Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Africa 101.7: Esther’s House in Malawi

Esther’s House is an orphanage facility where children without family to care for them can come to receive help. The complex includes girls and boys dormitories, a large classroom, the cafeteria building, worship chapel and an administrative office with private living quarters.


The children in the Residential program live at Esther’s House full time, receiving love and family care, food and clothing, nutrition and hygiene education, school tuition and uniforms, life skills training and English classes, and most importantly exposure to and discipleship in God’s word.

The children in the Non-residential program come to Esther’s House each morning for breakfast before school, and all day on Saturday for a larger meal and various Christian and English education programs. These children also receive school tuition and uniforms and other clothing as needed throughout the year.


Esther’s House also offers a widow program. These elderly ladies, many who house and care for orphans in addition to caring for themselves, come one day each week for a meal and Christian discipleship training to expand their Bible knowledge and strengthen their faith.


Esther’s House was created in a partnership between Americans and Malawians who wanted not only to care for impoverished children and widows but most of all to form a ministry built on sharing the gospel of Christ to the local village, the surrounding areas, and ultimately the entire country.

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