Mchinji, Malawi … In Malawi there are 28 districts, (like states in the U.S. or Provinces in Canada), and in each one there is a district hospital. The network of rural hospitals, spread throughout the countryside, feeds into the districts. When cases are too difficult for the rural hospital, or when there are not enough […]
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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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Taking Water for Granted Malomo, Malawi … In Western nations, the availability of clean water is taken for granted. In every house, water is available in every kitchen and bathroom at the touch of a handle. Turn the handle slightly and out comes clean, fresh water. On the outside of our houses water is easily
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Lilongwe, Malawi … For every 1,000 people in Malawi, the number of cases of HIV in 1995 was 13 per 1,000. By 2000 the rate had dropped to 10. By 2005 it was down to 6, and in 2010 it was reduced to 4. By 2015 it was down to 3, and in 2020 it
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Lebanon, Indiana … Rain clouds threatened the loading process from the west, yet the moisture held off as another shipment of supplies was prepared for Malawi. Billie Smith, and his team from Lebanon filled the container right up to the back door with medical, agricultural, educational, and religious supplies. Included in the shipment: Thanks to
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Thirty-one years ago, when members of today’s Malawi Project started working in central Malawi, the population of the nation hovered near 10,000,000 people. Today it is well over 21,500,000. The central region, where the capital is located, reflects an even faster rate. An example is the Mponela Trading Center. It is situated beside Highway M-1
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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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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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“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 threat of rain, and an early spring touch of cold, hung in the air as the tractor and 40-foot shipping container moved into position to receive the shipment for Malawi. The volunteers, those who would load the trailer, and those who had packed and prepared the pallets of goods, moved closer to the action
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