The Malawi Project, Inc.

Who would not want to name their son "Daniel"? After all, one of the greatest characters in all of Biblical history was the prophet Daniel who sought to warn his people of impending doom and to rescue them from harm. Every Bible student has marveled at the story of Daniel in the den of lions and the way God loved and rescued him from harm.

Our story is about a little boy who carries the same name. At birth he was not expected to live. He was 2 1/2 months premature, and he developed hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy, yet those who predicted his death were also premature and did not realize his determination to live.

Today, Daniel Shipley is a smiling 11 year old who lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. He moves determinedly through life with the aid of two shiny, metal canes and a wheelchair. In an early letter to The Malawi Project, he asked about sending raisins for the children of Malawi. Others had said the famine in Malawi was so widespread that his aid would do little to help. In spite of this discouragement this 4′ 8" 75 lb. blue-eyed boy begged his parents to let him use his allowance to buy raisins.

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Nachulu Banda says simply, “My wheelchair will Help Me Work.”

    She is a businesswoman, but for years it has been almost impossible for her to travel to the gardens to buy, or to the markets to sell. Nachulu Banda comes from Mbunga Village in Dowa District, and her business is the buying and selling of vegetables. She lives in the area of Traditional Authority Chief Chakhaz.

    Nachulu was able to walk until the age of five, and then she experienced a severe case of malaria. As a result of the illness she could never walk again.

    Nachulu was married for a number of years, but her husband divorced her because she could not help with the work he wanted her to do. Her mother also died, although her father is still alive. She has one grown daughter who is married and lives near her mud hut, thatched roof village.

    One day recently Moses Banda, the Communication Director for Blessings Hospital traveled the 56 miles north that was required to reach her village.

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Joshua Bizwick’s Story
Few people have ever heard of the tiny nation of Malawi. It is deep in the sub-Sahara of Africa, and in the vast expanse of the continent it is nearly lost because of its tiny size. Yet in this nation that is considered the third poorest on earth live a kind, gentle, peaceful people who seek only to care for their families, tend their crops and live peaceful lives.

In the Dowa District, near the tiny trading center of Madisi, lives Joshua Bizwick. His life is difficult since he has to crawl to work each day. Both of his parents are dead, both of his legs are gone, and Chief Chakhaza, under whose traditional tribal authority young Joshua lives has no resources with which to help him. With his parents gone there is no one that can care for him. Even though he has two brothers and three sisters no one has the resources to assist young Joshua. He lives just 80 kilometers north of the capital city of Lilongwe, Malawi yet he might as well be at the end of the earth. There has been little hope for his future. The local police, fearing for his safety, have advised him that it is too dangerous for him to crawl to work in the busy traffic along highway M-1, and he must find another way to get around. But if he stops crawling to work he will loose his job and his business. If he looses his business, then who will feed his wife and three young children?

Then on December 21 the people from Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi came to his home with a wheelchair donated by Free Wheelchair Mission in America. Moses Banda, the Communication Director for Blessings Hospital reports, "When we gave it to him we could see the tears running down his face."

With a giant smile of appreciation young Joshua replies, "Your gift has made it possible for me to care for myself and my family, plus being able to help my brothers and sisters. We will be able to support ourselves, and not have to be given a hand out by others. Your example of helping me has given me the opportunity to tell everyone they must work hard to succeed, as I am doing. Let me be the example for all of them.

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