A Mother Crawls in the Dirt
Thondwe, Malawi … Mary Saikolo cannot walk. In fact, she has never been able to walk, because of paralysis in both legs. She is both physically challenged, and a single parent. She starts each day by crawling in the dust from her small dwelling house, to a place where she can find enough food for [...]
I’ve Had a Painful Day
“The most painful part of my work is telling children like Fredson we do not have wheelchairs, then watching them crawl away – helplessly.” Wilson Isaac Tembo I met a 9-year-old village boy who has a burning desire to be educated and crawls to school. Fredson Mtentha of Nkanda Village is the boy, and he [...]
By Land, Sea and Air
Blantyre, Malawi … The plane touched down on the short 7,628 foot (2,325 meter) runway at the Chileka International Airport, located nine miles northwest of the commercial city of Blantyre in southern Malawi. Its contents include $1 million (180,000,000.00 Malawi Kwacha) in medicine that is badly needed by one of the poorest, least developed nations [...]
Day Three – Explaining the Feeling
17 July 2011- Malawi. I don’t think I can explain the feeling I am having three days into this trip to Malawi. Obviously it was going to be considerably different without Suzi, and that has such a major impact on me, but that is not all that it is. The situation in Malawi this time [...]
Tribal Headwoman Surprised
Little Chisomo Rodrick Is Recipient Sitima village, Zomba, Malawi… In our last story we told you about the Msamba Community Based Organization, and the way it is helping the people in the community. Today, you will meet one of the children being helped. Her name Chisomo, and she is 4 years old. Accompanied by her [...]
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