Medical
LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE
Salima, Malawi …There is little difference between people of different races, except the pigment of their skin. All humanity comes from a single background. Medical science has established the only difference is approximately 0.1%. However, because the skin is what is visible the difference seems more pronounced. That similarity is evident when a blood transfusion…
Read More“I’LL HAVE A HAMMER NOW”
In 1949 Peter Seeger and Lee Hays released a song called, “If I had a Hammer”. The song did not reach the top of the charts until the trio, Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded it 13 years later. Their version of the folk song became a Top 10 hit in the U.S. in August 1962.…
Read MoreA LIFE SAVING TOOTHBRUSH
Sitting in the home of the hospital administrator we listened as she described the problems she faced at this small rural hospital. We had only been in Malawi for two years and were still learning. Much of what we were learning was new, and a lot of it was almost impossible to believe. “It is…
Read MoreHAND TOOLS TO MALAWI
Senga Bay, Malawi … His story has inspired companies, not-for-profits, churches, and individuals across the U.S. to gather those extra, often unused, hand tools, box them, and send them for distribution in Malawi. His name is Wadson Sumani, and he and his wife, Judith retired from teaching in the government system, and then they took…
Read MoreNEW DRESSES BRING LITTLE GIRL SMILES
Msamba Community Organization Kasenda Village, Zomba, Malawi … In a small, remote village in the heart of the sub-Sahara lives a family in a tiny grass thatched house made of mud. A few meters from this village is an old dilapidated building that houses a small Community Based Organization. The organization’s main objective is to…
Read MoreBACK TO SCHOOL – STOCK UP TODAY
Indianapolis, Indiana … It is back to school time in the U.S., and the stores are crammed with back to school supplies; binders, pencils, pens and paper, notebooks, rulers, and on and on. Bins and bins full of supplies. Wal-Mart, Staples, Office Depot, Target, CVS, Walgreens; there is no shortage of locations offering deep discounts…
Read MoreFOCUS ON NORTHEAST COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
Nkhotakota, Malawi … Mdyankhanga Community Based Organization is located in the Northern part of the Nkhotakota lakeshore district of Malawi. Traditional Authority Kanyenda, is the tribal authority in the region. The CBO is an all-volunteer , community organization attempting to serve 13,540 people from 38 villages. Those in need include orphans, the elderly, the physically…
Read MoreGLOVE TOTAL PASSES 200,000
Indianapolis, Indiana … Coming at just the moment it is needed Glove America has discontinued a line of Vinyl-Lightly Powered general-purpose gloves that are badly needed in Malawi hospitals, health care centers, and for first responders. While the line is ending, a large inventory still remains to be liquidated at greatly reduced rates. BIG SALE…
Read MoreMORE THAN HER WORDS CAN SAY
“Her excitement said more words than her words could say,”reported Wilson Tembo during a recent distribution of 30 mobility units to physically handicapped people in Mchinji, Malawi. Mchinji in one of 28 Malawi political districts, and located near the Zambian border. Some estimates report there may be as high as 1,000 physically impaired in the…
Read MoreTOOLS FILLING GOD GIVEN HANDS
Something To Smile About By Robert Gabrielse, Mobility Ministries God gave us hands, to be His hands on earth and do His work—work to bless and honor Him. He gave us minds and skills to find ways to make our hands more efficient—and we invented tools. He gave us neighbors in every country in the…
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