Southern Malawi … Lines are not unusual in Malawi. There are lines for food, fuel, fertilizer, and frequently there are lines for medicine and medical aid. In a recent shipment of medicines and medical supplies, Dr. Smith Chibaka, of the Sacred Promise Clinic, reports a number of life threatening situations where the supplies made a […]
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It’s not like other soap factories, nothing the size of Ivory, Dove, or Irish Spring. It does not compare in scope and distribution to Zest, or brands like Soft Soap. It’s just a little hole in the wall operation, working on a shoestring in Norcross, Georgia. It’s just a few dedicated people who are making
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Lebanon, Indiana … After the successful design, creation and delivery of a number of V-Tractors to Malawi a new design has been created, tested, and is now being prepared for shipment. The popular units are the brainchild of Tom Rich and Agricultural Aid International of Lebanon, Indiana. New units are already scheduled for Malawi and
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“International Day of the African Child,” has been recognized on June 16 each year since 1991, when initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It is an effort to focus to the problems being faced by children on the African continent. For many children in Malawi, especially those who live in the village areas, there
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Indianapolis, Indiana … News filtered out of Malawi mid-day Thursday indicating 78-year-old Bingu wa Mutharika had suffered a heart attack, and was rushed to Kamuzu Central Hospital for treatment. Reports and rumors became confusing as some sources indicated he was critically ill, but being flown to South Africa for treatment, while others reported he had
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Most citizens of Malawi receive little more than three years of formal education. Students can only hope to remember the content; the only person with a textbook is a teacher, and classes can have anywhere from 75 to 200 students per teacher. But, it doesn’t have to be that way; Recently, Brielle, a teenager working
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The scale of the orphan crisis in Malawi and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa is somewhat masked by the time lag between when parents become infected and when they die. As adults continue to die from AIDS over the next decade, an increasing number of orphans have and will continue to grow up without parental
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The long dark and deadly shadow of HIV/AIDS extends well beyond those who test positive for the virus. It encompasses a large number of people who never face the deadly outcome of the disease directly. David, an 18 year old firstborn son in a family of five, lives in the shadow of HIV and AIDS.
Thondwe, Malawi … One hundred and twenty kilometers north of Zomba is located the Msipe Heath Center, and it is to this location that supplies from the Malawi Project have been delivered by the Namikango Mission staff. Wilson Tembo, the Manager of the Malawi Project’s southern warehouse recently traveled to Msipe to look in on
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Mkutu Village, Malawi … The crowd was growing, and it was evident it was an important event for the area because of the number of government, local, and tribal dignitaries who were arriving for the program. It was the ground breaking for the new hospital to be constructed north of Dedza near Mkutu Village. The
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