Southern Malawi … Lines are not unusual in Malawi. There are lines for food, fuel, fertilizer, and frequently there are lines for medicine and medical aid. In a recent shipment of medicines and medical supplies, Dr. Smith Chibaka, of the Sacred Promise Clinic, reports a number of life threatening situations where the supplies made a […]
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It’s not like other soap factories, nothing the size of Ivory, Dove, or Irish Spring. It does not compare in scope and distribution to Zest, or brands like Soft Soap. It’s just a little hole in the wall operation, working on a shoestring in Norcross, Georgia. It’s just a few dedicated people who are making
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Thondwe, Malawi …Located in southeastern Malawi, the Namikango Maternity Clinic opened in 1975 in response to the need for maternal health care for a coverage area of over 51,721 people. Today, the center helps deliver as many as 95 babies a month, and in 2011 provided maternal health care for 1,626 pregnant women. Symon J.
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The scale of the orphan crisis in Malawi and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa is somewhat masked by the time lag between when parents become infected and when they die. As adults continue to die from AIDS over the next decade, an increasing number of orphans have and will continue to grow up without parental
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Thondwe, Malawi … The HIV/AIDS pandemic came to the limelight 1985 after the first case was diagnosed in Malawi. Since then, a great deal of focus has come to bear on the problem, in order to bring awareness concerning the dangers, and how to prevent further transmission. Among the initiatives, the Voluntary Counseling and Testing
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Senga Bay, Malawi … “As I enter I can see her sitting on a mat near the back of the house. I can’t believe what I am seeing. How can this have happened, and how can she sit so still, in such hot weather, with her leg propped up as it is. I ask what
200,000 Bricks Scott Gordon, President of the Malawi Project, was at the site in July for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital. Nearby was the growing stockpile of bricks. He observes, “Can you imagine a pile of 200,000 bricks made one brick at a time, by hand? This is the commitment of the impoverished
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“The most painful part of my work is telling children like Fredson we do not have wheelchairs, then watching them crawl away – helplessly.” Wilson Isaac Tembo I met a 9-year-old village boy who has a burning desire to be educated and crawls to school. Fredson Mtentha of Nkanda Village is the boy, and he
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We have celebrated Thanksgiving in America, and we are entering the Christmas Season. Despite our current economic woes, we remain a land of plenty, of choices, of wealth, and frankly of opulence. We should all be grateful; but more than that, we should feel the responsibility to share with others. If you haven’t visited Developing
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Mwanza District, Malawi … In a recent report about healthcare in Malawi, UNICEF noted, “Mwanza District Hospital, located near the southern border of Malawi, provides crucial care to many of the country’s most vulnerable families.” Through the Malawi Project’s supply distribution depot at the Namikango Mission in Thondwe, critically needed supplies are sent to the
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