...Caring for the babies!
It is considered vitally important that the children of Open Arms are brought up and cared for within a Malawian culture.
Apart from the much needed consumption of imported cereals, the children are raised on an exclusively Malawian diet which consists of Nsima (maize) and Masamba (vegetables).The children are mainly attended to by Malawian carers and are addressed in both Chichêwa and English.
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To prepare the infants for their eventual re-introduction into the Malawian community they are encouraged to spend time playing with their visiting Grandparents and other surviving relatives in the Open Arms village house which, like traditional Malawian dwellings, has no electricity or running water, dirt floors and small wood fires for cooking.
Perhaps the only concession made to the children at Open Arms is the provision of decent, but never new, clothing and the supply of effective medicines.
Apart from the much needed consumption of imported cereals, the children are raised on an exclusively Malawian diet which consists of Nsima (maize) and Masamba (vegetables).The children are mainly attended to by Malawian carers and are addressed in both Chichêwa and English.
To prepare the infants for their eventual re-introduction into the Malawian community they are encouraged to spend time playing with their visiting Grandparents and other surviving relatives in the Open Arms village house which, like traditional Malawian dwellings, has no electricity or running water, dirt floors and small wood fires for cooking.
Perhaps the only concession made to the children at Open Arms is the provision of decent, but never new, clothing and the supply of effective medicines.
