what do kids do for fun?

Dancing, soccer, and games like hopscotch are all favorites where we work.

About the soccer team at tiyambenawo

At Tiyambenawo Community, young athletes often practice together near the local school. The field is long, dusty, and flat—but their games are sometimes interrupted by a stray goat or cow!

building a soccer ball

Everyone in Malawi likes soccer, but sometimes children don’t have enough money for a real soccer ball to play with. Instead, they gather old plastic bags and small bits of string to make their own. By layering bag after bag, string after string, they gradually build a ball that will hold together when they shoot on goal.

Check out the ball the Tiyambenawo Team made, and visit the bottom of this page to see how you can help this team get a new ball to play with.

what do kids eat in malawi?

The staple food is “nsima”—a thick porridge made with corn flour. 

HOW it’s served

To make nsima, corn flour and water are mixed in a large pot for a very long time. In the morning, it is served as a porridge that has a similar consistency to oatmeal. In the evening, nsima is cooked longer until it becomes firm like dough. Sometimes, nsima is served with tomato sauce, cooked vegetables, beans, or on the most special occasions, with meat.

GROWING CORN IN MALAWI

Everywhere you look in Malawi, there are fields of corn. But in the past few years, there has not been enough rain to make the corn grow big and tall. The gardens are producing less corn, and this means there is less food for families to eat.

There is good news. Yamba Malawi is helping families add other plants to their gardens, like peanuts and soybeans. These crops do better with Malawi’s weather, and they are now providing a healthy food option for Malawi’s children.