When it rains it pours. It is a saying that often has a negative connotation in the circumstances of life. Another saying is that "two are better than one." In this case two instead of one is a really good thing. Although they were shipped with space between ship dates, two trailers filled […]
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Tembo Family Move to Southern Region “He brings a level of specialty that we absolutely need as we begin a new ministry,” according to Mark Thiesen of the Namikango Mission in Thondwe, Malawi. Mark continues, “The Malawi Project, a church-related ministry based in Indiana, has begun sending shipping containers of medical supplies that will
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If Birds Could Talk Thondwe, Malawi … If birds could talk perhaps they would be commenting on the beautiful new roof that has been completed on the Namikango Maternity Hospital just east of the Thondwe Trading Center in Malawi Central Africa. The facility sits on the north side of the road between Zomba and
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Maternity Hospital Staff Reviews Shipment Over lunch two members of the staff at the Namikango Maternity Hospital, and the American missionary at the Naminkango Mission in Thondwe, Malawi discuss with Suzi Stephens R.N., Medical Director for the Malawi Project Inc., plans for the arrival of the first 40-foot container of medical supplies to the
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Guardians Rush to be First A quiet, overcast morning greeted the morning at the Namikango Maternity Hospital in Thondwe, as a light wind seemed to drift aimlessly with no purpose. People began to gather near the old guardian shelters veranda. Most of the people were there in order to care for a patient in the
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Imagine… …cutting wood for the fire to prepare breakfast, then having to carry it for 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile on your head back to your home. …walking far up the mountain to cultivate your family farm plot, while carrying a baby on your back and a heavy hoe over your shoulder. …walking to
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“Of all the things that happened on our most recent trip to Malawi there is one moment when three lives crossed paths that I won’t easily forget,” recalls Richard (Dick) Stephens of the Malawi Project. “It was the day two boys stopped to talk while on their way to school on the outskirts of Thondwe.
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Indianapolis, Indiana … Suzi Stephens of the Malawi Project looks on as members of the Westfield Rotary Club load a pick up truck with medical supplies destined for Sierra Leone, Africa. This is the first such opportunity the Malawi Project has had to send supplies to this West African nation. In the past four years
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Thondwe, Malawi … In the village areas of Malawi the women bend at the waist in order to stir black pots filled with white maize mixed to a porridge consistency. Fire blackens the old pots as the flames lap up from the wood or charcoal cooking fire, and smoke fills the eyes of those
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Trying to Outrun the Torrential Rains When the rains begin in Africa’s sub-Sahara construction projects crawl to a near stop. This is especially true when that construction is on the roofs of buildings. It is not unusual for the brick sidewalls of many buildings to just “melt away” from the rain and moisture during the
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