About us

Anawa Tiwathandize (‘let us empower these children’ in Chichewa, which is the primary national language of Malawi), is a charitable organization, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) newly registered in Malawi, with an affiliate in the United Kingdom (UK). The Malawi Government has made commendable progress in entrenching and promoting the rights of persons living with disabilities, including children. However, due to the fact that Malawi is a Least developed Country (LDC), despite there being political will and the commitment, the resources are not always there to match the needs that are actually on the ground. It is in this context that Anawa Tiwanthandize was birthed – to meet an urgent need that has been identified. Anawa Tiwanthandize aims to complement the efforts of the Malawi Government. The needs are so great that there is no risk for duplicity. Currently, Anawa is at a fund raising stage to set up the necessary structures to operate. These include but are not limited to:

▪ raising funds and engaging companies and organizations to enable it to secure land and build a special needs primary and secondary school in the capital Lilongwe (Schools Programme);
▪ raising funds to secure radios to distribute to every household with a child with special needs. Many children in rural areas are isolated and lonely, and the radio will be the only way to connect to the outside world via media and thereby trying to combat isolation and loneliness (Afikilidwe Programme);
▪ raising funds to secure and provide specially adapted bikes to ease the travel burdens of a family with a disabled child. Many families with disabled children have to walk miles to enable them to access hospitals or government services (Apepukidwe Programme);
▪ raising funds to procure and distribute wheelchairs to every child in need of one in Malawi because Malawi currently has no statutory requirement for the council to provide wheelchairs to disabled children hence often families are on their own (Wheel Chair Programme);
▪ raising funds to equip disabled accessible wet rooms and toilets in all children's wards in Public hospitals in Malawi (Pediatric Wet Rooms Programme);
▪ subject to availability of funds, embarking on a housing project, a radio station project, and a respite break project in the foreseeable future.