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FHI-Supported Loan Program Empowers Malawian Women MARCH 2007 — Women who support orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) are benefiting from a program that helps them afford food and other household necessities. The FHI-supported loan program provides income-generating activities for more than 70 widowed OVC guardians. Beneficiaries complete business management training in order to receive loans to establish small-scale businesses.
Malawians Gain Self-Reliance through FHI-supported NGO
FHI/Malawi Integrates Nutrition into Home-based Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
FHI/Malawi Adds Nutrition Activities to Care and Support Services
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MARCH 2007 — The Namwera AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC) partners with FHI in Malawi to provide care and support to home-based care clients and OVC and their families. NACC has trained 163 people in vocations, 85 of them in tinsmithing. NACC also teaches marketing and business management, and refers its vocational students to lending and microfinance institutions and social welfare offices for support when they finish school. 
OCTOBER 2006 — For the past year, FHI/Malawi has integrated a nutrition component into home-based care for orphans and vulnerable children. The children receive maize, soya flour, and nuts as nutritional supplements. FHI/Malawi also teaches community members about the importance of a diverse diet and promotes communal gardens, low-input agriculture, and drip-irrigation kits for gardening.
