northern region and Blantyre district in Southern region of Malawi where it benefited small scale women and youth farmers and people living with HIV and AIDS.
Climate Change and Environmental conservation
On climate change, FOHOP envisions a society with secured livelihood and able to withstand shocks arising from climate change. FOHOP strives to improve the living standards by building resilient society to climate change impact.
Water Sanitation and hygiene
FOHOP has held different activities in this field such as sensitization of importance of rope and washer pumps for improved clean water supply, community triggering, Increasing knowledge of people benefiting from markets facilities on hygiene and sanitation service, training people using public facilities in reduction of diseases arising from poor hygiene practices. .
HIV and AIDS and TB interventions
The organization has provided services of home based care, HIV and AIDS and TB prevention, care and treatment, Establishing of support groups and training in income generating activities. 3820 people have been benefiting from the project up to date
Relief Aid
FOHOP, has distributed relief items in floods prone district of Karonga district where the organization distributed out mosquito nets, clothes, farming inputs and tools, seeds, and assorted food items. FOHOP has further distributed clothes, school learning materials for early childhood development in Blantyre and Karonga. 9430 people benefited from the process.
Youth empowerment
FOHOP has 13400 active youth in Karonga and Blantyre districts who are engaged in community developmental work. But the organization has trained 45 youth in different vocational skills of Barber shopping, welding, bricklaying, Computer operations, Saloon and tailoring and designing. Computers were given to youth for income generating.
Capacity building of community structures
Firstly the organization Conducted Community assessment needs where 3 local need assessments sessions in the operational area took place as one way of having a clear picture of community status. These need assessments were jointly carried out by FOHOP, government structures and key stakeholders
Child Development interventions
Established 45 Community Based Child Care centers (CBCCs) where FOHOP joined hands with community members, government officers as well as other relevant stakeholders in establishing these CBCC’s which are important for early childhood development. Among these centers only 7 were provided with porridge while the rest are not.
Prevention of Gender Based Violence
Prevention of Gender Based Violence by addressing the root causes and promoting transformation of harmful social norms: The project targeted 15400 citizens of Blantyre district aiming at ending gender based violence, domestic violence and sexual violence.
Ending child marriages
Promoting Girls education: Fountain of Hope has held campaigns of sending girls to school at all levels that is primary, secondary and tertiary education. In addition has been providing school materials and furniture to girls such as clothes, shoes, school bags, fabric garments, wrappers, books, desks and chairs in Karonga, Dowa and Blantyre districts. 51250 people were reached through the campaigns.
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES
To end all forms of violence against children, girls, youth and women including child marriages, sexual exploitation, trafficking in person through implementing
multi-sectoral and multi-constituent action plans to end violence against children, girls and women.
- To empower the community members in fighting against food Insecurity and malnutrition which has resulted into vulnerability of marginalization of the poor.
- To promote social and economic development in rural areas of Malawi through livelihood and community development interventions.
- To bring an improved life for the under privileged and the most needy part of the community.
- To ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all groups of people.
- To empower and advocate for the full protection of rights of the disadvantaged groups namely sex workers, persons with disability, people living with HIV and those in chronic illness.
FOUNTAIN OF HOPE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Fountain of Hope will achieve more results if its activities are strongly embedded within the community it is operating in. The following strategies will ensure the strengthening of the relations between Fountain of Hope and the Community.
Marketing
Networking
Partnership Development
Community Engagement
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