Women's Initiative Network International
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Welcome to the official website for Women’s Initiative Network International (WIN).
Catherine Mary Ajizinga Chipembere, a native Malawian, founded WIN in 1998 after 29 years in exile in Los Angeles, California. Returning home to Malawi in order to serve in the new democratic government, Catherine realized that the demographics most under-served were women and children. She began WIN in Mangochi, the area in the country which supported the Chipembere family during the Cabinet Crisis of the 1960s. Today, with the support of Malawian volunteers and funding from external donors, Catherine has been able to build a grassroots organization that allows some of the most under-served Malawians to be self-sustaining.
With Catherine's background in early childhood education, she created WIN's first 12 pre-schools in Malawi which educate and feed over 1,000 children a day. In addition, WIN has built 6 fish farms and created literacy and income generating skills classes for local women in Mangochi and Blantyre. WIN also provides HIV/AIDS awareness classes alongside geriatric care for elders in the rural areas.
WIN reaches out to people who are not provided with national resources yet maintain spirits that are resilient as they work daily to improve their lives and the lives of future generations. WIN was founded on the vision of both Henry Masauko Chipembere and Catherine Chipembere for the people of Malawi to live lives fully inside of their human dignity.
The aim of Women’s Initiative Network International is to support orphaned and impoverished children in rural Malawi as well as their caregivers, who are usually women, by providing them with the physical and educational tools to overcome poverty, hunger, and disease. We are committed to building a better future for the less privileged of Malawi through sustainable intervention.
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