Lilongwe, Malawi … Over the years the Malawi Project, through the efforts of sister organization, Action for Progress, has been able to establish a distribution network to every region of the country. This network allows the opportunity to distribute agricultural, medical, and educational supplies to the poorest of the poor through government, community, and church networks. However, this means AfP has a high outlay for fuel and truck maintenance cost. Therefore, it was a shock to learn in mid-January that Malawi was raising the cost of fuel by a full 41%. This means the cost of fuel, both regular and diesel, has reached the highest cost of any nation on the African continent. This mixes with Malawi being one of the poorest nations on earth and sets up many for the inability to move about with motorized vehicles. It adds a major cost to the distribution of supplies sent to Malawi through the Malawi Project network.
Richard Stephens, Executive Director and co-founder for the Project extends this observation and request, “Since the beginning of this work in Africa our contributors have always stepped up to fill the needs of the people of Malawi. Thousands upon thousands have been given assistance when the need was highlighted.With this new development of the crippling rise in fuel costs we are turning to our contributors yet again for assistance. We need your help, and, if you have not been sending financial assistance, we are asking that you consider a monthly contribution this year for $10, $25, or $50,00 dollars a month. If you are already assisting, we thank you and ask if you will consider an uptick in your assistance. You can go to the MP web site and program a monthly contribution. https://www.malawiproject.org/donate/ Checks can be sent to Malawi Project, 2421 Golfside Drive, Lebanon, IN 46052.