Villages in Partnership

Fighting Poverty in Malawi

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How We Work

Our approach is based on an enduring collaborative partnership with the people of Sakata, Malawi.

We meet with villagers to understand their needs.

We mobilize support in the West to provide resources and expertise.

The entire village works with us to build a solution.

The project is completed and villagers take ownership of it.

The new project helps to uplift the entire community.

The Six Critical Needs of Human Development

The Power of VIP’s Approach

Commitment to Our Villages

We have a personal relationship with every one of our partner villages and will remain in those villages until they are on the path to sustainable development.

Our Values

Walking in the path of Jesus, we love our neighbor as ourselves.

Targeting Root Causes

We simultaneously address the six critical needs of human development to break the vicious cycle of extreme poverty.

A Hand Up, not a Hand Out

VIP programs empower local communities to be part of the solution so that villagers are able to meet their own needs.

Local Leadership

Real change comes from the grassroots. That’s why 100% of our development staff in Malawi is Malawian.

Our Personal Connection

We are not distant benefactors, but true partners. Many of our supporters travel to Malawi to break bread with and work alongside our Malawian brothers and sisters.

Blog & Stories

  • Partnership with Worldwide Logistics Group
    By Beth Cohen and Jordan Heinzel-Nelson Worldwide Logistics Group (WWL), a global logistics and supply chain management company, is donating warehouse and shipping services to help support Villages in Partnerhip (VIP), an organization whose mission is to help impoverished people in Sakata, Malawi. As VIP continues to secure much needed supplies for Malawi, WWL will […]
  • Roseline does schoolwork

    Overcoming Challenges – By Roseline Nambazo
    My name is Roseline Nambazo from Teputepu Village. I am a student at the Malawi College of Medicine studying to earn a bachelor’s degree in the medicine of surgery. As a girl raised in the village, my life has been difficult as far as school is concerned. In my community, people believe that girls do […]

  • Making Dreams a Reality – By Cydney Chikalema
    My name is Cydney Chikalema from Kalupe Village in Malawi, Africa. I am the second born in a family of now only two, me and my brother. My life was not easy when I was growing up. Raised by a single mother, we were 3 children. It was difficult to get by. We depended on […]

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Villages in Partnership builds connections between villages in the developed world and villages in Malawi to bring about life-changing development in Malawi, Africa.