About us
Epilepsy Warriors Foundation is an independent Non-governmental organization and non-profit civil society organization based in Blantyre, Malawi. EWF’s prime motto is bringing Epilepsy ‘out of the shadows’.
In 2018 a group of educated, dynamic and epilepsy activists with Epilepsy working in the development sector, got together to establish an organization for addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of people with epilepsy. True to this spirit, the organization was named Epilepsy Rights Foundation; later changed to Epilepsy Warriors Foundation.
What We Do
Epilepsy Warriors Foundation
Capacity Building
We are dedicated to enhancing the skills of our board, staff, and volunteers. Through continuous learning, we improve our abilities, allowing us to effectively provide support to individuals with epilepsy, their parents, caregivers, and the wider community.
Awareness Program
We visit epilepsy clinics, schools, churches, workplaces, and communities to raise awareness about epilepsy. Through our school awareness program, we have established two epilepsy clubs—one at Chitawira Primary School and another at Limbe Community Day Secondary School in Blantyre. Our goal for these clubs is to create an environment where young people and students feel safe discussing epilepsy, do not tolerate bullying in or out of school, and actively support their peers with epilepsy
Advocacy & Awareness
With Funding from the Disability Rights Fund we conducted an engagement meeting on 12th December 2025 at the World Health Organization (W.H.O) Malawi country office where we met Dr. Chiwanda, W.H.O Technical Officer for NCDs and Mental Health in Lilongwe. The purpose of the meeting was to bring to light some of the issues persons with epilepsy face in Malawi with evidence from our projects and activities in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Chikwawa Districts, advocate for the domestication of the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) in Malawi and submit a position paper. In April 2026, EWF was involved in the planning for an IGAP Stakeholders workshop which seven months after this engagement with W.H.O Malawi held a stakeholders workshop on IGAP with the theme: Contextualizing the Implementation of the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) in Malawi in Salima District. This is a great milestone for Malawi especially for Epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
Economic Empowerment
With financial support from some of our supporters EWF gave business capital to so of its members in Bangwe township through Bangwe Epilepsy Support Group. The two women who were beneficiaries of this initiative immediately initiated businesses to help support their families. Unfortunately one of the women was forced to spend her capital for the business she started because the local clinic didn’t have anti-seizure medication on stock and she had no choice but to use the money for her business to purchase anti-seizure medication for her son. This is proof of the burden that epilepsy has on the family and again it all goes to show how social protection schemes that cover the disability related costs are necessary.
Join our Youth Group
We believe that with lived experience that is one of the effectives ways we can utilize in order to reach out to the youth with epilepsy in Malawi
We have a youth group in Blantyre District where our organization is based, youth with epilepsy including our EWF team comprising of young men and women with some having epilepsy meet usually on Sundays with the foundations youth group to discuss issues that affect the youth with epilepsy, our team offers advice, solutions, inspiration and motivation.
Membership
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Whether you are a person with epilepsy, a guardian, carer, cooperate company becoming a member with epilepsy warriors Foundation will be very rewarding for you.
Individual Membership
By becoming an individual member, you will have the following benefits;
1. Attend our regular talks and social events free of charge
2. Be eligible to receive awareness materials
3. Organize awareness talks
4. Offer you the opportunity to assist our work
5. Be able to cast a vote during our annual general meeting
Corporate and Company Members
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A Glimpse of What We Do
Our team
Meet the dedicated individuals who drive the mission of the Epilepsy Warriors Foundation. We are united by a commitment to supporting the epilepsy community.
Samuel Chigamba
Executive director
Frazzer Machika
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION OFFICER
Laira Mhango
Fundraising manager
Symon Kaseko
Project MANAGER
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Epilepsy Warriors Foundation is an independent Non-governmental organization and non-profit civil society organization based in Blantyre, Malawi. EWF’s prime motto is bringing Epilepsy ‘out of the shadows’.