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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Mobility
Like a Snake in the Bush No More
He was once a beloved soccer player in his village area of Dzoole Village. Even today he is a musician and artist. It was not always like this. Samuel Benzi has not always had to crawl on the ground like “a snake in the bush.” He is a fourth born of the seven children from
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Wheelchairs To Kamuzu Airport
Disabled Travelers Can Now Expect Assistance Kamuzu International Airport, Malawi … One can hardly imagine a handicapped person arriving at an International Airport only to find no wheelchair available to assist them. Until recently this was true in Malawi, Central Africa until the donation of seven wheelchairs to the Airport Authority from the Malawi
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Kuthandiza Outreach Receives A Boost
The Malawi Project continues to enlarge its programs of assistance in other districts of Malawi. One of the program additions is the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach in Salima, Malawi. The Kuthandiza program was started because of the disability of its director, Mr. George Chimpiko Banda who was born with disabled
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Bangwe Factory – Project Adds Yet Another Site
Part of the Council for the Handicapped Program The Bangwe Weaving Factory opened in 1976 as a result of the creation of the Malawi Council For The Handicapped (MACOHA) by an act of the Malawi Parliament in 1971 (Chapter 35:02) under the administration of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda the First President of the nation.
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When We Arrived, Glen Wept
“He has a gentle and open nature like very few people that I’ve ever met,” reports Mark Thiesen an American working in the southern part of Malawi. Mark has been part of a missionary family in Malawi since he was a small boy. His parents were missionaries in the northern part of the nation and
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Namateni Banda, A Wheelchair Makes Her Useful
She Thought She Was Useless A forty-six-year old lady named Namateni Banda lives in a village called Kawamba Villege. She lives in the area of Traditional Tribal Authority Mponela in Dowa District. This is the first district or state north of the capital city of Lilongwe, Malawi, Central Africa. Namateni was able to walk until
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Paralyzed Widow Rejoices
Likisina Khumbulasi was born thirty years ago. She learned to walk as a small child but at the age of six she became very sick. She nearly died from the unknown illness which paralyzed her legs and hand. After sometime she learned to use her hands but remains unable to walk. Likisina
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My Wheelchair Will Help Me
Nachulu Banda says simply, “My wheelchair will Help Me Work.” She is a businesswoman, but for years it has been almost impossible for her to travel to the gardens to buy, or to the markets to sell. Nachulu Banda comes from Mbunga Village in Dowa District, and her business is the buying and selling of
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No Hand Outs Here
Joshua Bizwick’s Story Few people have ever heard of the tiny nation of Malawi. It is deep in the sub-Sahara of Africa, and in the vast expanse of the continent it is nearly lost because of its tiny size. Yet in this nation that is considered the third poorest on earth live a kind, gentle,