{"product_id":"mama-i-m-cold","title":"“Mama… I’m cold. ”","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Mama… I’m cold. The rain is coming again… will it take us this time?”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/10_f038d020-85ee-454e-8dd4-0aedd9262c80.png?v=1774491019\" alt=\"\"\u003eI don’t know how to answer him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI Am a Mother in Rural Malawi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am a mother of three living in rural Malawi, and my story is not unique. Every morning before sunrise, I wake to the sound of roosters, light a small fire, and boil thin porridge for my children. I tie my youngest to my back with a worn cloth and walk with my two older children to our small maize field. Sometimes, for a few short hours, they laugh and chase butterflies, and life almost feels normal.\u003cbr\u003eBut I know what the rain brings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen the Sky Changes, So Does Everything\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sky grows heavy first. Dark in a way that feels too close. The air changes too—it carries the smell of wet earth mixed with something deeper, like the ground itself beginning to rot. And then the rain comes.\u003cbr\u003eAt first, it sounds gentle. Soft drops on the roof, almost peaceful. But I have lived through this before. The sound grows louder, faster, harder. The roof begins to leak. Water runs down the walls. The floor turns to cold mud beneath our feet. My children move closer to me. They don’t ask questions anymore. They already know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHunger Arrives Without Warning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the rains, we already have very little. But during the rainy season, everything disappears faster than we expect. The food we saved runs out, the roads become impossible to travel, and the markets feel out of reach. I try to stretch what we have—adding more water to the pot, giving smaller portions, pretending it is enough.\u003cbr\u003eMy children still whisper, “Mama, I’m hungry.” I tell them tomorrow will be better, but inside, I am no longer sure that is true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/9_f5180fbd-9de0-405e-9af9-17adc6e094d9.jpg?v=1774346086\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWater Turns Against Us\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the rain floods the land, it mixes with everything. The water we collect becomes cloudy and smells wrong. But we still drink it, because we have no other choice. Days later, the sickness begins—stomach pain, weakness, children too tired to stand or play. And I know exactly why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nights Belong to the Mosquitoes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rain leaves behind pools of water everywhere, and that is where they grow. More than before. More than I can fight.\u003cbr\u003eAt night, I try to stay awake, listening for that thin, high sound near the ear. I brush them away from my children’s skin again and again, but I cannot stay awake forever. Sleep always comes, and when it does, I cannot protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen Comes the Fever\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt always starts the same way. A child becomes quiet—too quiet. Then the heat comes. Their skin burns under my hand, their body shakes, and their eyes struggle to focus when I call their name.\u003cbr\u003eMy chest tightens as I sit beside them, feeling as if something heavy is pressing down on me. I try to stay calm for them, but inside, I am already panicking. Because I have seen this before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/1_0dab650a-c966-4d6a-b352-af71da1e41d3.png?v=1774491021\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast Year, The Rain Took Someone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was my neighbor’s son. He was always laughing, always running past our home. Then the rains came, and then the fever.\u003cbr\u003eThey tried to take him to a clinic, but the road had been washed away by water and mud. They carried him anyway, for hours, hoping to reach help in time.\u003cbr\u003eHe did not make it.\u003cbr\u003eThat night, I heard his mother. Not screaming, not even crying loudly—just a sound so broken it did not feel human anymore. It is a sound I still hear every time the rain becomes too loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow It Is Happening Again\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/8_6cf73254-712c-4779-9288-4af6655f250e.png?v=1774491022\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sky looks the same. The air smells the same. The fear feels the same.\u003cbr\u003eMy children sleep beside me, and I place my hand gently on their chests, just to feel each breath, just to be sure they are still here. Every night, I whisper the same prayer: “Please… let them survive this season.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is Not Just My Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is happening in homes like mine again and again. Mothers watch the sky not with hope, but with fear, wondering if this rainy season will take someone they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat We Need Right Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are not asking for everything. We are asking for enough to get through this season—food that will not run out, water that will not make our children sick, protection from mosquitoes, and medicine when the fever comes. These are simple things, yet here, they decide who lives and who doesn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/3_21aa6fb5-aa5a-41aa-ba2f-09445a9cad7f.jpg?v=1774346086\"\u003eHow HOME SAFE HAVEN Helps\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt HOME SAFE HAVEN, support is focused on real, urgent needs during the rainy season. Not promises, but action.\u003cbr\u003eWe provide nutritious food when families have nothing left, safer water and hygiene resources to prevent disease, mosquito protection to reduce infections, and rapid medical care when children fall ill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Your Support Can Do\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$30 — Emergency Food \u0026amp; Daily Survival Essentials\u003cbr\u003e Provides staple food supplies such as maize flour, beans, and cooking oil to keep a family fed during the hardest days of the rainy season. Also helps cover basic necessities like soap and cooking fuel so families can prepare meals safely.\u003cbr\u003e$60 — Safe Water \u0026amp; Hygiene Support\u003cbr\u003e Delivers water purification tablets, simple filtration tools, and hygiene kits including soap and containers for safe storage. Helps families avoid contaminated floodwater and reduces the risk of waterborne diseases.\u003cbr\u003e$120 — Urgent Medical Care for Sick Children\u003cbr\u003e Covers essential medicines such as antimalarial treatment, antibiotics, and fever-reducing medication, along with basic clinical care. Helps ensure children receive treatment quickly when symptoms first appear.\u003cbr\u003e$250 — Full Protection Through the Rainy Season\u003cbr\u003e Supports a vulnerable family with a combination of food, clean water access, mosquito nets, and medical care throughout the most dangerous months—reducing the risk of illness, hunger, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/10_1ae4b2aa-9158-41a8-a594-b4dfe51f5ae9.jpg?v=1774346086\"\u003eTonight, The Rain Will Not Stop\u003cbr\u003eI can hear it now, louder than before. I will stay awake as long as I can, listening, waiting, praying.\u003cbr\u003eBut your decision can change what happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill You Help Us Survive This Season?\u003cbr\u003eFor you, it may just be rain.\u003cbr\u003e For us, it is the line between life and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDONATE NOW — HELP US SURVIVE THE RAINY SEASON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom My Heart… Thank You\u003cbr\u003eIf my children wake tomorrow still breathing, still laughing, still chasing butterflies, it will be because someone, somewhere, chose to help.\u003cbr\u003eThank you for seeing us.\u003cbr\u003e Thank you for caring.\u003cbr\u003e Thank you for giving us a chance to survive.\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/1_b1d87aed-f5b8-4f43-ba6e-07dadf4aad15.jpg?v=1774346086\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Home Safe Haven","offers":[{"title":"$30","offer_id":52246349119785,"sku":null,"price":30.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$60","offer_id":52246349152553,"sku":null,"price":60.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$80","offer_id":52246349185321,"sku":null,"price":80.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$120","offer_id":52246349218089,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$150","offer_id":52246349250857,"sku":null,"price":151.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$200","offer_id":52246349283625,"sku":null,"price":202.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$300","offer_id":52246349316393,"sku":null,"price":302.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$500","offer_id":52246349349161,"sku":null,"price":505.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$1000","offer_id":52246349381929,"sku":null,"price":1010.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$2000","offer_id":52246349414697,"sku":null,"price":2020.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/5210\/9609\/files\/7_edd2cba1-d303-4b7d-98cb-3e3203567f55.jpg?v=1774346470","url":"https:\/\/www.childrenhomesupport.org\/pt\/products\/mama-i-m-cold","provider":"childrenhomesupport","version":"1.0","type":"link"}