Chombo Mission offers long-term care for orphans Chombo is a children's village in Chirimba Township, Blantyre. Children between 3 and 16 years old grow up together in a village-like community in the housing units at Chombo Mission. All children have no parents or relatives that can take care of them. Big or small, every child has a long history of suffering and has experienced sickness, death, poverty, abandonment and hunger. At the beginning of their Chombo stay, the children need medical attention and emotional support. Chombo house mothers take care of the children in a Christian environment and provide day to day parental care. The younger children attend Chirimba Primary School. The older children attend secondary schools in different parts of Blantyre. Chombo care includes: Basic needs (housing, food, clothes), School education (school fees, school books, transport, school uniform), Medical care (doctor and hospital fees, prevention e.g. against malaria), Parental care, guidance, (Malawian house mothers, Christian principles, leadership, Malawian traditions). Thanks to the volunteer work of Eduard und Ursula Wendland, as well as many sponsors in Malawi and Germany, Chombo Mission has been able to help Malawian children with a stable and permanent home.

1. On your marks… get set???

2. …. GO!

3. 2013
Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen währet Ihnen nicht

4. New at Chombo are
Yamikani 3
Grace
Precious 11

5. Yamikani
came to
Chombo with
a left-sided
paralysis

6. After 4 months physiotherapy …

7. he was able ,
to walk around a table

8. …soon after he tried a few careful steps

9. Holding a grown-up‘s
hand, he then
walked over the
whole Chombo
compound

10. In the meantime he
can walk on his own.

11. interested
in everything he sees
even the smallest stones.

12. Are you photographing me?
Am I close enough yet?

13. With Grace and
Yamikani
Chombo
now has seven
2 to 4 year-olds.

15. They love to
play football,
but not
together.

16. ….sometimes happy, sad or grumpy.

17. But the tears dry quickly

18. And then
what better
thing to do
than continue
playing

20. Our big girls …

22. love to help
the small ones

23. Nestor loves
to look at books

25. Often the children sit
together and read.

27. and help each
other learn.

30. Esmie und Catherine
chop vegetables.

31. Nomi, Janet
und Tia bring
maize into
the store.

32. Who ate from
my plate?

33. Phala
A special porridge
for under 5 year
olds

34. Buying mangos
on the market,

35. eating sugar cane

37. Would you like some?

38. or bananas

39. from the garden.

40. Mmmh!
Yummy!

42. ZzzzZz…..

43. In Arche house

44. the little ones
are having their
midday nap

45. Big and small love it …

46. when visitors
come to
Chombo

47. The big girls played against the ADMARC
ladies….

48. … and won

49. Christmas,
everybody
got a present

50. And the three wise men
were guests at Chombo too.

51. Palm Sunday

55. Arche
Norddeich
Albert
Elim
Feeding Center

56. Since December
we have had
several burglaries

57. Now, we have
increased security
with two gates.
Tor 1
Tor 2

58. Thank you for supporting Chombo