Blogs

13 November 2019

Thanksgiving day

This month, it is Thanksgiving day in The Netherlands. It's in the name already: THANKSgiving. We give thanks for all the gifts God gave us. The crops on the fields, the fruits on the trees, health and power to do our work..

18 October 2019

A day in Kwanjana

The day starts early. I am preparing myself to go to Kwanjana. I am looking forwards to seeing everybody again. I am curious how the playing garden looks like and how all the children are doing.

26 September 2019

Back to school

The summer holiday is over, and we can hear that in the center! Every day, joyful voices of children sound in and around the classroom. Sometimes, especially during the first weeks, this is interchanged with crying. For some of the youngest children, it was hard to left their mothers behind and to be an entire morning at school.

19 September 2019

A board member from Malawi writes...

This time, a blog from a Malawian board member: Bright Khaneni! He is the secretary of the Malawian board. As secretary, he makes sure that the board can function optimally, that important topics can be discussed and that decisions are made effectively and are also carried out.

26 August 2019

Joy

It is already some time ago that we visited the entire village, from door to door. The heavy rainfalls passed by and the sun was burning on our skin. Home after home, there was misery. Some people had to sleep under a tiny piece of plastic, together with the pigs. The need was enormous.

7 August 2019

Looking back

Recently, I was calling with one of our field workers in Malawi. Not that this is very unusual, because it happens frequently, but the conversations differ a lot from each other, although there are some recurrent topics. Usually I hear a lot of positive things in those conversations, and often also some difficult matters. Some time ago, it was t...

29 July 2019

Gladness and saying goodbye

What a joyful moment to see 11 of our nursery school children in their toga! They are ready to go to standard 1 of the primary school. They learned a lot during the past year. It is amazing to see how they changed during that year. They can now memorize the alphabet, they know different Bible verses by heart (in English!). It is great to see how...

22 July 2019

Education in the life of a board member

Chifundo Subiri is one our members of the board of trustees of For A Change organization in Malawi. She is a lady who did her high school from 2006 to 2009, where her single mother tried all her best in making sure she learn by doing small businesses. Her dream had always been to go to the University, unfortunately, she never made it. After high...