Sewing Masks for Malawi On the back porch of Orant Charities Africa, bordered by green gardens and a forest preserve, tailors thread their sewing machines. With accuracy, they cut textiles into mask patterns. Swiftly and surely, they sew colorful masks out of chitenge fabric. They add elastics on the sides of masks to slip easily …
On-site Clinics
Orant partners with the Malawian Ministry of Health and other charities and NGOs to deliver comprehensive specialized care to our patients. Some of the services we provide:
- HIV/AIDS Testing, Counseling, and Management
- Weekly Cervical Cancer Screening
- Monthly Ophthalmology Clinics
- Twice Weekly Prenatal Clinics
- Malnutrition Monitoring and Treatment
“Why do people travel to our clinic from other areas that have their own health centers or hospitals?”
“Because we have medicine. At the others, there is no medicine.”
patient care advisor at Kasese Health Center
Orant charges our patients a small fee (~$.25 – $1.33) for using our medical facilities.All the money collected goes directly back into medical treatment. If someone is incapable of paying the full amount, they are never turned away.
Mobile Outreach Clinic
Our Mobile Outreach Clinic travels to remote villages to offer life-saving treatments.
Kasese Health Center
The Kasese Health Center is our on-campus static clinic where we treat tens of thousands of patients annually.
Stories From The Field
A Sustainable Approach to Fighting COVID-19 in Malawi, Africa COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020. At the time of writing, there have been over 20 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in almost every country or administrative region in the world. For Malawi, one of the poorest countries in …
A Day with the Mobile Outreach Clinic March 11, 2020 – Outreach Clinic in Kambulu, Kasungu, Malawi 7:30am Leave Orant Charities Africa Campus The team is a bit sleepy, but in high spirits. We climb into the ambulance, find our preferred seats, and prepare for the long drive ahead. Kambulu is one of the most …