Chief Mdelakwanda Speaks About His Villages

The Lake Spreads Out in Front of Him     Wind whipped trees turn their faces toward the land and away from the winter winds that push angry waves in from the lake. Dark, broken clouds force the sun to climb unseen into an angry sky, while a lone seagull tries unsuccessfully to skim along the […]

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Wheelchairs Stand at Attention

     Indianapolis, Indiana … As the Director for the Malawi Project prepares to take the picture Richard Stephens sights into the camera lens and notes how it appeares "the wheelchairs look like they are standing at attention." He and the Medical Director for the Malawi Project, Suzi Stephens are making an appraisal of supplies

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Timothy Was Not Just Another Statistic

     Large numbers and statistics harden us.  Daily the media bombards us with facts and figures about suffering in the world.  Maybe because all of this information is so abstract we too easily forget that it represents real people who have the same feelings that we do.  The staggering numbers of Africans being cut down

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V-Tractor and Men with Garden Hoes

Don’t Let Me Starve ~ Teach Me To Fish

Don’t Just Give Me the Fish, for When You Leave I Will Starve to Death. But Teach Me To Fish and When You Leave I Will Continue To Eat. Lebanon, Indiana … A big smile can be seen on the face of Ari Tello, an employee of L. T. Rich Manufacturing Company in Lebanon, Indiana,

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Orthopedic Hospital Praises Supply Shipment

Forty Foot Container Arrives at Kachere     “It is really a help,” notes Mrs. Nthewere one of the nurses at the Kachere Rehabilitation Centre near the south side of Blantyre, Malawi.  “So many of the patients are very needy and the soap, toothpastes and clothes will see them through. In addition the beds we had

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Lake Begins New Program For Handicapped

    Salima, Malawi … On the road to Senga Bay, Malawi the observer will quickly see the recently constructed lake or large holding pond for rainwater that is located northeast of the Salima Trading Center. The purpose of the lake is to collect water during the rainy season in order to have irrigation capabilities

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The Pot of Boiling Water Tips Over On Him

The Cooking Fires Burn Close to the Houses     Those early morning hours will remain unforgettable in Mackson’s life. As always he went to play in the neighborhood with the other children. But this day would not be like other days and unfortunately he was caught up in an accident when a pot of boiling

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Run Over Like A Pitiful Animal

Car Could Not Stop as Mavuto Crossed the Road     Mavuto Chifumbi lives in Makwani Village in the area of Traditional Tribal Authority Chief Mponela in the Dowa District of central Malawi, Africa. He is not sure about his age, but is probably in his early fifties.     Mavuto was born with both legs, and

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The Economy is not Doing Well?

Spring arrives and the earth shows its renewal in the Northern Hemisphere. The news in America  focuses on the approaching Presidential elections and on the state of the economy, which seems to be hitting a speed bump on the high-speed expressway into the future. The Economy! Some people are saying things are not good. Others

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Caregiver At The Age Of Eight

Both Father and Mother Are Dead     A sudden, emergency trip to the lakeshore trading center of Nkhotokota resulted in three children from a family of 12 coming to Mtendere for care. The father and mother had both died, and her older sister had to get a job in order to attempt to care for

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