Thirty-one years ago, when members of today’s Malawi Project started working in central Malawi, the population of the nation hovered near 10,000,000 people. Today it is well over 21,500,000. The central region, where the capital is located, reflects an even faster rate. An example is the Mponela Trading Center. It is situated beside Highway M-1 […]
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Lebanon, Indiana … Almost from the inception of the Redwood Montessori School in Lebanon, Indiana, the staff has instilled a message of serving others in the lives of the students. The school is housed at the meeting place of the Lebanon Church of Christ, and this congregation is also involved in supporting the work of
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In the past few weeks, Action for Progress has brightened up the distribution center with a new coat of paint for the warehouse. Visitors can easily see the center from a long distance; the first impression reflects the professionalism and care given to the work being done in Malawi. From this center,
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The story of book shortages in primary and secondary schools in Malawi militates against attainment of quality education My name is Jacob Mtambalika. I am 45 years old. I own and run an educational institution inspired by the education challenges I faced in primary and secondary school in Malawi between the late 1980s and late
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Lilongwe, Malawi … There is a sad saying that “promises are made to be broken.” All too often this is the case when people with good intentions make promises and are unable to keep them. Behind them lays a path of disappointment and pain. Action for Progress (AfP) stands out as an example of an
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Driving into the location, the big truck full of clothes driving in right behind the AfP vehicle. Two weeks ago, teenagers from the Area 47 church spent the day at the AfP distribution center sorting clothes and preparing for today. Clothes were divided into smaller packages, men, women, boys and girls. In his opening remarks
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Lilongwe, Malawi … It’s Saturday and in some many parts of the world teens are getting into trouble. No so with this group from the Area 47 church in Lilongwe. They are spending their day sorting clothes at the Action for Progress distribution center to be distributed to the poor. AfP received the clothes along
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In August of last year, the UBiT fire log program, developed by Dan Brewer, a member of the Malawi Project Board of Directors. passed its initial tests in Malawi. The fire logs, made from empty toilet paper rolls and shredded paper pressed tightly inside, then dipped in candle wax, cooked a meal
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Northern Malawi … Isaac Gondwe, at the age of 72, suffers from an extreme case of diabetes. He was born in 1952 and currently lives in Luangwa village in the district of Rumphi. While it is far away from the Action for Progress distribution center in Lilongwe, the long arm of mobility distribution reaches every
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Lilongwe, Malawi … A bicycle, in a Western nation, is associated with children, or in some cases sports racing, or mountain climbing, but rarely would one associate it at the center of the economy of the family unit. Yet, for several reasons, a bicycle can be at the heart of a family’s survival when it comes
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