Action for Progress (AfP) is a not-for-profit, aid assistance organization established under the leadership of Wilson Tembo, in-country director for the Malawi Project. The AfP board is composed of business, medical, religious, and community leaders recognized for their focus on helping the poor, needy, and helpless members of society.
AfP was announced at 3:00 p.m. Malawi time, and simultaneously in the United States (U.S.) at 9:00 a.m. EDT on November 16, 2018 to highlight the longstanding and equal partnership between AfP and their United States based patron organization, the Malawi Project. It reflects that these two groups are companion organizations, both with the same focus and intent to help the poor, and both tightly structured to link together in a seamless program of cooperation.
Read the original announcement of Action for Progress.
Action For Progress Stories
“IN ONE NIGHT THEY WERE ALL GONE”
He related the story in words that seemed like fire burning deep in his heart. Few can ever imagine how he feels, or what this pain must be like. “In just one night I lost them all,” said Stanly Kenneth. Each word seemed as though it were a death knoll. So many others can say these …
I WANT TO OWN A GROCERY STORE
In a country where almost half of the population is out of employment at any given time, what are the chances a school drop-out will find a job?
GREENHOUSES ABOUT TO GO GREEN
Lilongwe, Malawi … To help Malawi families with acceptable prices, as well as offset some of their administrative costs, ACTION FOR PROGRESS, with the help of the MALAWI PROJECT, and a grant from POWER OF ONE, recently purchased and erected two large green houses on the AfP property west of the capital. The green houses, …
LIFE IN PRISON
Mitole, Chiradzulo District … Action for Progress continues to crisscross the nation assisting those with mobility problems. At its heart there are many life-changing stories. Literally thousands of people have been helped, either directly or indirectly. School dropouts have gone back to school, those failing in business are now able to work with the help …
VOLUNTEERS PICK UP TOOLS TO HELP FARMERS
Lebanon, Indiana … The catastrophic destruction from Cyclone Freddie has left in its wake a disastrous loss of life, destruction of business, devastation of villages and grain storage, and collapse of crop production for this entire year. (Grain was only weeks away from harvest). The loss of life has passed 500, with some people buried …
MILLIONS ARE SUFFERING
Lilongwe, Malawi … The warning spread across the nation like sheets of rain in a typhoon. The Integrated Food Security survey had warned between October 2022 and March 2023 an estimated 3.8 million, or 20% of the entire nation would face acute shortages of food. There was no place to hide, no place to go, …
TRAVEL FREELY – NOT EVERYONE!
Mangochi, Malawi … Mangochi is located near the southern end of Lake Malawi. Because of its strategic location it serves as a major crossroads for east-west travel from Malawi to Mozambique and north-south travel in Malawi. Its population has grown from 3,341 in 1977 to well over 50,000 today. However, just because one lives in …
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION
My friend, you asked about the situation in Malawi after the recent storm. I can only say it is catastrophic. Cyclone Freddie has put itself in the history books as the longest running cyclone in the history of the world. At one point it is said to have had sustained winds of 160 miles per …
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AT NIGHT
Over the years the Malawi Project has helped develop farm programs to facilitate the Malawi people increasing their food distribution, develop higher yields, create better storage, and expand their markets. In recent years Action for Progress, the sister organization to the Malawi Project, has picked up the in-country mantel of leadership and, working with the Malawi Project, has carried …
BICYCLES ARE LIKE CARS
Lilongwe, Malawi … In first-world nations purchasing some sort of car, SUV, or other motorized vehicle is within the reach of most families. However, in emerging world nations like Malawi, cars are something the vast majority will never own, or even drive. Even for public officials, doctors, lawyers, tribal leaders, and prosperous businesspeople the cost …
