News & Publications by Bahasi

We had an amazing donation of mosquito nets from Family Health Service (FHS) this week, and were able to distribute them to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Thankyou so much FHS!

On the 8/11/24, we welcomed Carolyn an amazing illustrator and story teller who has come to BAHASI to share her crafts with our children. We had a dance party to welcome her in true BAHASI style!

We have received 600 kg maize from Abraham Tol and Dirk Tol at Malawi Travel. We're very thankful for the support they have given us and this Maize will be used for our feeding program, which provides meals for over 150 OVCs daily. Just in time, because we ran out! Thankyou!

On the 24th of October we had the honour of hosting four amazing students and one teacher from a local international school, Hillview, that had raised funds and collected items to doante to BAHASI. Thier support has given our OVCs food, clothes and vital resources to aid their lives and education. We thank them wholheartedly! If you are able, please donate to one of our OVC programmes to join Hillview in supporting our amazing young people.

Yesterday we had an extremely genrous donation and visit from Gift of the Givers. This donation of maize, soy pieces, oil and salt will ensure our Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) have food this month. We are so greatful to the amazing team at gift of givers, especially Sumeya and Shafick who came and delivered the donation. 

Yesterday a team fom BAHASI went out into the bangwe community to check up on some of the vulnerable old woman in our communiy to invite them to BAHASI's christmas party and to extend them a helping hand. If you are able, please donate to our homebased care programme so we can help support the most vulnerable in our community.

Recently, we had a generous donation of mosquito nets from Child Care Institution (CCI) for our Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and pre-school programs. This is greatly benefiting the community and helping us stay safe against Malaria.

Our septic tank is looking good ,but we still need your help to finish strong with a total of K7 million (approximately £3,275 / US$4,039)

Thanks to everyone’s support, we've made significant progress but we are facing a funding shortfall. We're seeking additional assistance to cover the remaining costs, including the following:

Fixtures (K170,000), Electrical appliances (K1,400,000), Plumbing materials (K2,200,000), Windows (glass K930,000) and septic tank (K2,300,000) . Your support will ensure we complete this vital project, providing a safe and comfortable home for children. Every contribution counts, whether it's in cash or in kind or just spreading the word. Let's work together to create a warm and welcoming space for our children.

Please support us!

Now the builders has now started building the ring beam. There is hope that the building will be over soon since we’re near at the finishing level

But we still need your support, our plan is to complete the Hostel before rain season

We would like to humbly invite you to attend our fundraising big walk.

We wish to raise MWK 15,000,000.00 – the majority of the proceeds will be used for our girls hostel construction project and the rest will be used for the food and other daily needs.

Bahasi league is now over and it was a wonderful match between Hepeni academy and Yamzy fc. Hepeni academy won the match by scoring 1 goal which results to 1:0.

Thanks to HMJ hardware, Mr and Mrs Jika for sponsoring the league mostly in prizes and thanks to honourable Orphan Shaba MP Blantyre bangwe constituency, Mr and Mrs ng'oma and Mr and Mrs Haiya for supporting this league.

During today's match we were spreading messages to those who were present and there was a lot of activities such as drama, HTC by Umunthu foundation and a brief talk by a member from Bangwe police station about issues of suicide, behavior change and gender based violence.

There was over 500 people who attended the bonanza finals at Bangwe desert ground.

We had a good day at Bahasi as we were ground breaking. We had Pamela Boris from Blantyre city council as a guest of honor and several guests who came on behalf of the MP and ward Councilor and Wisiki Village headman.

Our aim of this hostel is to have a good place for the girls but at the same campus. The money we're using now is the money we raised a year ago through the mock wedding but the money we raised is not enough.

Thanks to our MP honourable O.Shaba from Blantyre bangwe constituency for pledging to give us 10 bags of cement for the hostel and he has shown a good example. We're asking for those who are willing to support us to build this hostel.

Do help and DONATE

Do come  to a football Bonanza between esteemed rivals, HEPENI ACADAMY VS YAMZY FC at Bangwe Desert Ground in Bangwe Township from 1pm to 4:30pm on 7^th May 2023. HEPENI ACADAMY from Blantyre Bangwe constituency while YAMZY FC from Blantyre city south east constituency.

We would like to humbly invite you to attend the official ground-breaking ceremony of site for construction of a Girls’ Hostel at our premises in Bangwe township in Blantyre.

We apologize for short notice due to circumstances beyond our control.

Wonderful help is coming in for our Community and we really appreciate all the help from Rotary and Project Trust. Of course also all other (financial) donations thank you from our hearts.

If you can please help and DONATE, Thank you.

We have more number of kids in Bahasi camp who are lacking toys,baby blankets, diapers and likuni phala might be needed for their health.

By: Reena Purshotam ~ Board Bahasi

BAHASI has now been officially recognized as a camp - we are hosting just over 80 women and children and 16 men. Thanks to your generosity and to donations from various communities and organizations, we were able to reach out to some of the affected villages.

Cyclone Freddy has caused a lot of damage in Bangwe, houses and toilets are mainly affected. More than  225 deaths and at least 584 have been injured and 37 people have been reported missing in the country., Right now we have so many victims who has lost their homes. Some of the Bahasi community (49) sleep in our classrooms.

As Bahasi organization we want to help those who are affected by cyclone Freddy by donating blankets, plastic papers and domestic materials. 

We're appealing for special assistance to those who would like to support us by funding financially or with materials.  

BAHASI NOCK OUT FIXTURES BONAZA

BANGWE ZONE

SATURDAY 04/03/2023 DESERT GROUND

Yesterday we had our Bonanza to launch the BAHASI league and we had the following guests: Governor from Blantyre Bangwe constituency to present our MP Hon Orphan Shaba MP, 4 victims unit coordinators bangwe police , the Chairman from Bangwe Health Centre, HMJ presentative and other organizations. There were so many people from different places around Bangwe even though it was raining.

A success it has been but of course more is needed in these dire times. Please help and give what you can afford. DONATIONS are most welcome!

We had a fundraising event on 29 January which purpose was to raise money to buy more than 150 bags of maize to give to the parents of our pre-school children. After the fundraising we raised 620,000 and we have managed to buy 131 bags of maize flour at 5 kgs per family and we have distributed it to more than 150 families including other bags we had received during fundraising.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Bahasi league opening has been shifted to 26 February which means that it is not going to happen this coming week due to other activities which are going to take place this on the same ground. We have decided to shift it up to 26 February. Venue: Bangwe ground, Time: 1:00 pm. The mayor of Blantyre city will be available as guest of honor during official opening of the BAHASI league. The game will be between Williams FC VS Faluja FC . Together we can make Bangwe the best place to live.

An overview of activities on our programs for 2023. Of course things are defined for the now and we can never know what will or may happen this year. As you will see it is very challenging and hope you will help us and support us,  a donation is always appreciated. Thank you!

We would like to humbly invite you to be a guest at our birthday party fundraiser for a child at the BAHASI orphanage center to funds to 150 bags of maize.

Our event details are as follows:
DATE: 29th January, 2023
TIME: 12:00 pm to 5 pm 
VENUE: BAHASI premises

We are Bangwe HIV/AIDS Self Help Initiative (BAHASI) and we are fundraising to buy 150 bags of maize to help support the families if our pre-school children in this difficult time.

Also in 2022, we are organizing a Christmas party to cheer up orphans, vulnerable children and people living with HIV and AIDS, which we care for at our orphanage and school care center. We are planning to hold the aforementioned activity at BAHASI orphanage school in Bangwe Township on 18th December 2022 starting from 1 pm up to 4 pm. And the date of the Christmas trip will be the 25th December 2022.

We trust you will find this activity to be for the good and will help the needy within our community. Our budget requirement is around $1500. We hope that you will subsequently favour us and this good cause by granting our request, click on the button  to pay via Paypal/Creditcard, (local) Bank Transfer or Check.

On the 12th of August, our 2022 International Volunteer, Jake, took us to Game Haven! We picked up our kids at Jacaranda school at 2:00 and went straight to the animal viewing reserve. We were kindly met by the staff who offered their adventure playground as a waiting area for Bahasi. We went on 3 separate half an hour game drives and managed to see some awesome animals. The main highlights were zebra, giraffe, wilder beast, nyala, impala and guineafowl. Having spent lots of time either playing in the plaground or on the game drive, everyone was hungry; so before we set off home to Bahasi, we had a lovely Braii at Game Haven. 

We extended our drive for donations for the new hostel in the Malawian newspaper and have todate some success but still far to go. In the meantime we have started some of the work, like taking down the old building, getting sand and such. We and the community are working together, thank you!

We are also experiencing an enormous rise in cost for school transportation (up 50%) and food, so your help is most appreciated. See our needs!

Just when we were wondering where we could get blankets from to keep our kids warm this winter, Gift of the Givers called to let us know that they had blankets and other goodies especially for us because today is Nelson Mandela day! How blessed we felt when they arrived not only with blankets, but with gallons of hand sanitizer, buckets and other foodstuffs as well!
A huge thank you to the wonderful people at Gift of the Givers who made our day so special and happy Nelson Mandela day to everyone. Years after his death Nelson Mandela is still a gift that keeps giving!

And yesterday we had a wonderful "Mock Wedding" fundraiser with lots of fun, dance and music.

We have had lovely experiences in the past quarter @  Bahasi. We are also planning a "mock wedding" and donation drive for the new hostel on our newly acquired property.

For more information see our announcement.  We hope you can the experiences with us and we are looking forward to your continued support.

At present we are setting up a new business Paypal account, which is rather cumbersome in Malawi. But we managed and donations can again be made via Paypal/Credit card on the site. You can also send via Paypal your kind donation to support@bahasi.org.

We would like to humbly invite you to be a guest at our mock wedding fundraiser. We will celebrate the mock wedding of Hilda Daffrece from Malawi and Jake Brass from the UK. We are fundraising for our new hostel project; a very important feat for BAHASI we are struggling to house all our OVC’s comfortably. 

We like to update you on our adventures here at Bahasi and like to make you aware of what's happening here and Malawi in the past months, the good and the bad. We intend to keep you informed on a regular basis as to the happenings here!

Lately we experienced problems with our water supply due to pipe issues. We managed to lay a complete new waterpipeline the other day. Lots of work but now all is so much better.

We would like to thank all families and volunteers for your financial support  for our water project where we were collecting water from Bangwe mountain to Bahasi due to the problem that we were likely faced in the past. This problem is now solved since water has start coming to Bahasi in good  volume .

So we would like to thank all of you who take part in the implementation and completion of this project.

Today we celebrated Sarah's birthday with lots of Joy and Gratitude!

Have a healthy and happy new birthyear Sarah!  Keep on being the role model you are!

To accommodate our new volunteers around the middle of this month, we needed to seal of a wall. We had around 3.000 bricks and of course needed lots of mortar to do the job. We managed include making safe steps.

We have received a donation of laptop and desktop from a friend of BAHASI, God bless you and your family. It comes with Office 365 and other softwares. Installed professionally by  Computerland, Blantyre. Thank you Johathan.

As promised a glance at our lovely and exciting Christmas celebration day, so good!

Firstly the kids received presents and were so elated, Santa was very generous to our kids and they loved everything! Sweetest part was hearing about how greatful they were for school supplies 

We took our bus to the Lodge in Malanje with much cheer and singing.

We had a splendid lunch with Nsima, rice with chicken, super get, snacks, sobo and each a  bottle of soft drink. Aside from the swimming and fun the kids had, we were also kindly treated with local music and dance. We so, have enjoyed the live band including traditional band & dancers!

So much fun, appreciation and excitement. A wonderful day & memory~ Zikomo!

We will have our Christmas party on Saturday, 25 December, 2021.

We will go to Mulanje at Kara'o'mora Lodge . We shall take a bus to go there which is about a little less than an hour drive. 

There we will have a nice lunch, drinks and swimming and some other goodies.

We are so Looking forward to a lovely time! Naturally we shall update you with the actual activities there with the kids.

Zikomo~

On Saturday, we had burial ceremony at Kane village in chikuli , T/A nthilamanja in Mulanje District the ceremony was good.

Today we lost one of our BAHASI members Austin Harry, security guard, at St Joseph mission hospital according to medical report it shows no finding of any problem.

The burial ceremony will take place tomorrow at Kane village in Chikuli ,T/A   nthiramanja in Mulanje district.

Do help to pay for the funeral, which costs $200.

Yesterday, 12 December 2021. We had a great Christmas and graduation party our guest of honour was  Bahasi Board Chair Reena Purshotam and some of the guests  Harriet Woodward and Mr Mendes and Village head Wisiki . 

On behalf Board of trustees and Bahasi management we would like to thank all families and organizations for Materials and Financial support e.g The Family of  Stuart Presley, Reena Purshotam, Harriet Woodward, Fiona and Sharan, Abraham Tol on behalf of Malawi Travel and most generous donors around the world.

This  party was for the children from Pre-school and orphanage care including parents from both sides at this day we also had a good time where childrens from Pre-school showcase  what they learn in their classes,  it was so beautiful to see a 6 years  old childrens are able.

Well done to all our nursery children who graduated yesterday! We wish you all the best in primary school!

After graduation we had a fun party filled with music, food and dancing!

Thank you everyone, who helped make this day amazing for the children

On Christmas Day we have special surprises for the kids @ Bahasi!

Congratulations to the amazing women who completed the seamstress course at BAHASI's women empowerment project! We wish you all the luck with your own projects with your new skills!

You are all invited to Christmas party and graduation ceremony for Pre-School children at BAHASI!

DATE: 12 December,2021.

TIME: 1: 00 pm to 3 pm.

VENUE: BAHASI premises in Wisiki Village , Bangwe

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The main objective of conducting the party is let everyone, including the needy to enjoy the happiness that charismas brings along so that we can at least put smiles and install hope in the hopeless.

We currently train 20 women in our community to become qualified tailors with the hope that they will then have a stable income for their families.

One of children was asked what they wanted to be in the future and they said ‘Pirate’, I replied ‘like Captain Jack Sparrow?’ to which they laughed. Turns out he was trying to say Pilot!

3 years later and they still have the same dream! This child is so smart, funny and should have the same opportunity as any of other. Sadly

So proud of our kids at BAHASI for being part of "Call to Earth Day" at their amazing school, Jacaranda!

Their hard work and dedication in school really shows off in their amazing grades and knowledge which they love to share

Today at BAHASI the aunties taught the kids how to make samosas! It was hard work but definitely worth it! Ended up with over 100 samosas which were all eaten up so fast

Thank you Harriet for organising a special supper with the kids and BAHASI members at Kips in Blantyre yesterday. Welcome home again Harriet. Home sweet home