miral welfare foundation

Malawi is the world's poorest country, and among them, persons with disabilities and their families continue to live in poverty, the most excluded from the community. So, Miral Welfare Foundation Malawi built up Community Advocacy Center sponsored by KOICA for persons with disabilities and their families living in two villages, Khokhwa and Kachala in Nkcoma, Malawi. 

Community Advocacy Center for PWD’s Social Inclusion

In Malawi, various committees are culturally formed in the community, and these committees play a role in solving problems in the community and selecting recipients of welfare programs. However, there was no suitable place to hold a meeting in Nkhoma, so it had to be held in a long-neglected warehouse, which was a very inconvenient place for persons with disabilities to use. 

As a result, persons with disabilities and their families were often excluded from various welfare programs in the community, forcing them to continue their poor lives. To solve this problem, Miral Welfare Foundation Malawi built Community Advocacy Center in the Nkhoma as part of the KOICA Civil Society Partnership Program for the smooth operation of PWD committee and CBICC committee.  

Disability-friendly space

Community Advocacy Center is a disability-friendly space in that it is located near an primary school that is easily accessible to residents with disabilities, and makes the movement of persons with disabilities convenient by installing a ramp inside the center. And this became the basis for residents with disabilities to live as members of the community.

Hanging on a signboard 

The completion ceremony of Community Advocacy Center