What we do

CARVE Africa delivers the highest-quality, interactive sexual and reproductive health education focused on menstrual health, contraception, HIV, and STI information. We work with youth, community leaders, and trained nurses to create fun, safe spaces where young people can ask questions, challenge harmful norms, and access accurate information and referral pathways. Our programs are locally led, rooted in dignity, and designed to build confidence, choice, and long-term health.

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Our focus remains on the human not the number.

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Each community’s needs are assessed, engaging youth groups and building teams tailored to local requirements.

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What Happens When Global Aid Pulls Out? oh wait, that happened and this is the fall out…

  • 💸 USAID is cutting 54% of global family planning funding—that’s over $280 million lost. Malawi is one of the hardest hit.

  • 🚫 In Malawi, over 170,000 women and girls are about to lose access to contraception and basic reproductive care.

  • 🏥 211 reproductive health clinics across Malawi may shut down or drastically scale back.

  • 👩🏽‍⚕️ 1 in 4 sexual health workers could lose their jobs—leaving communities with no trained provider for contraception, HIV/STI testing, or pregnancy care.

  • 🎓 Girls are already dropping out of school due to early pregnancy. Without contraceptive education, this will get worse fast.

  • ⚰️ Every day without access to family planning increases the risk of maternal deaths, unsafe abortions, and HIV infections—especially for teenage girls.

  • 💔 The system is collapsing in real time, and nobody is replacing what’s been pulled.

  • 🌍 This isn’t just about Malawi—this is a global failure to protect basic human rights and autonomy.

  • 🚨 We are locally registered, women-led, and still here—but we can’t fill the gap without serious partnership and trust-based philanthropy.