Malawi

In the heart of Malawi, where poverty is a daily struggle, one woman is rewriting the stories of children who once had nowhere to turn.

Not long ago, two young brothers just two and five years old were found sleeping under a bridge. Alone, vulnerable, and struggling to survive, they had been left to fend for themselves. For children like them, life on the streets of Blantyre is a battle for survival.

Without shelter, they endure the scorching sun by day and freezing nights with no relief. Hunger is a constant burden with no certainty of a meal. Clean water is hard to find, leaving them at risk of diseases like malaria and cholera. Without a caring adult to protect them, they are exposed to dangers no child should ever face.

But everything changed when a woman named Courageous Musasa found them.

Courageous knows the pain of being an orphan because she lived it herself. As a child, she wandered the streets, hungry, scared, and alone. When she was rescued and taken into an orphanage, it changed the course of her life. That experience gave her a heart for children just like her.

So when she saw Peace and Comfort, she acted. She took them in, giving them food, safety, and a place to call home.

But they weren’t the only ones. As Courageous walked the streets, she found more abandoned children, more tiny hands reaching out for help. Soon, her home was overflowing. She had given everything she could, but it still wasn’t enough. That’s when she founded The Courageous Kids Foundation, a refuge where more than 90 children now find shelter and care.

The home is simple. Beds are shared, possessions are few, and some children still sleep on the floor. Yet, under Courageous’ care, they have something more precious than material things. A place where they belong. Here, they receive love, stability, and the security of knowing they will have a warm meal every day.

“I know that I don’t have enough things here, but I have love. Children only need love and food. If you give the children home and love, they’ll be your children,” says Courageous.

Now, at four and five years old, Peace and Comfort are thriving. They are no longer hungry, no longer afraid. They have found family, security, and a future filled with hope.

But so many others are still waiting for their chance.

Through the work of Feed The Hungry, meals are provided every day at the Courageous Kids Foundation. Food is more than just nourishment. It is hope. It is the foundation that allows children to heal, learn, and dream again.

Praise was introduced to Feed the Hungry by an Australian friend who knew how he was struggling in serving the community at the time.

Through the feeding program Praise and his team have been able to share Christ more freely, reach areas where the need is immediate, give access to Bibles, build more churches, and create partnerships within the communities.

Another program is Farming God’s Way, a program that teaches the local people better ways to farm based on how the Israelites did in the Bible. The agricultural advancement through this program has benefited the community greatly.

They also minister to 23 HIV/AIDS communities, people that are seen as untouchable. Many kids live there as they were born to parents that have these illnesses. Although these people are on medicine to keep HIV and AIDS at bay, those medicines are dependent on good nutrition to work well.

Another group Praise and his team work with are child-headed households. These children have lost their parents to disease, murder, or other situations and the oldest stepped in as the head of the household. Feed The Hungry steps in to provide food for these children, giving them a chance to continue their education and live a good life.

Praise’s long-term goal is to develop a mission centre where pastors and church leaders would learn good farming, church planting, and discipleship techniques. That centre would allow the leaders to train their communities to produce food and disciples and be able to teach and train believers.

One of the most impactful moments in Praise’s ministry is seeing community chiefs surrender their lives to God after being challenged by the Gospel. From there, they lead their community in the direction of the Gospel and change the whole community.

Understaffing and car problems make it difficult to reach more areas and areas that are hard to get to and government pressure to expand are problems that affect the ministry.

If food and God’s word was plentiful, their numbers could grow from almost 60,000 to more than 100,000 children in Malawi.