We want to eradicate malaria

Since 2017 the Good Little Company has supported Malaria control vector spraying in the Mulanje region.

Happening just before rainy session each year, this innovative malaria prevention system is the only one of its kind in Malawi. It has been extremely successful; this is now the fourth consecutive year with no infant deaths as a result of malaria in Mulanje.

Malaria continues to be a massive problem in Malawi with over 5 million cases recorded each year. Worldwide, more than 400,000 people die from malaria each year, with Africa being the worst-affected continent.

Sustainable livelihoods/ Irrigation Programme

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

This is a cliché but true. The Good Little Company is now in its fourth year of developing irrigation projects in Mulanje. With lovely little success stories, such as a man who produced tomatoes and sweet potatoes in 2020 and then managed to sell vines of his (improved) sweet potato crop to an NGO for distribution. He made MK 350,000 in that season, and he invested it in his hardware business.

This irrigation programme promotes, an entrepreneurial spirit, reduces donor dependence, improves nutrition, helps fund children’s education, feeds livestock, and helps develop businesses. Villages without irrigation completely run out of vegetables between April and August, and they certainly have none when the ‘Hungry Season’ starts.

Crucially, through the irrigation schemes, donor dependence is decreasing. In 2020, we provided seeds for the Bololo scheme; however, farmers have continued farming with seeds bought with proceeds from the Village Savings and Loan Committee. The mindset is gradually changing; however, this takes time.

With the sale of crops from the irrigated farms, some have set up small businesses. For example:cake-baking business, a small hardware store, motorcycle transport, and bicycle transport.

Denis Lynn Orphan & Vulnerable Care Clinic

We want everyone, everywhere to eat well

Life is particularly tough for the orphans in Malawi, these children are among the most vulnerable in the world, who often don’t have access to basic medical treatment, schooling, nor nutritious meals. We wouldn’t want this for our children, and we don’t find it acceptable for the world’s most vulnerable children.

Mulanje Mission in partnership with The Good Little Company is tackling this by providing free medical treatment, paying school fees, and ensuring every child gets at least one square meal a day. Each child is provided one nutritious meal each day. These meals are served at school, to ensure these young scholars can concentrate. “Full bellies; focused minds!”

The Good Little Company supports over 700 orphans at Mulanje Mission Hospital. There are no orphanages: instead, the orphans are cared for by other family members. Mulanje Mission Hospital supplies fortified maize, healthcare, and schooling, and runs a highly successful program where each family caring for an orphan receives a goat.

Children in rural Malawi have a tough time: often, with more than 100 in a classroom, no desks, no seats and little by way of resources. However, there are some lovely success stories such as, Bernadette who is a great example of how a little girl with the love and support from The Good Little Company’s, orphan and vulnerable care programme has successfully completed secondary school and is now realizing her dream of reading social work at the Catholic University of Malawi.

This is a remarkable story, as many kids don’t make it to secondary school, and higher education is usually only a dream. Bernadette is so happy, and her dream is to help disabled children, like her, when she qualifies as a social worker. She knows what it means to be disabled, and that it is even more difficult when you are a girl. She wants to support disabled girls’ educational needs, just as she has been supported by our Orphan and Vulnerable Care Programme.

The Orphan and Vulnerable Care Programme is fully funded by The Good Little Company and a few other Northern Ireland partners.

We want to eradicate malaria

Since 2017 the Good Little Company has supported Malaria control vector spraying in the Mulanje region.

Happening just before rainy session each year, this innovative malaria prevention system is the only one of its kind in Malawi. It has been extremely successful; this is now the fourth consecutive year with no infant deaths as a result of malaria in Mulanje.

Malaria continues to be a massive problem in Malawi with over 5 million cases recorded each year. Worldwide, more than 400,000 people die from malaria each year, with Africa being the worst-affected continent.

Sustainable livelihoods/ Irrigation Programme

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

This is a cliché but true. The Good Little Company is now in its fourth year of developing irrigation projects in Mulanje. With lovely little success stories, such as a man who produced tomatoes and sweet potatoes in 2020 and then managed to sell vines of his (improved) sweet potato crop to an NGO for distribution. He made MK 350,000 in that season, and he invested it in his hardware business.

This irrigation programme promotes, an entrepreneurial spirit, reduces donor dependence, improves nutrition, helps fund children’s education, feeds livestock, and helps develop businesses. Villages without irrigation completely run out of vegetables between April and August, and they certainly have none when the ‘Hungry Season’ starts.

Crucially, through the irrigation schemes, donor dependence is decreasing. In 2020, we provided seeds for the Bololo scheme; however, farmers have continued farming with seeds bought with proceeds from the Village Savings and Loan Committee. The mindset is gradually changing; however, this takes time.

With the sale of crops from the irrigated farms, some have set up small businesses. For example:cake-baking business, a small hardware store, motorcycle transport, and bicycle transport.

Denis Lynn Orphan & Vulnerable Care Clinic

We want everyone, everywhere to eat well

Life is particularly tough for the orphans in Malawi, these children are among the most vulnerable in the world, who often don’t have access to basic medical treatment, schooling, nor nutritious meals. We wouldn’t want this for our children, and we don’t find it acceptable for the world’s most vulnerable children.

Mulanje Mission in partnership with The Good Little Company is tackling this by providing free medical treatment, paying school fees, and ensuring every child gets at least one square meal a day. Each child is provided one nutritious meal each day. These meals are served at school, to ensure these young scholars can concentrate. “Full bellies; focused minds!”

The Good Little Company supports over 700 orphans at Mulanje Mission Hospital. There are no orphanages: instead, the orphans are cared for by other family members. Mulanje Mission Hospital supplies fortified maize, healthcare, and schooling, and runs a highly successful program where each family caring for an orphan receives a goat.

Children in rural Malawi have a tough time: often, with more than 100 in a classroom, no desks, no seats and little by way of resources. However, there are some lovely success stories such as, Bernadette who is a great example of how a little girl with the love and support from The Good Little Company’s, orphan and vulnerable care programme has successfully completed secondary school and is now realizing her dream of reading social work at the Catholic University of Malawi.

This is a remarkable story, as many kids don’t make it to secondary school, and higher education is usually only a dream. Bernadette is so happy, and her dream is to help disabled children, like her, when she qualifies as a social worker. She knows what it means to be disabled, and that it is even more difficult when you are a girl. She wants to support disabled girls’ educational needs, just as she has been supported by our Orphan and Vulnerable Care Programme.

The Orphan and Vulnerable Care Programme is fully funded by The Good Little Company and a few other Northern Ireland partners.