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Education Moves Malawi Toward Its Future

The Key to the Future Is Found in a Textbook      "Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery." Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator     It is no secret that the key to the future for many of the […]

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This Year You Get $14.00 For Healthcare

            The disparity between the first world nations and those near the bottom of the economic ladder is seen in recent statistics that report the amount of money the nation of Malawi is able to spend on each person for healthcare, compared with the United States.     Two examples of this

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A 17 Year Old Riding On His Mother’s Back

One Can Little Imagine the Scene     One can little imagine what it must be like for a mother to spend 17 years of her life carrying her child on her back everywhere she goes. Yet this is what happened to Afilo Mkwapatira’s mother. Afilo is 17 years old and comes from the Kuiza Village

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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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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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Something is Missing

    A recent visit by a dentist and an eye doctor to the Clinic at the Gate seems to have inspired at least one of the children toward a future profession in the medical field. Both doctors gave basic examinations in their respective fields but one little boy decided the eye care field was the

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It’s Treacherous and Can Kill You

Culture and the Great Lake      It is considered to be one of the most beautiful places in all of Africa. It is the 12th largest fresh water lake in the world and it contains more varieties of fresh water fish than all of Europe and America combined. It can be a tranquil place of

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I Saw No Hope For My Son

I Would Die and He Would Be Helpless Name:                         James Jonna Age:                             12 years Sex:                             Male School Class             4 Village:                        Kapire * Tribal Authority:         Nsamala, Balaka *     At

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