Southern Malawi, … The rain had been coming down in torrential waves for the past two days, and rivers and streams could not handle the load. They were beginning to overflow their banks, and unknown to thousands of village people the water was about to become their enemy. For many villagers, proximity to rivers means […]
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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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Lilongwe, Malawi … One of the foundation principles of both the Malawi Project and Action for Progress is to help the nation of Malawi become self-sustaining and independent. Dick Stephens, co-Founder and Board Member for the Malawi Project reflects. “For too long,” Stephens observes, “there has been a feeling among many in Malawi that little can be done
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Lilongwe, Malawi … The sun is near the highest point in the sky. There is no relief from the heat, and it has been this way the entire morning. It is over 80 degrees, and this will continue until the sun goes down in the late afternoon. He will return to his fields tomorrow and
The bottom dropped out of the sky, and rain came down in torrents. For hours it poured. There were few places to which one could find relief as the water surged through valleys and into villages. Streets in Malawi’s commercial center were impassable, and the only grace was in climbing up nearby hillsides. Roads began
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Mulanje, Malawi … As the rains continued to come down in torrents, the houses, one by one started to collapse. As they did those inside, and their possessions, disappeared in the growing rush of water. Christina knew if she and her children remained inside, they could soon be buried in the mud and debris of
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He related the story in words that seemed like fire burning deep in his heart. Few can ever imagine how he feels, or what this pain must be like. “In just one night I lost them all,” said Stanly Kenneth. Each word seemed as though it were a death knoll. So many others can say these
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Lebanon, Indiana … The catastrophic destruction from Cyclone Freddie has left in its wake a disastrous loss of life, destruction of business, devastation of villages and grain storage, and collapse of crop production for this entire year. (Grain was only weeks away from harvest). The loss of life has passed 500, with some people buried
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Lilongwe, Malawi … The warning spread across the nation like sheets of rain in a typhoon. The Integrated Food Security survey had warned between October 2022 and March 2023 an estimated 3.8 million, or 20% of the entire nation would face acute shortages of food. There was no place to hide, no place to go,
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Over the years the Malawi Project has helped develop farm programs to facilitate the Malawi people increasing their food distribution, develop higher yields, create better storage, and expand their markets. In recent years Action for Progress, the sister organization to the Malawi Project, has picked up the in-country mantel of leadership and, working with the Malawi Project, has carried
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