Sandida Boko
Who Can Carry and 18 Year Old? Dedza District, Malawi … The question poses all kinds of thought and response: “I might for a few feet.” “I might if she were not too heavy.” “I might if the ground were level.” The problem comes when one realizes these conditions cannot be [...]
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, [...]
Bicycle Repairman Gets Chair
Wheelchair Arrives for Bicycle Repairman Mukuti Village, Malawi… Ndiche Kosa is from the village of Mukuti 1 in Senga Bay, Malawi. He is a bicycle repairman, and he has been paralyzed from the waist down for as long as he can remember. One can hardly imagine the feeling each time he repairs a bicycle [...]
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 [...]
Ishmael Can Dream Big Dreams
Ishmael Tchale Can Dream Great Dreams Mwale Village, Malawi… The new school year is beginning, and children in western nations often start it with moans and complaints. For them summer is over, and it is time to get up at the break of dawn, gather up their homework, and head out the front door toward [...]
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