Fire Sticks The world has been chopping down 10 million hectares of trees each year to make space to grow crops and livestock, and to produce materials such as paper. This accounts for about 16% of total tree loss cover. 96% of deforestation takes place in tropical forests. Malawi, and much of central Africa, is […]
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Lebanon, Indiana … A series of 5 full color flyers have been prepared detailing information about Malawi. Each flyer gives in-depth information about a particular area or people, and each 8 ½ x 10 flyer is designed to give the reader a fuller picture of Malawi, its people, its culture, and its land. Write
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“It can take a sizeable amount of time and funding to build a protective wall around 5 acres of land, yet this has now been accomplished at the Action for Progress distribution hub in Lilongwe, Malawi.” Lilongwe, Malawi … As inflation continued to plague the world, and rising construction costs placed many good programs out
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Following neighboring Zambia President Hakainde Hichilem who recently declared a state of emergency because of drought conditions in his country, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a State of Disaster in 23 of Malawi’s 28 districts. An estimated two million people face possible starvation because of the lack of rain, or in
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“When he was eight years old evil men came into his home village. They beat him badly and threw him down a septic system. When he was finally rescued, he was taken to the hospital for care. During the treatment it was discovered that he had suffered major injuries to his spine, and there was
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Written in 1734 the English imaginary tale of Jack and the Beanstock tells the story of a poor, young, farm boy who sees a vine climbing high into the sky. It is so high he cannot see the top, as it disappears into the heavens. He climbs the stock and faces multiple challenges. The moral of
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“I had a business buying goats and selling goat meat. It was very successful, and I was able to have a good profit every day. I lacked nothing. Then one day as I walked home from a friend’s house a piece of wood broke the skin in my left ankle. Little did I know at
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FLASH FLOODS CONTINUE Nkhotakota District, Malawi … Well up the western coast of Lake Malawi one enters the Nkhotakota District, and then the Trading Center that carries the same name. Considered the largest traditional African town in Malawi, Nkhotakota is 120 miles (200 kilometers) north-east of the capital city of Lilongwe, and approximately 235 miles
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Kasungu, Malawi… Childbirth always brings excitement in every home, community, or country. This is so because we believe that a child is a precious gift from God. Whenever a family is expecting a child, there are always preparations in terms of what is needed in the hospital when a woman is about to give birth,
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Several years ago, when faced with a difficult project that was not turning out as expected, a wise Malawian smiled and said, “All days are not Sundays.” More than once his words have proven prophetic when a particular project did not reap the expected results, took longer than expected, or needed realignment to bring
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