{"id":646,"date":"2019-08-11T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/?page_id=646"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:38:33","slug":"malawi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tMalawi\t<\/h1>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t22,7500,00+\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttotal population of Malawi\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t18%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof Malawians have access to safely managed drinking water services.\u00b9\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t46%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof people in Malawi have access to safely managed sanitation facilities.\u00b2\n\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\"Context\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tAgua para la poblaci\u00f3n de Malawi\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t

0+<\/h2>La poblaci\u00f3n de Malawi tiene acceso a servicios de agua fiables.\n\t\t\n\t

Malawi is home to lakes, rivers, cliffs, and wildlife reserves. But it’s best known for the warmth of its people – nicknamed \"The Warm Heart of Africa.\" Since 2000, Water For People has worked alongside communities and the government to ensure lasting water, sanitation, and hygiene access for every household, school, and health clinic. Through this work, 1.6 million Malawians now have reliable water services.<\/p>\n

Still, 82% of households – over 16 million people – lack safely managed water access.\u00b3 Girls and women are 10x more likely than boys and men to collect water, walking an average of 52 minutes a day.\u2074 This burden limits their education, economic opportunities, and health, reinforcing gender inequities across generations.<\/p>\n

Los desastres relacionados con el clima, cada vez m\u00e1s frecuentes y severos, agravan los riesgos en Malawi. Los ciclones, las inundaciones y las sequ\u00edas da\u00f1an los sistemas de agua y saneamiento y amenazan la salud p\u00fablica mediante brotes como el c\u00f3lera.\u2075<\/p>\nWhile our approach strengthens local systems to withstand shocks, the growing impacts of climate change have pushed us to adapt even further – from restoring freshwater ecosystems and designing more resilient infrastructure to responding to the needs of the girls, women, and vulnerable populations most affected by these events.
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\n\t\t\t\t\"Nakuyu\n\t\t
Grace usa el nuevo grifo de agua en su escuela.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

\""El agua es el eje central de todo lo que hacemos. Es vital que la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n nazca en comunidades resilientes al cambio clim\u00e1tico."\"<\/p>\n

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\nUlemu Chiluzi<\/strong>
\nCountry Director, Water For People Malawi\n\t\t\t\tOur Work in Malawi\n\t\t\t\t

\u2022 Implement piped water systems for communities, schools, and health clinics.
\u2022 Design climate-resilient infrastructure capable of withstanding extreme weather events such as flooding.
\u2022 Train water committees on operation, monitoring, and budgeting for future maintenance.
\u2022 Protect water sources through freshwater ecosystem restoration and watershed planning and management.
\u2022 Build capacity of local governments and technicians to manage, finance, and maintain water systems.
\u2022 Lead community sanitation campaigns to promote the construction, use, and maintenance of toilets.
\u2022 Support local sanitation entrepreneurs and establish associations for ongoing professional development and innovation.
\u2022 Educate and provide resources for women and girls to manage their periods with dignity.
\u2022 Develop lessons for schools about handwashing, good hygiene, and the benefits for health and dignity.
\u2022 Build handwashing stations to go with bathrooms in schools and health clinics.
\u2022 Advise government Ministries with technical assistance, finance plans, and regulation and policy development and implementation for long-term water and sanitation management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tD\u00f3nde trabajamos\n\t\t\t\t

Actualmente estamos implementando Everyone Forever en Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Neno, Ntchisi y Peru-Urban Blantyre. Estamos ampliando nuestro impacto a trav\u00e9s de iniciativas de fortalecimiento de sistemas en Dowa, Kasungu y Lilongwe Rural.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tNuestra estrategia\n\t\t\t\t

Cobertura Total Para Siempre<\/strong>
Water For People brings together communities, local businesses, and governments to build, operate, and maintain their own systems. This approach, called Cobertura Total Para Siempre<\/a>, supports every household, health clinic,
and school in a district with sustainable water and sanitation services that can be maintained by governments and communities for generations to come. This model is rooted in community engagement and local and national
partnerships, promoting long-term access to water, sanitation, and hygiene across Malawi – even in the face of increasing storms, floods, and droughts caused by climate change.<\/p>\n

Estrategia Nacional<\/strong>
Lasting access to water, sanitation, and hygiene requires more than short-term solutions – and more than local action alone. That’s why Water For People makes long-term investments and partnerships with districts, while also working at the national level to strengthen policies and financing. In districts like Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Neno, Ntchisi, and Peri-Urban Blantyre, we’ve seen that progress stalls when national systems fall short. That’s why we work closely with Malawi’s Ministry of Water and Sanitation to develop policies, unlock finance, and advocate for high-level commitment – including a national Climate-Resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Financing Strategy and a compact prioritizing WASH work and progress from the President.<\/p>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tConozca a la gente \n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tVea el trabajo en acci\u00f3n.\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t

Watch how a solar-powered water system is changing what’s possible in Neno District, Malawi. This 3-mile (5km) water network now delivers water to more than 12,000 people – reaching homes, schools, markets, and a hospital maternity wing.<\/p>\t\t\n\t