KINDLE is an acronym for Kids In Need Deserve Love and Encouragement. Kindle is motivated by the desire to bring the light of Christ's hope to orphans. The word "kindle" also means to light and inspire, and so Kindle Orphan Outreach works with communities to support orphans and their guardians (care-givers) to reach their full potential as productive members of society.
Come to Kindle for a visit! It is very likely that you will be looking around and saying, "This is a very different kind of orphan care organization!" Yes, very different from a typical orphanage, Kindle Orphan Outreach operates in the community, and more importantly, by the community. Kindle is not so much a place as it is a neighborhood, a relationship, an encouraging word, a pat on the back. Even more precisely, Kindle is people helping people to help people. As was commented by Kindle's founder, Andrew Barr,
"This structure is fantastic. It allows children to grow within their culture and community, while building the capacity of literally everyone around them."
Within the African culture of extended family ties, orphaned children are most often taken in by relatives and remain part of the community. Kindle uses its resources to train and empower those care-givers and communities to assist one another. 
Staffing nearly 30 Malawians and a handful of foreign volunteers in its various programs, Kindle relies also on volunteers within the community to build, teach, care for, and disciple the youth of Malawi.
Kindle Orphan Outreach is located in the Salima District, 100 kms. east of Lilongwe (the capital city of Malawi), and 40 kms. west of Lake Malawi. Kindle serves an area of 35 villages, with a population of approximately 8,000 people. True to the general population, at least half of these are under the age of 16, and Kindle has registered nearly 300 orphans. Through ministry to orphans and care-givers, the impact of Kindle reaches far beyond these boundaries.
