Lilongwe, Malawi … Msamba Banda is the Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors for Action for Progress, the in-country, sister organization to the Malawi Project. He lives in Lilongwe, the nation’s capital, but as with many Malawians has a tiny home in his home village, where he perhaps will retire someday. This year the […]
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Chester Kabinda-Mbewe, Chairman Chester Kabinda-Mbewe holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Malawi and a Master of Science in Strategic Management from the University of Derby. He is certified as an information systems auditor, an information systems security associate as well as a fiber optics technician and has
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Msamba Community Organization Kasenda Village, Zomba, Malawi … In a small, remote village in the heart of the sub-Sahara lives a family in a tiny grass thatched house made of mud. A few meters from this village is an old dilapidated building that houses a small Community Based Organization. The organization’s main objective is to
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The Msamba Community Based Organization was established in 2008 in a remote area northwest of Zomba, in the southeastern part of Malawi. It focuses on helping orphans, elderly and HIV/AIDS victims. Village people who wanted to help village people, who were their friends and neighbors, formed it at the grass roots level. Maintaining a strong
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Msamba Community Based Organization, Malawi. Rose’s mother passed away in 2010 leaving Rose an orphan at the age of two and in the care of an 11-year-old aunt Joyce, who is also an orphan. Young Joyce must put Rose on her back and walk 9 kilometers in order to reach Msamba to receive assistance. In
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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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Local Group Extends Aid to 6,000 Sitima Village, Zomba, Malawi… Msamba Community Based Organization provides physical and moral support to the local community with a major focus on the orphans, elderly and HIV/AIDS support group members. Their outreach extends to at least sixteen villages with a population of over six thousand people. Situated eight kilometers
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Her name is Kusala, and if you are at the Namikango Mission you may see her. Every morning she goes with her mother to the market. She is a grade 2 pupil at Msamba Primary School, a school located less than 5 kilometers from the mission. Her family earns a living selling sugarcane, and during
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