Mchinji District, Malawi … When one loses their home, business, possessions, and livelihood to a natural catastrophe such as Cyclone Freddy, people often do not notice, or in the pain of loss overlook, what has happened to those with mobility issues. For many, this is what happened in March of this year when the longest-running […]
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In the spring of 2022 Jan Dean, a specialist in fish farming, and Richard Stephens, of the Malawi Project (MP), traveled to the country for a fact-finding trip about fish farming possibilities. The focus was to evaluate if creating several fish farms as examples of what can be done by small-scale farmers,
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Heber Springs, Arkansas … Dan Brewer, a member of the Malawi Project’s Board of Directors, and his wife, Debbie, own Abbe House Bed and Breakfast in Heber Springs, (listed on Trip Advisor as the #1 bed and breakfast in the area). Dan is a private contractor for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) in Indianapolis,
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Atlanta, Indiana … Almost from the beginning Murry Dixon has been part of the success of the Malawi Project. Whether filling trailers with supplies, handling paperwork and logistics of a warehouse of supplies, telling friends and neighbors about the needs and opportunities, or raising funds to send critical assistance to Malawi Murry has been a
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Kabudula Community Hospital, Lilongwe District, Malawi … For expectant mothers in Malawi the required items they must bring to the hospital at the time of their delivery can be out of reach to locate or even purchase. The Action for Progress and Malawi Project teams had arrived that morning to donate the supplies that expectant
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The teams from Action for Progress (AfP) and the Malawi Project (MP) traveled to the northwest part of Lilongwe District to distribute baby packs to many expectant mothers. The hospital director for the Kabudula Community Hospital met the team near the entrance and took them directly to his office. The office was well-kept and nicely outfitted, and it was evident
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Lebanon, Indiana … The email was addressed to the Malawi Project, and it came from a 9-year-old in Southern Florida. Gabriela had observed the plight of the Malawi people who must carry, use, and store medicines without the aid of medicine bottles. Taken for granted in the U.S. and other developed nations the pill container
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Lilongwe, Malawi … The news has turned its focus to the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the impact of Russia’s cancellation of grain exports from Ukraine, record-breaking temperatures around the world, and why a war with China over Taiwan could ruin the global economy. Several important events have fallen off the
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Lilongwe, Malawi … “I turned the page on the Sunday edition of the NATION newspaper and drew in a quick breath. The story glared back at me. It was a report on the ongoing problems from cyclone Freddy. Remember Freddy? It is the cyclone that struck Malawi in March, the longest running cyclone in history,
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Lebanon, Indiana … Two times in recent months the Methodist Children’s Home in Lebanon, Indiana donated unneeded chairs to Malawi. The first of these, a group of 65 was added to a shipment that arrived in Malawi a couple of weeks ago, and the second group, approximately 100 or more will go on the next
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