President Lazarus Chakwera Monday praised World Vision Malawi for what he called its efforts in developing the country.
Chakwera was speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe where World Vision handed over 392 construction projects to the Malawi Government.
World Vision implemented the projects between 2023 and 2024, with funds amounting to K8 billion.
The projects, spread across 19 districts, are in areas such as education, health, agriculture, irrigation, water and sanitation, among others.
The projects included 244 new boreholes, 34 mechanised water systems, 61 rehabilitated boreholes, 29 latrines (158 holes), six classrooms/early childhood development centres, seven village clinics, eight irrigation schemes, a guardian shelter and a one-stop trauma centre.
According to Chakwera, although World Vision has made significant contributions to government development projects in various sectors, the organisation does not seek recognition.
“When we talk about organisations that truly stand for the poor people in the villages, World Vision has no competition.
“Although World Vision does not go around publicising its projects or bringing politics into development work by associating political parties with efforts to uplift the lives of the people, the organisation is doing a tremendous job representing the people. In fact, it does more than some who only talk a lot but do little to nothing to help the poor,” the President said.
Local Government Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda also praised World Vision’s approach and added that the beauty of the organisation is that it does not choose where to work, but rather goes where there is need.
Chimwendo Banda urged other organisations in Malawi to take a leaf out of World Vision’s book.
He expressed hope that the projects would benefit the children of Malawi.
World Vision Chairperson Alfred Kaponda said that his organisation is able to implement more projects with limited resources due to its prudent use of resources.
“At World Vision, we believe that whenever we have resources, we should not spend excessively on logistics and administration. The funds must go directly towards the projects we intend to implement. That is the key difference with World Vision.
“That is why we are highly efficient in implementing projects and can do more because we cap what is allocated to administration,” Kaponda said.
Since 1982, when World Vision began its operations in Malawi, it has implemented over 11,000 projects.
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