Malawi

Through literacy training in schools and teacher development conferences, Education In Africa (EIA), a ministry of OM, is helping make learning possible and supporting teachers both personally and spiritually.
A young school student laughs happily outside her classroom. Photo by Achim Schneider.
Imagine being eight years old and unable to read a single word on the page in front of you. You see others around you reading, and you know you should be able to as well, but the letters just don’t make sense.
A group of women from an impoverished community in Malawi, gather together for a bible study. They are part of a self-help group that empowers women to help other women.
Faith always had a love for numbers and a love for God. As she studied at university, she knew she wanted to work somewhere that allowed her to combine both those passions.
Foundations for Farming - training about compost becomes practical
When Daniel applies the techniques taught by Foundations for Farming, he harvests three times more maize than usual.
OM workers in Malawi talk with an extended family whose houses were damaged by Cyclone Idai. Photo by Rebecca Rempel.
"[The village] didn’t know about the cyclone." OM worker Macdonald tells how his village experienced Cyclone Idai.
When the OM Malawi team met Sarah she quickly became Abaku or 'Grandma,' being an example of Christ to many in her community.