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COTN Organization in Malawi Improving Lives of At-Risk Children Through Education, Healthcare, and Necessities
Many orphans and street children have also been placed in foster care homes and adopted into new families with the assistance of the government.
Malawi: One-fifth of Malawian households, according to UNICEF estimates, look after orphans and vulnerable children, writes Naome Chisala.
Numerous of these families are unable to support these young children because of a lack of resources.
An international spiritual organisation called COTN with a base in Njewa in Lilongwe seeks to improve the lives of at-risk children so that their families, neighbourhoods, and country as a whole can improve.
Through free education, free healthcare, free food, and other necessities, COTN supports children's educational needs so they can finish their education up to the tertiary level. Schools, nursing homes, after-school programmes, mentors, and volunteers make up its facilities.
In order to address the rise in HIV orphans in Malawi and to rescue at-risk children, COTN was established in that country in 2000. COTN currently operates in Ngwayi, Chilombo, Ntsiliza, and Chitipi.
Numerous COTN graduates have experienced life-changing changes, finishing their education and finding employment in a variety of fields.
Many orphans and street children have also been placed in foster care homes and adopted into new families with the assistance of the government.
Former COTN student Misheck Magalas, 22, is from Ntsiliza.
COTN continues to face some difficulties.
Kalima says that five girls in her institutions have pregnancies each year, preventing them from finishing their education.
The limited number of laptops that COTN sponsors for university students presents another difficulty.
Three times a year, COTN hosts fundraising events to bring in sponsors to support these students as a solution to the problem.
Future plans for COTN include expanding to new villages and having an impact on local communities by using their programmes to teach them how to support themselves.