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I-Heart Project

Many thanks for your support, which meant we were able to complete the project successfully.
project summaryWith your help, a piece of land with a hall and a vehicle with a 4x4 drive can be purchased, as part of the main goal of the program, which is: to free the children from their paralyzing situation in life and show them that there are ways to start over: in education, at work, and through other occupations.

Background

The I-Heart project started on the streets of the ghetto of Lilongwe in Malawi. With a group of inspired volunteers, we walked the streets. We asked ourselves what the need was. How can we help the children in particular and contribute to a sustainable change in their lives? From this - carried by the vision of the I-Heart - our project was born. The basic idea: I love you, I know who you are. Let's see change. We believe in you.
In particular, our work is intended to strengthen the position of children in their environment. Growing up without parents and without security, these children are hungry and afraid. Many have to spend the night on the streets. Rape rates are high, injury rates are increasing, and violence against women is on the rise. Many children are forced to engage in degrading activities to ensure their survival.
During this year we have been able to develop health care for the project with nightly food deliveries, weekly meetings in the city center. Through the means of music, art and sports, we have become close to many hurting people. The demand among the homeless children is increasing.
However, our work was limited. A fixed home was missing and also transport possibilities. Experience has taught us that renting a hall is not enough. The risk of sudden termination is too great. In order to advance our project, we need our own piece of land and a means of transportation (4x4 vehicle). For this we need the support of benefactors.
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Idea

The goal of our program is to free the children from their paralyzing situation in life. They must not continue to believe that they are worth nothing and can achieve nothing. We want to show them that there are ways to start over: in education, at work, and through other occupations. The main goal is to find loving foster parents in whose care they will receive encouragement like they have never experienced before.
The versatility of our team makes possible a threefold offer in the first steps:

  • Delivery of healthy and hot meals

  • Offer of various activities in the field of music, art and sports

  • Health care

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Implementation

The goal of this crowdfunding is the purchase of a piece of land with a hall (already in prospect) and a vehicle with a 4x4 drive. With this the following improvements could be achieved:

  • Long-term and sustainable construction of a homestead without the risk of sudden eviction.

  • building up of an efficient kitchen to continuously prepare healthy and warm meals

  • enough space for activities and participation of all children in the program

  • safe sleeping places for the children

  • self-cultivation of vegetables in the sense of self-sufficiency

  • transportation of all children to and from our center on often impassable routes (rainy season!)


The purchase of the land, the hall and the vehicle needs the support of sponsors. We hope for a broad support. We look forward to making a change for the better in the lives of the children and thank you for all donations.
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Initiators

I, Daniel Novotny, founded the social project together with two locals from Malawi - Peter and Chisomo Kachapila. They maintained the project all year while I could not enter because of corona regulations. Now the borders are finally open again and my wife Satomi Novotny and I can finally be involved on the ground again and work passionately for a more sustainable future for the street children in Malawi.
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Thank you very much!

The donation target was reached thanks to you and we are overjoyed. Now we can start to improve the lives of the many children. We give them hope for a beautiful and protected future.

From the bottom of our hearts we are so thankful for everyone who took part to make this funding campaign a success! It means the world to us, and we are excited to put it to good use.

Now we are able to buy a piece of land with a hall, which we want to turn into a home for the children. In addition, we can buy a new transport vehicle and thus ensure the transfer to our hall.

Yours truly

Daniel & Satomi Novotny

claudiaund pc fueter-corti 100,00 CHF
Esthi Herrmann 100,00 CHF
Marion Loosli 250,00 CHF
Anonymous 200,00 CHF
Zoe Rüegg 50,00 CHF
Anonymous 100,00 CHF
Anonymous 50,00 CHF
Haika Lübcke 100,00 CHF
Satomi 500,00 CHF
Leah Puckett 915,58 CHF
Lea Sieber 100,00 CHF
Annegret Lasch 50,00 CHF
Joshua & Maria Hiltbrunner 200,00 CHF
Comune di Lugano 360,00 CHF
Roberto Domenigoni 50,00 CHF
Lucia Palopoli 100,00 CHF
Walter Rüegsegger 1'000,00 CHF
Dayo Eseonu 20,00 CHF
Sheila King 50,00 CHF
Guy Janssens 50,00 CHF
Cristine Cavegn 100,00 CHF
Luzo 200,00 CHF
Eriko Kagawa 500,00 CHF
Joachim Aeschlimann 50,00 CHF
Anonymous 50,00 CHF
Claude Schnierl 484,00 CHF
Peter Burger 100,00 CHF
Filip Frimout 50,00 CHF
Irene Studerus 100,00 CHF
Gudrun Kruse 100,00 CHF
Anonymous 50,00 CHF
Corinna Fueter 100,00 CHF
Anonymous 1'000,00 CHF
Pheebs Traas 20,00 CHF
Francis Arguedas 200,00 CHF
Ana Novotny 50,00 CHF
Jonathan Novotny 50,00 CHF
Currently, there are still no project partners if you are interested, please contact us via info@there-for-you.com.

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