Indianapolis, Indiana … “It has been the most successful program in the past 22 years in respect to the number of people who have spread the word about it, and have participated in helping collect over 1,000,000 prescription containers,” reports Richard Stephens, a co-founder of the Project and member of the Board of Directors. “However, […]
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Lebanon, Indiana … One must conclude that if a landfill had a mind and voice it would offer a sigh of relief over an estimated 1 million pill containers that have not been discarded during the past 9 months with the Malawi Project’s Pill Container Program. NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. “Just imagine,”
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Ntcheu, Malawi … “The price of maize has more than doubled in recent months, and families are lucky to eat even once a day. Children are greatly affected! There is growing fear of high malnutrition among children of less than 5, as well as with women. Children are boiling and eating small green mango fruit
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NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. Plantation, Florida … Today young people are more aware of the world than ever before, and the needs of people in distant places are being confronted by those well below the age to vote or drive a car. Such is the case with 7-year-old Gabriela, a student at
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To live in the 8th poorest nation on earth is to try to survive while sitting next to malnutrition, starvation, disease and death. Statistics indicate that half the population of this South-Central African nation is below the poverty line, but if this truth be told life in remote villages is poverty on a perpetual scale
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Empty prescription pill containers continue to pour in as corporations, medical, civic, community, school, scouting and church groups join with individuals all across the U.S. and Canada in this endeavor. NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. While the original request reached a Facebook audience of over 5 million people, the exposure and response has
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John, and his wife Carol, have a heart for helping people. John needed serious heart surgery, so he and Carol traveled to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his time in Rochester they met a minister by the name of Steve and told him and his wife about the needs in Malawi. Steve, and his
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Dedza, Malawi … For years the Malawi Project has worked to establish programs where the spirit of self-reliance takes root, develops and independence flowers into bloom. However, there is one area where the needs of the people must take the forefront and self-reliance put on hold. This is in the critical area of health care.
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Far More Than Expected This is the Junior Girl Scout Troop 31816 from Medford, Oregon. For our Bronze award we had to do 20 hours of community service. We were over achievers and did 2 projects; one was making soft chew toys for the Humane Society and the other was collecting medicine bottles for Malawi.
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First world hospitals are filled with the latest technology, and these hospitals abound in every major city, and most mid-size to small towns as well. Cabinets and shelves abound with hundreds of kinds of medicine, and daily supply shipments arrive to keep them stocked for any emergency that might arise. Sadly the same is not
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