Lilongwe, Malawi … “It has been nearly 20 years since we met Nurse Colette in a small rural hospital far away from the main highway. She was the only person on staff the day we arrived with supplies and she was so delighted to see us. I will never forget her, or the thing she […]
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Lilongwe, Malawi … It is no wonder the Nation Newspaper carried an editorial questioning whether the government should ban some of the mini-van buses from the roads. The problem is not with all mini-vans, but rests with a segment of those used as inexpensive bus transportation in Malawi. The exact number of these min-van
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Thondwe, Malawi … Wilson Tembo, Warehouse Officer for the Malawi Project recently returned from a 3,700-mile (9,247.1 km) trip across Africa to Freetown, Sierra Leone. The trip was sponsored by World Emergency Relief, and Kinder Kanker Genezing (KKG) it’s sister organization in Germany. Both organizations are major contributors to Malawi Project program sites. The trip focused
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Three times in recent months the Malawi Project reported on a young man by the name of Nelson. Nelson was in the Kamuzu Central Hospital after being seriously burned when he touched electric lines and electricuted. To those who came in contact with him Nelson personified the spirit of optimism. In spite
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Prepared especially for the current catastrophic famine conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, a 24-page booklet is currently available in Malawi. The 6 x 9 booklet describes some of the causes and various ways villages can prepare for worsening conditions that are coming over the next few months. Causes such as the absense
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Preparing Meals the Hard Way Dedza, Malawi … It is one thing to observe. However, Suzi Stephens, Medical Director for the Malawi Project, is not one to remain an observer for long. In this case she got into the action of grinding maize by hand with a group of village women near Dedza, Malawi.
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The box arrived and like so many others was opened in order to prepare its contents for the trip to Malawi. This one had a return address that was familiar. It was a box from Olivia, a young girl from the western part of the U.S. who had captured our hearts earlier in the year
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Wheatland, Indiana … A shipment of Personal Energy Transportation carts recently departed northern Indiana destined for Malawi. These are the first units of their kind to be distributed through the Malawi Project, and has been made possible by Mobility Worldwide Inc. (formerly PET) http://mobilityworldwide.org/affiliates/indiana-demotte/ Over the years the Malawi Project’s medical/mobility programs have resulted
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Lilongwe, Malawi … It is winter in Malawi. Not winter like North Dakota, Siberia, or McMurdo Station, Antarctica, but winter just the same. The southern hemisphere is opposite the U.S. and Europe and winter comes to that part of the world as summer envelopes the northern regions of the planet. This also means crop harvest
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They sat quietly waiting, as the silence seemed to settle over the entire gathering. One could imagine hearing a pin drop. A large part of the gathering was composed of widows from nearby villages; most had been selected because they had no food, and little hope of finding any. A few minutes earlier Wilson Tembo
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