Paul and Darlene Heller are filling these positions with the Ministry of Hope, a crisis nursery in Mzuzu, Malawi, Paul as the director and Darlene as matron. The Ministry of Hope was founded in 1999 in response to the growing number of AIDS orphans in Malawi. Upon its founding, 200 orphans were cared for in the community with feeding and education. That number has grown to several thousand. As a nation, Malawi is faced with the challenge of raising approximately 2 million orphans. |