Youth Profile:
- The population is approximately 15.5 million with almost half of them under the age of 14.
- Malawi is a mostly rural area with 90% of their export revenue coming from agriculture. Malawi is one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world, even though they have some of the richest soil in the world. Tradition in Malawi is to burn your field after harvest in order to level it for the next season. Unfortunately, this destroys all the nutrients in the soil and makes crop production decline over the years.
- Most people only receive up to a middle school education. Most can not afford to pay past that as it is 200 dollars (50 per year) to receive a high school education.
Youth Partnership:
Rutherford and Tsahai Banda
YouthHOPE is also partnering with Rutherford and Tsahai Banda, who are full-time Malawian Global Youth Workers. Rutherford is the Bishop for Grace Christian Fellowship churches.
Youth Project:
Youth Worker Training:
Youth ministry in Malawi consists of youth getting together and singing songs, with no time or emphasis on studying the bible or mentoring. Instead, these times are more of a social gathering where youth come to hang out. YouthHOPE has started training some leaders at the bible college that the Bandas started and hope to do more training in the future.
Foundations for Farming:
YouthHOPE is working to help both problems by teaming with Foundations for Farming to start a youth program. The profits from the farm to pay for their school fees so young people can finish their education. We are working to train and raise up youth leaders to disciple the youth of Malawi in new farming techniques.
Want to get involved??? Check out the opportunities for global youth ministry in Malawi, spend a summer serving on one of our internships, or partner through giving financially!
