Mobility

ANDREW WON’T GIVE UP

Mzimba District, Malawi … Not many people outside his home village have ever met him, and even fewer have talked to him. Only a small number know him by name. Yet people who do not know him, have never met him, and will never talk with him have changed his life. This change has taken […]

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SUPPLY SHIPMENTS EN ROUTE

Lebanon, Indiana … As we approach the three-month mark of the new year, supply shipments to Malawi are well underway. Three shipments are currently en route: one containing famine assistance, another with mobility units, and a third with medical, agricultural, and educational supplies. All three shipments are 40-foot shipping containers filled to capacity. They will

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MOBILITY ISSUE DOES NOT MEAN DIMINISHED VALUE

Mzuzu, Malawi … Have you ever considered that an individual with a mobility impairment may possess greater qualifications for a position compared to an individual without such an impairment? It is frequently erroneously believed that individuals with mobility challenges are of diminished value or worth to themselves or their communities. Regrettably, we often marginalize them

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ISHMAEL REACHES FOR THE STARS

Salima, Malawi … Despite never having been able to walk independently throughout his life, Ishmael, a 27-year-old from a small village near Salima, has always aspired to achieve independence and lead a successful and productive life. His opportunity arose a year ago when he received a mobility device from Action for Progress (AfP). Recently the

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A VISUAL TRIP TO AFRICA

Thanks to Jim Langdon of Lafayette, Indiana, you can now take a visual trip to Malawi and see some of the programs being carried out by the Malawi Project and Action for Progress. So, prepare yourself a cup of tea, sit back and relax, click on the link below, and head out over the Atlantic

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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT COMMENDS ACTION FOR PROGRESS

Lilongwe, Malawi … There is a sad saying that “promises are made to be broken.” All too often this is the case when people with good intentions make promises and are unable to keep them. Behind them lays a path of disappointment and pain. Action for Progress (AfP) stands out as an example of an

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MOBILITY OFFERS AID TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE NATION

Northern Malawi … Isaac Gondwe, at the age of 72, suffers from an extreme case of diabetes. He was born in 1952 and currently lives in Luangwa village in the district of Rumphi. While it is far away from the Action for Progress distribution center in Lilongwe, the long arm of mobility distribution reaches every

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KOLESI IS THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE

“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.”  – Tom Brown Jr Lezina Dankein, reporting for Action for Progress observes that “Kolesi Phiri, a 50-year-old second-hand shoe salesman was able to make a good living until the accident that deprived him of his ability to get around.”  Kolesi, the subject

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THE RESULT OF WAR, BUT NOT IN MALAWI

“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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MAN WITH A SIMPLE WOUND

“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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