My Nonprofit Reviews

As a Board member, I travel to Malawi once or twice a year. Every time that I travel to Malawi, I return with several interesting stories that I love to share with others. This trip we were able to take a long-time supporter with us. Jo Ann had never traveled to Africa, but she had been supporting our organization in several ways of the years. The Department of Health in Malawi requires that every new born who leaves our maternity ward must have a baby cap. Jo Ann heard about this requirement several years ago and she loves to crochet! She quickly organized her women’s church group to make baby caps for our newborns. For the past 5 years we have been taking these caps to Malawi for the newborns. We made sure that Jo Ann was able to visit our maternity ward several times while she was in Malawi, but her first visit to the Ward was very special! The first newborn that she met actually was wearing one of the baby caps that SHE had made! The smile on her face was PRICELESS! The smallest of gifts can mean so much!
Lynda Baumgartner
Orant Board member