The Pain of Recalling There is no picture of Lillian Chibaka. The pain of recalling the story can be seen in his face as Doctor Smith Chibaka recalls the events surrounding the last months of the life of his little baby cousin. Lillian was born in 1999, and was on the way to […]
Meeting Establishes New Drop Site For Supplies Mzuzu, Malawi … In early August 2008, a three-hour meeting was held at the Bible College in Mzuzu, next door to the University of Malawi. In attendance were Randy Judd, the Director for the school, Richard (Dick) Stephens of the Malawi Project, and local church leaders
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This One Is Impossible to Explain It is probably impossible to explain what it is like to walk into a hospital, go to the pharmacy storeroom, and see a single box of gauze on the shelf. That is all. One box. Oh, wait a minute. There is a Band-Aid near the box. Now that
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KODO Distribution Goes Both North and South Because of the recent influx of supplies from the supporters of the Malawi Project the work of the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach (KODO) has been able to expand into parts of Malawi that were only dreamed of just a few months ago. The following gives a partial
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How can words ever describe the plight being faced by children like little Madalitso (Blessings) Batison in Malawi, Africa? No amount of words can begin to describe the uphill battle for survival in an all too unforgiving land where poverty and the lack of medical care, or social services makes it nearly impossible for
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A Cow Manure Solution A father of a six year old came to the gate, "madam PLEASE help my boy for he is not getting better he is getting worse… My son had an accident and he was burned by boiling water one week and some days ago." The man was asked
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Hearing the News that “You Are Positive” “Malawi doesn’t have the same strictness about privacy that we have in the US,” I tried to explain to my guest from America as we both stiffly watched the scene unfold before us. A nurse who was showing us around the clinic had seated us in a little
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I learned This from A Sausage Tree It was a hot July afternoon in the lower Rift Valley and the African sun was beating down unmercifully. We had finally found a hiding place under the forest canopy at the Liwonde Game Park. Most of the teams who had come to work during their summer vacations
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The Fishermen of Nguwo Village Senga Bay, Malawi … The wind was blowing in from the lake with an intensity that caused white caps to lunge on the shore as though they were locked in some sort of grudge fight. The morning sun reflected its blazing rays against the grey-blue water in order
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Don’t Pay Me Anything! "Don’t pay me anything. Life is not about making money; it’s about helping." With these words Singini Bandawe shrugged off my attempt to compensate him for the fuel and wear and tear on his vehicle that he had expended for me that morning. I had just met Singini a
