Meet Amess Mwamdaza Nthala, founder of Hope for Widows Malawi. Widowed at the age of 26 at the time when she and her husband were both students at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Malawi. She started Hope for Widows to provide community and to empower widows to financially support their families. The women come from both Christian and Muslim backgrounds.
She and the women at Hope for Widows developed a microfinance program where they contribute financially to one another and support the launch of members’ new small businesses. The widows are also trained to sew, knit and make jewellery and doormats. Her organization, which is operating in three centers, has managed to support over 500 widows socially and economically within a period of seven years.
Негізгі бет Cruise 5 with Amess Mwamdaza Nthala, founder of Hope for Widows Malawi.
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