Lebanon and Lafayette, Indiana … After nearly four years the sounds of pounding hammers and cutting saws, along with the laughter of young people packing schoolbooks for Malawi, have fallen silent in Lebanon, Indiana. The storage, packing, and staging site for Indiana shipping to Malawi recently shifted to Lafayette, Indiana. Under the leadership of Bill […]
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Mponda Village … While famine and food assistance have taken center stage in Malawi in recent months, the Shoes for Trees program has also taken a foothold in eastern Dowa Districtand the area south of Dedza. Building on the success of the community warehouse at the first Joseph Project site, Action for Progress has continued with other successful endeavors. Most recently, the AfP team offered shoes
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Lebanon, Indiana … Mid-summer in Indiana saw the successful completion of the 5th Annual Malawi Project golf scramble. The event is held each year to raise awareness and support for the work of the Project in Malawi. For the past three years it has been held at the Ulen Country Club in Lebanon and has successfully
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In Mitundu, Malawi, the afternoon was characterized by cotton candy clouds drifting aimlessly across robin’s-egg blue skies as representatives from Action for Progress and the Malawi Project traveled south of Lilongwe to the trading area. This is the largest division of Malawi’s University network, and encompasses the research and development divisions of the country’s agricultural programs. Community hospitals
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It is referred to as the “mountain with a mouth” and one glance confirms the description. High up on the side of the mountain is a natural cave formation that makes the mountain look like it has a smiling mouth on its granite face. We drove around the south side of the mountain to a point on the southwest corner. It put us almost in the shadow
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Malome District, Nkhwe Village, Malawi … Traveling east along M-18, a two-lane road stretching between Kasungu and Nkhotakota, one gains a short reprieve from the unimaginable potholes, broken pavement, and construction jammed stretches of M-1 north of the capital. It is a grueling, heart-pounding,experience as cars suddenly serve to avoid the potholes and the giant lorries coming directly toward you on this stretch of road. Add the broken pavement and short stretches of construction and one wonders why
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Leaving a nation, (the U. S.), where a 5% inflation rate exerts a multifaceted impact on the economy, it is challenging to the visitor to comprehend the consequences of an inflation rate on daily life in Malawi of well over 100%. Because the conversion rate of the Malawi Kwacha to the U.S.
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“Physical challenges do not hinder individuals from pursuing their aspirations. Individuals with physical disabilities are no different from others and possess the potential to achieve their goals if they maintain a positive self-perception, work diligently, and avoid societal discrimination. A 19-year-old student named Brandina Mlotha from Jali, Zomba, serves as an inspiration to her peers
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Mponda Village, Malawi … Within the expansive storage facility of Joseph Project 1, a group of Malawian farmers arranged three rustic wooden benches in a U-shape at the room’s end. The Malawians and American visitors took their seats. A village resident rose and proceeded to the opposite end of the building to retrieve two of the
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Over the past five years, Malawi has experienced a decline in food production. For instance, in the 2020/2021 season, approximately 2,617,986 individuals in need of food relief were identified. Subsequently, staple food production has continued to decline, leading to an increase in the number of people facing food shortages, as reported in the Integrated Food
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