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BABY PACKS – WITH LOVE FROM MICHIGAN TO MALAWI

When Lesley, her sister Kelley, and their mother Merrie, realized the simple items that were needed for Malawi women during their pregnancy, and their importance, they all decided to start making baby packs.

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INVENTION COULD HELP MALAWI FARMERS

In recent months A. J. Batt has become involved with the Malawi Project and it did not take long for him to see to design a new invention for planting that would not require the up and down movements of the current method. 

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READY TO BEGIN PROTECTIVE WALL

The block making machine, for use first in the construction of a protective wall around the distribution center, then clinic construction, and after that other projects that will help make Action for Progress less dependent on outside aid, has been paid for. It is now on its way to Malawi.

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Whoops – BLUNDER IN ADDITION

In our July 15 story BUY A BLOCK, BUILD A WALL, we incorrectly listed the cost to build the wall around the Action for Progress warehouse as 94 cents per cement block.

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DISTRIBUTION TO ALL THREE REGIONS

For the person who simply looks at a world map they see only the nation as one entity. The nation of Malawi is quite united, that is true, but at the same time it has three distinct regions, the northern, central, and southern regions.

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“She Is Not Taking a Bath!”

According to our guide an elephant does not wish to attack you but will give you two warnings to move away before she comes after you. She turned toward us, flapped her giant ears, swished the water with her trunk, and sounded a bone jarring trumpet. 

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CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY

A caterpillar of shipping container # TCNU 8453400 has been transformed into the beautiful butterfly that is the new Action For Progress administrative office.

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“And now the weather … Rain, Rain, Rain”

expectations for the next 30 days are rain at some point nearly every day.

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“I Will See Your Face” – Remembering Kasalika Banda

E. Kasalika Banda was committed 100% to his mission, no distraction could change his course from what he saw as God’s mission for his life.

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Tools for Mining

Surface Mining Possible

A little can go a long way in Malawi. One example is surface mining that takes place literally on the earth’s surface in the mountainous area near Lake Malawi.

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