Our Campaigns

Now completed is the construction of the new St. Paul’s Private Secondary School, henceforth known as the “Maeve-Eile Academy”. This $70,000 project will ensure the education of these and other children in the challenging Bangwe district of Blantyre. This collaboration with the former St Paul’s is our longest and arguably most significant continuous project. We originally visited the former site of the school in 2006 to do a presentation on HIV prevention on behalf of CAPLWHA. From that first interaction with the 3 school principles, we began to support various school projects with the intent of improving access to education and the overall education experience of children attending the school. From that modest beginning, we eventually purchased land, and constructed an entirely new school which has proudly been re-named the Maeve-Ila Academy after the 2 daughters of one of our most significant benefactors.

In 2010 the James Vatistas Bursary and Food Program was established to shoulder the school fees of 50 impoverished children (25 girls/25 boys) and support a daily meal for their families. This project is ongoing and is dedicated to a friend and former colleague who passed away suddenly in the same year and who was very supportive of our efforts.

Funding was completed for this project at the end of 2011. In addition to the building itself, the establishment of an agricultural education program was funded as well as the purchase of a motorcycle for the organization for the delivery of much needed HIV medication.

This rural hospital services 30,000 people in northern Malawi. It is run largely by nurses and clinical officers as there are no actual physicians on site. $125,000.00 was raised throughout 2008 and 2009 to build a new Outpatient Clinic. This included a one time donation from Abbott Canada of $50,000.00. This project helped the hospital to dramatically increase its focus on HIV testing and counselling. The total number of patients on antiretroviral therapy has increased from 50 in 2007 to 550 in 2009.

During 5 visits to Malawi since 2006, both Michael and Matthew were moved by the level of need within the country. That being said, they were also impressed with the wealth of talent, leadership and potential on display. In response, some modest funds have been set aside to support educational advancement in select individuals.

The first project undertaken by Warm Hearts of Africa provided an HIV/AIDS volunteer organization (CAPLWHA–Caring For People Living With HIV/AIDS) with a self sustaining enterprise. The members of this group have used this poultry project to raise chickens and eggs for their own consumption, to sell the produce to fund their enterprise and to support the terminally ill HIV patients in Blantyre’s poorest district, Limbe. Similarly, the piggery was a project to raise pigs for sale.