Mobility

A Gentle Voice Filled With Pain

Everything Fine For Two Years     "At first I was born nicely," says Grace Gondwe as she sits facing the computer screen. It is mid-afternoon and Grace is hard at work as the assistant accountant for the school where she works in Mzuzu, Malawi. Her features are frail, and her voice is soft and gentle. […]

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The Girl in the Wheelbarrow

She Goes Everywhere in the Wheelbarrow     Where ever they go she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to the trading center, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to church, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they walk along the road, she goes in the wheelbarrow.     The girl in the wheelbarrow

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A 17 Year Old Riding On His Mother’s Back

One Can Little Imagine the Scene     One can little imagine what it must be like for a mother to spend 17 years of her life carrying her child on her back everywhere she goes. Yet this is what happened to Afilo Mkwapatira’s mother. Afilo is 17 years old and comes from the Kuiza Village

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Wheelchairs Stand at Attention

     Indianapolis, Indiana … As the Director for the Malawi Project prepares to take the picture Richard Stephens sights into the camera lens and notes how it appeares "the wheelchairs look like they are standing at attention." He and the Medical Director for the Malawi Project, Suzi Stephens are making an appraisal of supplies

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Run Over Like A Pitiful Animal

Car Could Not Stop as Mavuto Crossed the Road     Mavuto Chifumbi lives in Makwani Village in the area of Traditional Tribal Authority Chief Mponela in the Dowa District of central Malawi, Africa. He is not sure about his age, but is probably in his early fifties.     Mavuto was born with both legs, and

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Along the Road the Children Played

A Single Exception Caught the Attention of George Banda The road from Lilongwe north to Kasunga is a good tarmac road. In fact it is the main road north through the tiny nation of Malawi, and the only one that is paved the entire length of the nation. Thus it carries most of the heavy

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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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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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