Urgent Needs Update

It’s the most important time of the year! As the crops of maize, rice and beans are collected from fields in districts all around Salima, El-Shaddaih Orphanage must set out to collect enough of these dry goods to last for a year’s consumption. This initial investment allows us to buy in bulk, conserve financial resources […]

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Child Spotlight-Moffart & Moreen (the twins)

Our child spotlight today is about the set of twins, Moffart and Moreen. Two years ago, the Minister of Social Welfare called Blessings to tell her of a family that was in the villages of Lilongwe.  There was an elderly grandmother that was living in a tiny shack and caring for 5 children.  The two […]

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Answered Prayers!

On March 20th, we published a post about Cyclone Freddy and the current needs of the orphanage.  One of the major needs listed was $40,000 to build a new boy’s dorm. The current dorm had water damage, would flood when it stormed, and more room was needed to house all of the boys. OUR PRAYERS […]

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4 New Children!

The El-Shaddaih Orphanage has welcomed 4 new children into its arms.  Blessings (the orphanage director) was contacted by social welfare of Salima and 4 children were brought to the orphanage. The children had been abandoned by their parents and without food for quite a few days.  Although food is scarce everywhere in Malawi, these children […]

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Child Spotlight-Dolica

We are going to be doing a new series that will be spotlighting the children of the orphanage. We want you, the reader, to get to know the children individually, get a glimpse into their lives and see how they are thriving at the orphanage.  The first child that we will be introducing to you […]

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Cyclone Freddy

Cyclone Freddy, the longest lasting storm of its kind, made landfall for the second time in a two-week period in southeastern Africa. Today we read that it has claimed 400 precious lives in Malawi and more in Mozambique. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers, friends and family search through the collapsed mud/brick […]

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From Humble Beginnings

If you’ve been following along on the journey of the El-Shaddaih Orphanage, you’ll know that a new building was recently constructed and completed in the orphanage compound.  This is a multi-purpose building that houses the church and the school of the El-Shaddaih Orphanage.  What you may not know, is how the church on the orphanage […]

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A note from John 11/7/22

El-Shaddiah Orphanage Update I thought it was a good time to update you all on what is going on at the El-Shaddaih Orphanage in Malawi. Much like the USA is in turmoil, the country of Malawi is in turmoil too.  A couple of things; Blessings called us a week ago and was more upset than […]

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Hope for El-Shaddaih Orphanage

I just checked the weather in Malawi on my weather app. Trusty device. I can know how it feels 10,000 miles away in less than 5 seconds. 74 degrees, clear with periodic clouds, a steady breeze and no chance of rain. If one looked at the forecast today, they might say, “What beautiful weather, sounds […]

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Building a Boys Hostel!

There is once again a need at the orphanage!  There are actually so many needs, but we are going to talk about the one that is most currently pressing.  Going back to our last post, we updated everyone on the floods that were devastating Malawai. The orphanage was not spared from the devastation of the […]

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