The environment of Malawi offers a unique challenge when it comes to mobility. Eighty-five percent of the population lives in rural areas of small villages, most some distance from the main road. Dirt roads, pot-holed, and extremely slick and hazardless when wet, are the only way in and out of the village, and for an […]
The Namikango Mission staff carefully removes them from the trailer, one after another, box after box, the full length of a 40-foot lorry (semi). Each box is very similar to the last and contains hope for another person, as well as for family and friends, who has faced near hopeless conditions, some since birth. The
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“How can one fulfill a dream when they cannot even walk out of their house? And how can a young boy imagine success when his mother has to carry him everywhere on her back?” These were the questions facing Chimwemwe Allan, who at the age of 11, dreamed of getting an education and becoming a
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“Imagine getting out of your car to be wheeled into the hospital in an emergency situation. You are in pain and you need immediate care. Then you see the wheelchair being wheeled out to get you. What would you think if it were the one in the picture?” Suzi Stephens, Medical Director for the Malawi
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Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital was named after the Queen of England, at its official opening, during a state visit by the Queen Mother in July 1957. The Hospital is the major referral hospital for southern Malawi, and cares for millions of people, with many being referred from other regions of Malawi. Like other health care
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Kasungu, Malawi … It is a strange scene that is repeated over and over all across this nation of 15,000,000 people. The sick, the injured, the suffering, and the dying have little in the way of transportation, or mobility, with which to reach heath-care. Especially in the village areas there are few ways to transport
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Thondwe, Malawi… As we returned from a fact finding trip to Ntonda Primary School, we met a 12 year-old boy waving from a wheelchair we recognized as having been distributed through the Malawi Project, Namikango Mission, the Free Wheelchair Mission, and many of you. Meet Earnest Makadyera – Earnest now attends school regularly and wants to
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Irvine, California … During the past few years a strong link has been established between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California. The result has been over 2,200 wheelchairs shipped and distributed to handicapped people in all three regions of the country. This has taken place through an extensive network of
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Mr. Makhuwila is a religious leader on the northwest side of the City of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Recently he lost the use of his legs. Even though he lives in the largest city in this poverty-ravished nation it does not help him get around in order to carry out his
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Thondwe, Malawi … During the past five years a joint working relationship between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California has resulted in the successful shipment and distribution of 2,200 wheelchairs to Malawi. Wheelchairs have been distributed into all three regions of the nation, and have reached villages, hospitals, prisons, churches,
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