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Malawi Action for the benefit of children is a UK registered charity with offices in London and Blantyre (Malawi). Our Mission is to improve the lives of AIDS related orphans and help the needy. We use fundraising and sponsorship to provide AIDS orphans with better access to provisions, clothing, shelter, medicine and education. We believe that all children deserve love, attention, protection, education and above all hope. If you have got any fundraising ideas or would like to just feedback on the website and events held and for more information please visit our website http://www.malawiabc.org.

MalawiABC also works with the Build Malawi project which aims to assist the communities in the Chisala area, which is in the Nkhata Bay district in the north of Malawi.The project will build a Primary School that will cater for children between the ages of 5 and 15 years. In Africa, physical structures are rarely used for just one purpose and the school will therefore also serve as a Community Centre after school hours. This way we can reach the maximum amount of people, whilst involving the community in every step of the way! For more information please visit http://buildmalawi.org.

The Beit CURE International Hospital in Blantyre.

We are a specialist orthopaedic hospital (bones, joints and muscles) - the only one in the whole of Africa recognized for training British orthopaedic surgeons by the Royal College of Surgeons. We focus on providing free operations to physically disabled children from across Malawi and into Mozambique. Many of these children have life limiting conditions and would never otherwise receive treatment. After operations in the hospital they leave walking and full of hope, often for the first time in their lives.

To help support this work we undertake a complete range of operations on paying adult patients, including total hip and knee replacements. In addition we operate physiotherapy services and a minor injuries walk in service Monday through Friday plus a very well priced general pharmacy. We are located just past the entrance to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital at Ginnery Corner - just keep driving past their entrance for another quarter mile and you will see us on the right. Visitors are always welcome.

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