The United Nations declared the situation in Malawi "as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises" with regular famines and extreme poverty. Many children spurn education in a desperate attempt to bring food to the table however child sponsor programmes are beginning to turn this around by attracting children into the classroom in exchange for at least one square meal a day.

Its a shocking fact that one in five children children in Malawi grow up without a biological parent making them vulnerable to exploitation. You can help when you sponsor a child in Malawi:

www.worldvision.org.uk
www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk
www.plan-uk.org
www.actionaid.org.uk
www.everychild.org.uk

There are also some other charities who work with children in Malawi:

www.oxfam.org.uk
www.chauncymaples.org
www.rippleafrica.org
www.savethechildren.net
www.selfhelpafrica.org