Wheelchairs Await Their New Owners
Wheelchairs Seemed to Arrive Early
Kasungu, Malawi … From all appearances the wheelchairs were up early and reached the site of the ceremony well ahead of the crowd. Of course, one has to realize that many in the crowd were slow getting around since nearly all of them live with severe handicaps that make rapid [...]
Death Cheat
Cheats Death
Going Outside After 22 Years
Ntcheu, Malawi … It made national news in one of the leading newspapers in the tiny African nation of Malawi. The front-page headline seemed to scream for attention, “Death Cheat – Bed Ridden for 22 years.” Farther inside a nearly full page leads off with the headline, “Ntcheu lady [...]
Assembling Wheelchairs
KODO Handicapped
Assemble Wheelchairs
Salima, Malawi… Just east of the central portion of the Salima Trading Center in Malawi, Africa stands Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach, or KODO. It is a humanitarian organization that has been formed with the purpose and focus of helping those with physical disabilities. George Banda, a victim of a physical handicap that [...]
Training the Handicapped Self Reliance
A Visit to KODO
Salima, Malawi … It is late morning when we arrive at the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach office in a dilapidated, old, rundown building on the east side of the Salima Trading Center. Outside, because there is not enough room inside, is a row of half a dozen women and men learning [...]
His Disability Qualifies Him to Serve
It was an important day for both of them when Yasin Wame met George Banda (Director of Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach (KODO)) in 1998. George was working hard to serve the needs of people with physical handicaps, and Yasin had one. Yasin had been born disabled, and his disability affected both his back and [...]
The Girl in the Wheelbarrow
She Goes Everywhere in the Wheelbarrow
Where ever they go she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to the trading center, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to church, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they walk along the road, she goes in the wheelbarrow.
The girl in the wheelbarrow is 19-year-old [...]
KODO Expands Reach in Malawi
KODO Distribution Goes Both North and South
Because of the recent influx of supplies from the supporters of the Malawi Project the work of the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach (KODO) has been able to expand into parts of Malawi that were only dreamed of just a few months ago. The following gives a partial report [...]
Seeing What I Have Never Seen
A Great Day For Everyone
They came that day from all corners of Salima District in eastern Malawi. It was not only a big day for those with mobility problems, but it was a big day for the blind, albinos, the deaf, the dumb and any other disability known to man kind, including even the [...]
Lake Begins New Program For Handicapped
Salima, Malawi … On the road to Senga Bay, Malawi the observer will quickly see the recently constructed lake or large holding pond for rainwater that is located northeast of the Salima Trading Center. The purpose of the lake is to collect water during the rainy season in order to have irrigation capabilities [...]
Kuthandiza Outreach Receives A Boost
The Malawi Project continues to enlarge its programs of assistance in other districts of Malawi. One of the program additions is the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach in Salima, Malawi.
The Kuthandiza program was started because of the disability of its director, Mr. George Chimpiko Banda who was born with disabled feet [...]
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