Malawi President Joyce Banda on Wednesday inaugurated the Majete 1 Epicenter and the Maternity Unit of The Hunger Project Malawi in Chikhwawa.
“Today, we have witnessed for ourselves how a comprehensive and holistic approach to development by The Hunger Project can transform villages.
“Here at Majete 1 Epicentre, 21 villages have been targeted for such holistic approach. This project can be replicated in other areas as a strategy to achieving my government’s policy on poverty reduction.
“This maternity unit is 25 kilometres to the next clinic which is in Mwanza. This facility will go a long way in providing Safe Motherhood services to the people of T/A Chapananga,” said the President.
She hailed the effective partnership between and among the private sector, public sector, and non-profit sector on how it is transforming Malawi.
The financial resources, which The Hunger Project Malawi used to implement the work in the area, came from African Villages Foundation of The Netherlands.
African Villages Foundation is a sister company of African Parks, which is managing the Majete Wildlife Reserve under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement with the Government of Malawi.
The Joyce Banda Foundation donated equipment worth K12 million (about $30 000) to the facility.
Today, The Hunger Project Malawi operates in Zomba, Neno, Ntcheu, Dedza and Chikhwawa districts since 1999.
