Beyond Our Hearts Foundation (BOHF)
P.O. Box 111
Neno
Malawi
Contact person: Mr. Russell Msiska
+265 995911664; +265 888 86 00 21
info@beyondourheartsmalawi.org
https://beyondourheartsmalawi.org/
https://www.facebook.com/beyondOHF/
Topics
- Educational policy/project
- Social policy/disabled persons
- Aid organization
About us
Beyond Our Hearts Foundation (BOHF), established in 2014, is a non-profit organization that aims to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals and communities. The foundation’s name suggests that its work goes beyond the boundaries of what is possible, driven by a passion and commitment to creating meaningful change.
The foundation’s mission and goals are:
• Providing support and resources for underserved communities
• Promoting education, healthcare, and social welfare initiatives
• Advocating for social justice and human rights
• Empowering individuals and communities to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential
What we do
• Girl child and Youth empowerment: Workshops and Seminars, Mentorship Programs, Youth-led Advocacy Campaigns, Gender-Sensitive Skills Training, Leadership Training, Sexual and Reproductive Health Education, Awareness Campaigns
• Sustainable agriculture and Water Management: BOHF is promoting composting and organic amendments and helps retain moisture and promotion of planting cover crops between cash crops cycles protects the soil from erosion, suppresses weeds, and fixes nitrogen from the air. We are proactively engaging with stakeholders like local communities, government agencies, and NGOs on environmental issues and establish a waste management hierarchy that prioritizes waste reduction, reuse, and recycling before disposal. We help provide access to clean water and reliable sanitation, and to promote basic hygiene practices in rural and urban areas. BOHF promotes community-based hand washing through a variety of media and through district campaigns. We work directly with schools and health-care facilities to improve access to basic water, sanitation and handwashing facilities, and to establish protocols for preventing and controlling infections.
• Climate Change Mitigation: Civic education on transitioning to renewable energy sources: Solar, wind and Campaign in protecting forests, encouraging people to be protecting existing forests and planting new trees is vital for mitigating climate change.
• Nutrition & Holistic Early Childhood Care and Development: Engaging nutrition activities with families and caregivers equip them with knowledge and resources to support a child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development during crucial early years and Nutrition Community engagement raises awareness about the importance of early childhood education and can garner support for initiatives in this area.
• Emergency Response: The project aims to develop a systematic analysis of the weather forecast that can inform the strengthening of climate-related Anticipatory Action especially through the development of early action protocols in Zomba and Neno districts in Malawi in order to prevent emergencies and respond effectively during humanitarian response.
• Health, Nutrition and Livelihoods Support: Provision of sustainable and profitable means of livelihoods, training of Income Generating Activities and financial management, support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs’) to attain vocational skills and provision of basic start up tool kits to beneficiaries and children affected by disasters and pandemics in the community.
• Education: BOHF is supporting 20 orphans and vulnerable children by provision of scholastic materials, school fees and basic materials from support from well-wishers.
• Child Protection: Formation and training of child protection committees, community dialogue meetings, and support to community led initiatives on child protection, translation of key legal and policy documents into local languages, data collection on violation of children’s rights and supporting formal education for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Malawi particularly in Neno district
• Advocacy: Advocating so that all children will benefit from a strengthened child-rights system that advances and monitors the realization of their rights. Conduct research and surveys to understand the most pressing issues faced by the community the NGO serves. This could involve issues like lack of access to clean water, inadequate sanitation facilities, limited educational opportunities, or gender-based violence. Gather data and statistics to support your advocacy efforts. Quantifiable evidence strengthens your arguments and demonstrates the severity of the problem.
Russell Msiska is the Executive Director of Beyond Our Hearts Foundation (BOHF).
For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.
