NoahsArkOrphanCare-Malawi,Africa

Now, I know you're wondering how all this good stuff is happening in Malawi, so I'll let you in on it.

Noah's Ark Orphan Care has donors both in Malawi and in the USA; through individuals, groups, businesses, churches, and trusts etc. We also have received matching funds several times a year...that was most helpful for us to expand the work in new areas, and start the building project in Blantyre! (See Building Project Lens)

NAOC has it's own tax ID number, and is in the process of obtaining a 501-c3. If you or your group would love to help provide food, clothing, medical needs,supplemental education, or private school fees for Malawian orphans, please see below.

Thank you for your kind interest in our very needy children. We are all eternally grateful!

Here's a pretty packed room of kids from first through fourth grades. When the government school is out, after only a few hours of class, the kids come here. A good lunch is provided and they receive tutoring for several hours.

We visited Malawi in September of 2002 for just one short month. Living in a very flat part of Michigan for most of my life gave me a real appreciation for mountainous scenery, especially on a four-hour bus trip north to Lilongwe. At sunset, the hills were illuminated with vivid green and orange... that rich vision has stayed in my mind ever since. While I don't have a real snapshot of that ( I wish, I wish) ...this photo is pretty impressive!

Pastor Nancy Sisco was very blessed to be again invited by the Dossani Trust, located in Blantyre, Malawi, to receive a K300,000 donation for Noah's Ark Orphan Care. The exchange rate is 1.39K=1.00USD; the donation totals to just over $2,100.

From a recent NAOC Newsletter:

Our group in Metaketa, is also growing as more and more children are orphaned. We now have 54 children there, and they are doing very well.

The Social Welfare Department of the Malawi government and the Save The Children organization have now asked that we begin a pre-school program. It will be offered to not only orphans, but also other vulnerable children from the ages of three to five, to give them a good start for primary school.

We will have to wait for support for this...if God allows. Both organizations have promised help, but we must get started FIRST.

New email update from Pastor Nancy:

I guess you are wondering what VitaMeal is?

Well, it is a very rich soya bean porridge, chock full of vitamins, and
also contains roasted ground nuts, and sugar. It is given to the gov't.
school children occasionally and hospitals give it to malnourished children.
There are 480 calories per serving.

Last week Pastor Chisale received a call from someone saying they wanted to
bring us food, but he wasn't sure who it was.

They came this afternoon (five people) and brought a three month's supply of this
wonderful porridge mix - and said they will bring supplies every month!!

That means that we will not have to buy sugar or ground nuts for the daily
porridge we have been making - and will cut WAY DOWN on our flour needs.I
have been wanting to give them fruit - so maybe we can now!

This donation is from the international organization of Feed the Children, with their home office in Lilongwe. They were sent to us by the Social Welfare Department.

They asked me to describe our operation and I guess we met the requirements.
One man went out and began to off-load before I finished.

This will bring us a great savings.

I signed for the delivery and was left with a form to complete telling more
about us, and the director also asked me to add info about the Metaketa work
so they can help them also.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!!!!

All but two of our friends were gathered at Faith Tabernacle this morning to hop on the bus. The other ladies met them at Metro Airport in Detroit. In a very few minutes, they managed to stuff several extra things into the tubs, share a prayer for safe traveling mercies, and hug our necks good bye. We who stayed behind are as excited as they are to be a part of this group's new adventure ...AND Pastor Vicki was able to go this time!

Robyn and Jeff & Sara will keep us updated on their blogs:

www.giveagoodday.com

www.1-17.blogspot.com

Here's a link to Brian Sutton's blog, "Things That I Think...I Think".

Click here

Reading about Malawi from a fresh view, makes me REALLY miss it... and the kids.

Mr. Harris interviewed some of the travel team members upon their return, for a fresh perspective of what they saw and learned! Cassandra Coney-Stewart and Anthony Artis both shared from the heart.

Per Pastor Nancy:
Hello Everyone,

It is time for our semi-annual newsletter, I think! So much has happened since we wrote in April, before going to the States. so I will try to include some of the things in this letter. First of all, we want to thank all of you for your support in so many ways: money, food, clothes, school fees, concern, prayers, counsel, and so forth! You - all of you - from the UK, the States, and also here in Malawi, have been the means of our being able to help so many desperate children here. Thank-you, and may God Bless You!

Now, for some updates... one of our children, nine year old Linda, left us for the States as she was adopted by a wonderful family there. We miss her so much because she was with us for three years, but are very happy for her and her new family!

We now have 61 children in Chirimba, Blantyre and 58 in Metaketa Village, Zomba.

We had a team of 10 visitors from the States in July and they helped us with so many things - blankets, clothes, shoes, and even two complete computer sets and playground equipment! Thank you again!

Our kids are growing up! We, and some of you also, have watched them progress through the years and it has been a real blessing!

Three of our boys, Lameck, Laston and Luke, are now writing their standardized exams to finish their secondary school. They have done well in the past, and we are expecting they will do so again, and be eligible to go on for higher education. In fact, Lameck has been invited to go to the States, by one of our July visitors and her family, for this purpose and plans are underway for that. He will be taking a course here at The Malawi Polytechnic Continuing Education Centre until all the plans are finalized for his trip there. Other faithful donors have indicated they might be able to help Luke and Laston to enroll in a Malawian college so they can continue on. Congratulations are in order for their successful graduation from Michiru View Secondary School!

Two of our boys, Shadreck and Wyskes, are in secondary school. Wyskes will be in Form 4, and Shad in Form 3 when it opens in January. In addition, they are actively involved in pursuing a vocation/profession in music. They have been taking lessons at Blantyre School of Music for some time and took their examinations in Music Theory I through the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, in London. They did very well, both passing with merit; Shadreck just missing the distinction category by two points, and Wyskes by three. Mr. Chitando, the director of the music school, came to one of our church services to present their certificates to them, where they play keyboard. It was a happy occasion! He also is planning to use them to teach very soon. They have already taken the course in Music Theory II, and will begin next week reviewing and preparing to take their next exams in March of next year.

We had four children who took the Standard Eight exam to pass from primary school and we are waiting the results... Oscar, struggles with academics but is very good with 'fixing things'. Some private donors are very interested in helping him, so plans are underway... to enroll him Nasawa Technical College and he hopes to study Motor Vehicle Repairs.

Our 13 Rose Garden Private School primary students are just now taking their exams, and will be on holiday until January. They have done well. Thank you, again, sponsors!

At the house now, we have two afternoon primary classes for students of the nearby Namatete Government school, still with our two certified teachers.

We also have, just lately, been very blessed with food donations from two international organizations, Feed the Children, and Gift of the Givers. We are very, very thankful, and it is such a blessing to see children change from thin, sickly, lethargic children to happy, healthy, playing, and learning ones!

To God be the glory!

Per Pastor Nancy's email 2/10/2010 :

Well......here he is!

We are so proud today!

Lameck left just a few minutes ago for the Malawi Polytechnic Continuing Education Centre to begin a certificate course in accounting.

This is a short term course, which will end in June. He is taking this course while waiting to travel to the States to pursue studies in medicine - hopefully in July.

We are thanking God, and thanking all of you who have been so faithful in helping our children here at Noah's Ark Orphan Care!!!

We were so blessed to receive 360 bags of Vitameal from Feed The Children! We now have enough for all three locations (promised on a regular basis) for Chirimba, Metaketa, AND Nchalo. One of the young men will be transporting it to NAOC at the other two villages via our little blue tricycle truck. That is, as soon as the monsoon rains lighten up! Many crops are being ruined, so this nutritional foodstuff for the children will be most welcome.