Malawi, Central Africa … While the sub-Sahara is gripped in a critical famine that promises to get worse as the months come and go, the Malawi Project is engaged in a three pronged effort to assist some areas of the country to take measures that will help offset the full impact of this food shortage […]
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Zomba Central Prison, Malawi … Zomba Central Prison is the main prison in Malawi. It is located across the road from Zomba Central Hospital, and on the southwestern edge of the old Capital city of Zomba. The prison is home to over 2,000 inmates, including not only men, but also about 30 women and children
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Kasungu, Malawi … At first it looks like a bundle of grass or bamboo moving cautiously along the road. As it gets closer one can make out feet protruding below it, then a body begins to take shape. As it gets even closer one can nearly recognize that a woman is carrying this massive bundle
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Thondwe, Malawi … Traditionally farm crops are seldom grown in the dry season in Malawi. There are basically only two seasons; one the dry season that runs from April to October, and the other the rainy season, running from November to the end of March. During the dry season there is almost no rain at
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Mzimba, Malawi … As if the famine were not enough to put Malawi near the endangered list, a recent headline in The Daily Times adds fuel to the proverbial fire. “19 Babies Die in Mzimba per month” according to District Commissioner for Zomba Thomas Chirwa. Samuel Kalimira, reporter for the Times goes on to report
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Mauwe Village, Malawi … It doesn’t matter what part of the world you are in human emotions are the same all over the world. This was evident recently at the Mauwe Health Care Center in southern Malawi as a crowd who had gathered to receive medical supplies clamered to the place where copies of the
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Chandiwo Village, Malawi … Wilson Tembo, Director of Warehouse and Distribution for the Malawi Project in his nation, comes from a small remote village in the Dowa District of central Malawi. Although he lives in housing supplied by the Namikango Mission and Maternity Clinic in Thondwe, he still owns a partially build, small house in
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Lilongwe, Malawi … “At first the term sounded a bit strange,” noted Dick Stephens, of the Malawi Project after returning to the country after a several month absence. “However, it didn’t take more than a couple of days before we knew exactly what the expression meant,” Stephens adds. “All we needed was to travel along
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Lilongwe, Malawi … With an inflation rate running rampant, the devaluation of the Kwacha dropping rapidly, unemployment over 50%, a severe famine leaving village people suffering, and no resources in either the public or private sector strong enough to turn the tide, an estimated 39% of the population of Malawi are expected to suffer severe
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Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe … Suzi Stephens RN and Marissa Scott, both with the Malawi Project, had been touring various floors and units at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. This is the largest hospital in the country, a tier one facility. For many it is the last resort for those seeking heath care in
