Salima, Malawi … This center for trade and commerce near the edge of Lake Malawi was once a notorious center for the trade of human beings. Thousands were captured in the interior, brought to Lake Malawi, moved across present day Mozambique, sent to Zanzibar, then to the Arabian states and India where they were never […]
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Last week we visited a village outside Lilongwe, and in our mind’s eye we watched as Wilson Tembo and Griven Kasalika distributed mobility units and Bibles to a number of deserving individuals.
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Most people can only guess what a person is thinking who has a mobility issue and wants so badly to move around freely. Then they read about Jesus and dream of this happening to them.
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Mthekeso Village, Malawi … Cars rush along the tarmac road, filled with laughing tourists, excited they will soon experience sandy beaches while watching the sunset on sparkling waters. But for Chisomo there are no sparkling waves or sandy beaches. Neighbors sing hymns and praise God at Sunday services while enjoying friends and neighbors. But for
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Salima, Malawi… With a name like “love”, how can anything go wrong? But for 14-year-old Chikondi Samson (his name means “love”), who lives in Kamwaha Village near Salima, Malawi it seems almost everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. Born in one of the poorest nations on earth it was soon discovered young Chikondi
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Lilongwe, Malawi … It is not the first time the Malawi Project has made national news in Malawi’s largest newspaper, THE NATION. Whether in education, agriculture, or medicine the Project has been repeatedly recognized for its contribution to the development of Malawi and her people. The most recent story to reach headlines lead with, “Project
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MAN WHO CAN’T WALK REPAIRS SHOES Chitera Village, Malawi … Unless you are living the nightmare, it is impossible to imagine what it would be like to be “glued to your village” your entire life. It is a vivid expression and is the way Wilson Tembo described the situation he discovered when he met
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Mobility and Frankson Lemisani Dedza, Malawi … Acknowledging these mobility units would be far too expensive for an individual Malawian to buy on their own, the representative for the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) for the Dedza area, recently indicated a problem faced by the government is the cost to try to help everyone
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Nkhota Bay, Malawi … This report comes from northern Malawi near the big lake, Lake Malawi. This lake is the 12th largest fresh water lake in the world. Nkhota Bay is situated east of the capital of the northern part of Malawi, Mzuzu, and sits beside the lake in the Nkhota District. This district in
Part of the Council for the Handicapped Program The Bangwe Weaving Factory opened in 1976 as a result of the creation of the Malawi Council For The Handicapped (MACOHA) by an act of the Malawi Parliament in 1971 (Chapter 35:02) under the administration of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda the First President of the nation.
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