OVERVIEW
“Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; it was not given for thee alone, pass it on; let it travel down the years, let it wipe another’s tears, till in heaven the deed appears-pass it on”, Henry Burton (1829-1914). If Women Federation for World Peace (WFWP) of Japan had not helped us when we were students with no school fees we could not have been ‘nurses’ now. We want to pass their love to others.
Can you imagine a developing nation like Malawi with 75% population being youths and every youth having enough knowledge on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), cervical and breast cancer and live responsibly while highly motivated to work hard to achieve his or her dream? We the Foster Children and Friends Volunteers are working towards this and you can be part of it!
WHO ARE WE?
We are nurses and midwives, qualified and students plus other professionals. We are also foster children for Women Federation for World Peace (WFWP) in Japan. Most important is that were needy students and we nearly withdrew from the University due to lack of school fees if it were not for the help of WFWP in Japan. It is this unconditional and true parental love that moved our hearts to come up with Foster Children and Friends Volunteers group. This was formed voluntarily so that we could also be of help to others as others were of help to us.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
To energize Mzuzu youths through improvement of sexual and reproductive health and motivate them to work hard and live responsibly to achieve their goals.
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
•Provide comprehensive education on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections. We also provide HIV counseling and testing. HIV/AIDS and STI is high among youths of 15-33 years of age.
•Provide cervical and breast cancer education. In Malawi 3,680 cervical cancer cases are diagnosed every year. However 80% of the cases are diagnosed at an advance stage which is inoperable.
•Provide career and motivational talk. In Malawi 17% of standard 8 students drop out and 15% of secondary school drops before completing secondary school. Number of girls is high due to lack of motivation, early pregnancies and early marriages.
•Provide character education. This will help to modify their thinking, perception and their way of life for the benefit of themselves as individuals, their families, communities, nation and the world as whole.
HOW DO WE REACH THE YOUTH?
We go to secondary schools, youth groups and organizations to meet the youths. We work hand in hand with secondary school authorities and youth group leaders for proper arrangements.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING?
This will not be our first time to offer some of these services. We have been going to secondary schools, youth organizations and orphan centers. For instance watch our team visiting SOS Orphanage. Now we have more invitations from youth organizations and secondary schools that need our services. To meet the demand we need you to join us.
WHAT DO WE WANT NOW?
We need to reach so many youths in different areas even in hard to reach areas. We also want to make it global workshop, where people from all over the world should take part in educating, motivating, sharing life stories that aims at insipring the youths through skype, facebook messsenger videos, line, emails, postal cards e.t.c at their free, convenient and agreed time.
Together we can insipire, educate, motivate and and change the world.
