In the Old Testament book of Isaiah, the writer tells of a vision he experienced. In the vision, he saw God and He was calling for someone to represent Him with a message for the people. Isaiah records the request and his own response. That response has become a clarion call to God’s people to answer the call of God […]
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Lebanon and Lafayette, Indiana … After nearly four years the sounds of pounding hammers and cutting saws, along with the laughter of young people packing schoolbooks for Malawi, have fallen silent in Lebanon, Indiana. The storage, packing, and staging site for Indiana shipping to Malawi recently shifted to Lafayette, Indiana. Under the leadership of Bill
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Mponda Village … While famine and food assistance have taken center stage in Malawi in recent months, the Shoes for Trees program has also taken a foothold in eastern Dowa Districtand the area south of Dedza. Building on the success of the community warehouse at the first Joseph Project site, Action for Progress has continued with other successful endeavors. Most recently, the AfP team offered shoes
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Lebanon, Indiana … Mid-summer in Indiana saw the successful completion of the 5th Annual Malawi Project golf scramble. The event is held each year to raise awareness and support for the work of the Project in Malawi. For the past three years it has been held at the Ulen Country Club in Lebanon and has successfully
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In Mitundu, Malawi, the afternoon was characterized by cotton candy clouds drifting aimlessly across robin’s-egg blue skies as representatives from Action for Progress and the Malawi Project traveled south of Lilongwe to the trading area. This is the largest division of Malawi’s University network, and encompasses the research and development divisions of the country’s agricultural programs. Community hospitals
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It is referred to as the “mountain with a mouth” and one glance confirms the description. High up on the side of the mountain is a natural cave formation that makes the mountain look like it has a smiling mouth on its granite face. We drove around the south side of the mountain to a point on the southwest corner. It put us almost in the shadow
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Malome District, Nkhwe Village, Malawi … Traveling east along M-18, a two-lane road stretching between Kasungu and Nkhotakota, one gains a short reprieve from the unimaginable potholes, broken pavement, and construction jammed stretches of M-1 north of the capital. It is a grueling, heart-pounding,experience as cars suddenly serve to avoid the potholes and the giant lorries coming directly toward you on this stretch of road. Add the broken pavement and short stretches of construction and one wonders why
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Lebanon, Indiana … As I sit in my warm and comfortable house looking at our Christmas tree and the gifts gathered under the pine branches the television is making note of the fact the average family’s gift giving this year will average over $900.00. At the same time, I have in front of me a
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Blantyre, Malawi … Malawi recently celebrated NGO Day. It is a day for the country to recognize and commemorate the achievements Non-Governmental Organizations are contributing to changing the lives of Malawi’s citizens. The event was hosted by the country’s President, Lazarus Chakwera*, at the Sanjika Presidential Palace in Blantyre. One hundred and twenty-five organization were invited to attend, with Action for Progress chosen to attend for the first time. Action for Progress is
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In March 2023, Cyclone Freddy struck southeastern Africa. It was one of the longest-running, most destructive cyclones in world history, and its devastation to the high-population part of Malawi was beyond imagination. Entire villages disappeared, cropland was ruined beyond reclamation, and the cost to human life was immense. The destruction to the
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