Work is now well on with the building of our third "mini-orphanage" in Malawi, this time at Kambona.

It'll accommodate about 50 orphans in addition to those at San Michel and Malawi House at nearby Msema.

This new building has been named Kambona House and will also incorporate the headquarters of the Searchlight Orphan Care (SOC)organisation, plus resource and storage areas. It'll take several months to complete. It'll feature an internal water supply, an internal bathing room and toilet and large sleeping areas. A heated water service is also being considered.

The Msema village now has the capacity to shelter more than 80 orphans in two mini-orphanages.....San Michel....and Malawi House.....both of them private dwellings that we've bought, renovated, furnished,and equipped. New and additional facilities have also been built.

At San Michel, the girls have their own house.It was built alongside the original house.

The youngsters have not only been clothed and sheltered, but they're now living in good accommodation which also offers them their own blankets and mosquito nets, recreational games and other resources..including a stand-alone kitchen, and some gleaming new cooking pots!.

In September 2006, The Australian AIDS Fund Inc was able to buy two pieces of land ....one on one side of San Michel and the other plot alongside Malawi House. This will allow the residential accommodation to be extended later on if necessary...but in the meantime the children will be cultivating them as their vegetable gardens.

Above: The youngsters move into Malawi House..their new home. Below: The two San Michel houses....one for the boys and the other for the girls.