Lunzu

The SOS Children's Villages organization protects and supports the most vulnerable children by building and running orphanages in many areas of the glob. In Malawi, Africa they have three, so far, Lilongwe since 1994, Mzuzu, and Blantyre, which opened the door just 5 years ago. There were hopes that a fourth orphanage will be constructed  this year, but I haven't heard about it, yet.
The Blantyre Village is where I will be going. It is actually located in Lunzu on the outskirts of the biggest Malawian city  Blantyre.

Children in SOS Village

 What I like about the way it works is that the children are living in small homes of about ten children and a care giver, which they call mother. So, the Village is is a cluster of homes and in Lunzu there are ten, which  means approx. 150 children.
The SOS Children's Villages also supports the surrounding communities in many ways, they build schools, nurseries and medical clinics, and they run a far reaching Family Strengthening Program, which benefits children in the community.
I am going there to see all that.

Children in SOS Village

Tujire lives in Lunzu and it seems that she is one of the oldest children there, the  majority of children are very young, it seems that most are in primary school. I hear that Tujire is good with helping the younger ones and guiding them through their chores.
I am not sure if they all have things like mosquito nets, electric light, not to mention food, clean water, seeds for the garden, and maybe books and toys because they are children.
The global economy is effecting the orphanages and they are struggling.

http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/africa/malawi/blantyre-village-report