We are so much excited to host a team of three medical doctors at Othakarhaka Foundation Community clinic from USA; Dr Janet Cunningham, Dr Louis & Dr Stephanie. The three doctors arrived in the country few days ago to do some humanitarian medical initiatives at Queen Elizabeth Central hospital and Adventist hospital in Blantyre and …
OTK community clinic to host Dr Janet Cunningham, Dr Louis & Dr Stephanie. Read More »
When Rachael was starting her secondary school studies, she was living with her parents and her siblings and her family was responsible for paying her school fees and all her school expenses. One night in March this year while she was in school, Rachael lost her whole family at once to Cyclone Freddy. Her village …
An intensive one week camping of 106 participating girls, drawn from different secondary schools and tertiary institutions, schooling under the Othakarhaka foundation sponsorship participated in the camp. There were a number of arts skills which the girls were drilled in during the week of the camp by the 8 volunteer teachers from United States. Among …
The finale was glamorous. A stylish close to the 2023 Girls’ Art Empowerment Camp. Read More »
A donation of Nestle noodles, flakes and ready made porridge reaches home. The total volume of 2.7 tones of the mentioned food items was received by Othakarhaka foundation through Red Cross Society of Malawi. This donation could not come at the right time than this, having so many community members who suffered from the effects …
A donation of Nestle noodles, flakes and ready made porridge reaches home. Read More »
When she got pregnant at the age of 15 for a man who later abandoned both her and the child, Charity gave up on her future, consequently entering into an early marriage. Explaining her case, Charity says while she was in the poverty rocked and abusive marriage, her only wish was a second chance to …
Results from the past semesters at the University of Malawi have seen one of the Othakarhaka Foundation’s beneficiaries Diniwe Banda listed as one of the best performing students at the University. Popularly known as the Dean’s list, the selection portrays students who achieve exemplary performance in their studies through various awards and distinctions. “The Executive …
Being an organization that is focused on improving education standards especially for deserving yet undeserved communities, the Othakarhaka Foundation is currently working on a project that will transform its work into a Centre of Education Excellency Through the partnership with University of Michigan MBA students under the Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) project, the Foundation will …
Partnership to establish centre of education excellence Read More »
The Cyclone Freddy that occurred in Malawi in March 2023 brought a lot of grief to a huge population of Malawians having lost lives of loved ones and properties including crops in their farms. The Cyclone claimed over 500 lives, displaced at least 562,415 people and injured many. Mulanje is one of the districts that …
We are so much excited and honoured to host Pastor Jason Tonn and his team from River of Life church in Montana State, USA. Mostly, we do appreciate the huge donation of 26 water purification machines called ‘Life Straw Community’ from the Life Straw company through the ministry. These machines will help in removing viruses, …
Life straws to improve community life in Mulanje Read More »
In Malawi, menstruation has always been made mysterious in a way that it goes as far as affecting the girl child’s education. In the spirit to remove all boundaries to girls’ education, the Othakarhaka Foundation with support from Plan International Malawi has engaged community women in the Chambe community to learn reusable sanitary pad making. This …
Young women in Reusable Sanitary Pads for Entrepreneurship Read More »
