The bottom dropped out of the sky, and rain came down in torrents. For hours it poured. There were few places to which one could find relief as the water surged through valleys and into villages. Streets in Malawi’s commercial center were impassable, and the only grace was in climbing up nearby hillsides. Roads began […]
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Lilongwe, Malawi … To help Malawi families with acceptable prices, as well as offset some of their administrative costs, ACTION FOR PROGRESS, with the help of the MALAWI PROJECT, and a grant from POWER OF ONE, recently purchased and erected two large green houses on the AfP property west of the capital. The green houses,
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Lebanon, Indiana … The catastrophic destruction from Cyclone Freddie has left in its wake a disastrous loss of life, destruction of business, devastation of villages and grain storage, and collapse of crop production for this entire year. (Grain was only weeks away from harvest). The loss of life has passed 500, with some people buried
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Lebanon, Indiana … The first 40-foot shipping container of the year rolled out of Lebanon, Indiana on Thursday 16 March around noon, destined for Malawi. Three other loads were being arranged one in Arkansas, another in northern Indiana and yet another in Michigan. As the Lebanon shipment, filled with educational materials, medical supplies, and agricultural systems,
FIVE SHIPMENTS LEAVE FOR MALAWI Read More »
A. J. Batt’s invention of a feeder for planting maize has hit the spot in central Malawi where farming is done by hand and seed planting is handled one grain at a time.
NEW CORN PLANTER NAILS IT! Read More »
The rains stop, and by early to mid-May the harvest is collected by hand one row, and one field at a time.
Success of the Season Read More »
Madisi, Malawi … After a difficult start during the 2019-2020 planting season, the eighteen congregations (70 families) that formed the community farm co-op south of Madisi, known as Joseph Project 2, enlarged the number of participating churches to 120 for the 2020-2021 planting season. In addition to the larger number of participants, Action for Progress created a
Joseph Project nets 50 tons of food Read More »
A new electric trike is about to make an impact on farmers in the central region of Malawi.
Single Unit with a Multiple Use Read More »
Roadblocks to Progress Lilongwe, Malawi … Many well-intentioned people see the extreme poverty in emerging nations and believe a simple solution exists. All it takes, they conclude, is sufficient funding. This nagging problem will dissolve if enough money is raised. After all, that has been the answer to many problems in the west! But, in
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We are looking at food supply challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa, as well as trying to define the best ways to move forward to create long-term sustainability. Our questions are to Chester Kabinda-Mbewe, chairperson for Action for Progress, the not-for-profit Malawi administered organization working side-by-side with the Malawi Project. Last week was Part 1. Mr. Kabinda-Mbewe,
QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD SUSTAINABILITY – Part 2 Read More »
