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Y-Malawi is a groundbreaking model for partnership between a growing number of churches in the US and frontline Christian organizations in Malawi, Africa (listed to the left). Together we provide community-wide, sustainable development and transformation in the areas of water and food security, healthcare, education, evangelism & discipleship, youth programs, and economic development, including micro-finance.
With a geographically targeted strategy, our initial focus is on a group of villages near two mountain peaks called Nkhoma and Chilenje, comprising nearly 50,000 people each. From there, our goal is to establish a partnership with 100 plus churches in a total of ten other village areas in Malawi to prove the model. From there the big vision is to spread to more of Africa through Y-Malawi’s parent organization, Y-Africa. The needs in Africa are great, but with tens of thousands of Bible-believing churches in the US, we believe together we can make a difference that can literally transform the people of Africa and how our US churches are engaged.
What Makes Y-Malawi Unique?
Y-Malawi’s first two target areas have been launched, funded primarily through World Vision’s child sponsorship of more than 3,500 of each area’s children by more than twenty US churches. Using sponsorship of children to fund community transformation is nothing new. Our partner, World Vision, has been successfully helping villages become self-sustaining with a community project model called Area Development Projects (ADPs) for many years.
Y-Malawi is unique because our emphasis is on the partnership between groups of US churches and the ministries directly involved within the project villages. Churches are given an exclusive community project to fund and develop. Together with other churches, they raise sponsorship support for the village’s children, spread the word about the extreme needs in Malawi, and send mission trip teams to work directly with the village’s children, families, and ministry partners.
This innovative program of direct church involvement not only transforms the people of Malawi, but inspires, engages and promotes unity among the individuals and churches that join this exciting new opportunity. These churches get to experience God’s blessing through this practical application of Christ’s Great Commission to GO! step forward in faith, love and obedience.
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