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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

  • VINES CLIMB INTO EXAMPLES

    Written in 1734 the English imaginary tale of Jack and the Beanstock tells the story of a poor, young, farm boy who sees a vine climbing high into the sky. It is so high he cannot see the top, as it disappears into the heavens. He climbs the stock and faces multiple challenges. The moral of…

  • MAN WITH A SIMPLE WOUND

    “I had a business buying goats and selling goat meat. It was very successful, and I was able to have a good profit every day. I lacked nothing. Then one day as I walked home from a friend’s house a piece of wood broke the skin in my left ankle. Little did I know at…

  • FLASH FLOODS CONTINUE TO RAVISH MALAWI

    FLASH FLOODS CONTINUE Nkhotakota District, Malawi … Well up the western coast of Lake Malawi one enters the Nkhotakota District, and then the Trading Center that carries the same name. Considered the largest traditional African town in Malawi, Nkhotakota is 120 miles (200 kilometers) north-east of the capital city of Lilongwe, and approximately 235 miles…

  • DALITSO GETS THE AID SHE NEEDS

    Kasungu, Malawi… Childbirth always brings excitement in every home, community, or country. This is so because we believe that a child is a precious gift from God. Whenever a family is expecting a child, there are always preparations in terms of what is needed in the hospital when a woman is about to give birth,…

  • “NOT ALL DAY’S ARE SUNDAYS”

    Lilongwe, Malawi … Several years ago, when faced with a difficult project that was not turning out as expected, a wise Malawian smiled and said, “All days are not Sundays.” More than once his words have proven prophetic when a particular project did not reap the expected results, took longer than expected, or needed realignment to bring…

  • NURSES EXCITED WITH SUPPLIES

    In the medical field in Malawi, there are few people, if any, who fully understand how desperate things become when there is an insufficient supply of needed medicines and medical supplies. Everything from an infected finger to a life-altering illness is harder to treat when there is insufficient equipment, supplies, or trained personnel. In the…

  • SEEING GOD’S HAND IN A CRISIS

    Mponela, Malawi … Chikondi was selling vegetables in the local marketplace to provide for herself and her two children. This 31-year-old mother, and her family, lived in Malowa Village, just near the Mponela Trading Center, and even closer to the Kasangadzi River.  As she visited friends and neighbors who passed by, she sold some of…

  • MONTESSORI STUDENTS “HEAD THE CLASS”

    Lebanon, Indiana … The excitement was evident as Malawi Project board members Jim Messenger, Suzi Stephens, and Dick Stephens greeted the staff and students at the Redwood Montessori School in Lebanon, Indiana. The students had gathered in the church’s shelter house to present the board with over 7,000 toilet paper(tp) rolls they have collected for…

  • SEEING GOD’S HAND IN A CRISIS

    Mponela, Malawi … Chikondi was selling vegetables in the local marketplace to provide for herself and her two children. This 31-year-old mother, and her family, lived in Malowa Village, just near the Mponela Trading Center, and even closer to the Kasangadzi River.  As she visited friends and neighbors who passed by, she sold some of…

  • THE WALL IS GOING UP

    Lilongwe, Malawi … “The wall is going up. The wall is not going up!  “We need the wall. We don’t need the wall!”  “Who is going to fund the wall? Those in authority cannot decide about the funds!” “Go with the Wall. Stop the wall.” The debate continues across the U.S. concerning the wall across…

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