In February 2008, representatives from the board of FVM Canada met with the board and leadership of FVM Malawi at the Matunkha Centre. The Canadian board unanimously agreed to transfer the management and responsibility for the Matunkha Centre to the Malawian people. This was carried out in a public ceremony at which we handed back the Matunkha Centre in its entirety to the Themba La Mathemba Chikulamayembe, the Paramount Chief of the Tumbuka people and the traditional leader who granted us the right to begin development in his kingdom in 1995.  Development is managed under the direction of FVM (Malawi) with a Malawian board of directors. 

Even though FVM Canada is no longer funding the Matunkha Centre we continue to be thankful for what God is doing there. 

Today, more than 50 acres of land have been developed into a thriving village called the Matunkha Centre for Rural Orphan Care

Building-Material Shops

Secondary School Scholarships

Community Library

Tenthere Primary School and Nursery School

Vocational Training Workshops

Agricultural Training Facilities

Demonstration Garden

Staff Houses and Community Health Offices

Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Distribution

Home-Based Medical Care

Campsite and Guest Houses

Community Centre

Soccer Field and Netball Court

Drinkable Water to 60 Villages

Two Fish Ponds and a Chicken Run

Livestock Facilities

Maize Mill

Dawn Kiesling Memorial Compound

Thete Model Village

Matunkha Safaris Eco-Tourism

help of hundreds of volunteers and workers, Matunkha Village works with surrounding village members and chiefs to empower the people to care for their orphans.

Development. At Matunkha Village, hundreds of children go to school, learn about HIV/AIDS, and join sports leagues while adults receive vocational training, are instructed in income generating activities, and are taught how to care for orphans and chronically ill family members. The village strives to be child friendly in that all children there and in the 60 surrounding villages receive the care, support, protection, nutrition, education and shelter they need to enable them to grow to their full potential.

At the core of Matunkha Village is child-care, and primarily orphan-care. Rather than building an orphanage, the goal of FVM in Malawi is to use Matunkha Village as a place to facilitate community-based orphan care. Through numerous structures and projects, and with the