Pamoza Family Sponsorship
Transforming the lives of children and families in rural Malawi.
Wish to Sponsor a Family
Sponsorship is $300 a year, which you can donate as a lump sum or donate monthly at $25. Households Ready to be SponsoredFamily sponsorship ministry
Pamoza International is a Christian non-profit organization headquartered in Zowe, Euthini, Mzimba District, northern Malawi. Pamoza Family Sponsorship Ministry helps families in rural Malawi transform in Character, Health, Income, Education, and Food security by assigning a Family Partnership Facilitator to work with them over the course of 3 years to identify and address their needs across the five C.H.I.E.F. areas. This has been dubbed the CHIEF Transformation Approach.
Family Sponsorship involves identifying vulnerable families and closely walking pamoza (together) with them in improving their CHIEF. Each of the transformation unit (C.H.I.E.F) in a family is assessed on a scale of 1 representing poor or bad situation to 5 representing excellent situation. The assessment is done once per year to document the progress a sponsored family is making. It is hoped that within four years, the family will have attained a self-reliant and self-sustainable status. At that time, Pamoza phases out its active involvement with the family but keeps an eye on the family to ensure that its achievement is not compromised.

Households Ready to be Sponsored

Robert Munthali Family
Robert Munthali (33) and his wife Florence (28) have a son Godfully (8). Robert and Florence live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house. A strong wind blew off the…
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Ivy Nyoni Family
Ivy Nyoni (71), a widow, lives with her granddaughter Memory (28) in a brick-walled, iron-roofed, and clay-floored house. Transformation Plan The family’s main dream is to have enough food…
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Paul Mahlopa Family
Paul Mahlopa (23), his wife Costace (19), and their son Martin (2), live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house. Transformation Plan The family dreams of being able to…
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Regina Nguluwe Family
Regina Nguluwe (60) and Dyson Tembo (76) live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house (see below). They have a son, daughter Danily (26), and granddaughters Chris (6) and Beauty…
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Samson Ndhlovu Family
Samson Ndhlovu (73) is a widower who lives in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house (see below). He has a son Timothy (34) and daughter Ellen (30) along with four…
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Joice Kumwenda Family
Joice Kumwenda (36), the first wife of John Nyirenda (45), who is currently working somewhere else in Malawi, has sons James (15) and Dyson (10), and daughters Stera (3) and…
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Betty Kumwenda Family
Betty Kumwenda (30) is married to Lovemore Chisambi (36). Lovemore went to South Africa for migrant work, he has not returned, and he does not send any income home. Betty…
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Ackson Kumwenda Family
Ackson Kumwenda (33), his wife Tionge (29), and their daughter Angela live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house.Transformation PlanAckson and Tionge dream of producing food that lasts them a…
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Anastanzia Ngwenya Family
Anastanzia Ngwenya (39) is a widow. She has one son, Alick (23), and daughters Jean (19), Malita (14), and Limbani (11). Anastanzia lives in a grass-thatched, brick-walled, and clay-floored house.Transformation…
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Phillip Ngwira Family
Phillip Ngwira (47) and his wife Martha (43) have a son named Abraham (16). Phillip and Martha live in a brick-walled, iron-roofed, and clay-floored house. Transformation PlanPhillip and Martha dream of…
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Major Mkhala Family
Major Mkhala (49) and his wife Grace (32) have sons Wisdom (16), Lameck (9), and Chawanangwa (1) and daughters Mickness (14) and Catherine (10). Major and Grace live in a…
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Chimanyisko Hara Family
Chimanyisko Hara (32) and his wife Ireen (30) have daughters Beatrice (9) and Thembeni (4). Chimanyisko and Ireen live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored house with no windows.Transformation PlanChimanyisko…
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Joseph Msukuma Family
Joseph Msukuma (38) and his wife Sarah (36) have sons Moses (17) and Amos (4) and daughters France (15), Mestina (15), Medai (10), and Ellen (2). Joseph and Sarah live…
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Ackim Njorwa Family
Ackim Njorwa (43) and his wife Salome (38) have a daughter named Lucia (18) and a son named Bright (15). Ackim is not in the photograph above, as he had…
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Lenwell Juwa Family
Lenwell Juba (30) and his wife Jane (25) have a son Bentry (11) and daughters Staphel (9) and Anita (6). Lenwell and Jane live in a brick-walled, grass-thatched, and clay-floored…
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Vuke Chiwowa Family
Vuke Chiwowa (31) and his wife Agness (28) have two sons and two daughters who range in age from 13 to 5. Vuke and Agness live in a grass-thatched, clay-floored…
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Vingston Ngwira Family
Vingstone Ngwira (46) and his wife Ireen (35) have a daughter Jussi (17) and sons Godfully (20), Gift (15), and Staciam (9). When Vingstone is not working away from home,…
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Donald Litche Family
Donald Litche (56) and his wife Mercy have children Samuel (11) and James (6). Donald and Mercy live in a grass-thatched, brick-walled, and clay-floored house. Mercy is mentally disturbed and…
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Bernado Mzumala Family
Bernado Mzumala (55) and his wife Dolla (40) have three daughters: Chrissy (13), Polina (6), and Mphatso (4). Bernado and Dolla live in a grass-thatched, clay-floored house. Transformation Plan…
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Vincent Jere Family
Vincent Jere (48) and his wife Enarah (38) have daughters Anna (21), Eunice (13), and Trizza (2) and sons Evans (16) and Haswell (10). Vincent does not appear in the…
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Hellings Ndhlovu Family
Hellings Ndhlovu (58) and his wife Gertrude (52) have two daughters, Sellina (22) and Alice (13), a son Richard (18), and a grandson Bonface (5). Hellings and Gertrude live in a grass-thatched, brick-walled, and…
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About Malawi
Malawi is land-locked. It is bordered by Tanzania in the north and northeast, Mozambique in the east, south, and southwest, and Zambia in the west. Stretching some 360 miles from north to south and 45 miles at its widest part is Lake Malawi, which takes up 20% of the country. It is the third largest lake in Africa. This is not an ordinary lake. It has over 1,000 species of fish (and counting) in its waters. It isn’t just the diversity of species which makes Lake Malawi so special. The lake is home to fish not found anywhere else on the planet, a fact which makes the lake one of the most valuable water ecosystems on earth in terms of natural diversity.
Malawi is said to be the Warm Heart of Africa because of its friendly smiling people estimated to be 22 million in a country the size of Pennsylvania. In its development, Malawi has not done well. It is the fourth poorest country in the world with over 70% of its population living below the national poverty line of $2.15 per day as estimated by the World Bank. In this year (2024), Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis because of drought during the 2023 – 2024 agricultural season, drought brought by the weather pattern that has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by farming households in the country, 84% of whom live in rural areas where agriculture is the main means of livelihood. Most of the income generating activities are agricultural.
It is with this reality that Pamoza International, headquartered in a rural area in northern Malawi, seeks to see rural families of Malawi thrive both spiritually and physically.

