MAWAI’S COMMERCIAL CENTER – BLANTYRE

By Malawi Project | November 8, 2018 | Comments Off

The southern city of Blantyre has one foot in the past as the oldest European settlement in the country, yet another foot in the present as a bustling center of commercial activity immersed in 21st-century activity. The Blantyre Mission was founded in 1876, and named after the Scotish village where explorer David Livingstone was born. […]

MALAWI’S NORTHERN CITY – MZUZU

By Malawi Project | November 6, 2018 | Comments Off

Less than seventy-five years ago the name Mzuzu was associated only with a stream that ran through the rural countryside of the northern region of Malawi. Today it refers to the capital city of the northern region. A settlement standing by the junction of the lakeshore road (M5) and Malawi’s main north-south highway (M1), Mzuzu […]

Beautiful Smile with toothpaste in the foreground

A LIFE SAVING TOOTHBRUSH

By Malawi Project | November 1, 2018 | Comments Off

Sitting in the home of the hospital administrator we listened as she described the problems she faced at this small rural hospital. We had only been in Malawi for two years and were still learning. Much of what we were learning was new, and a lot of it was almost impossible to believe. “It is […]

MALAWI’S OLD CAPITAL – ZOMBA

By Malawi Project | October 30, 2018 | Comments Off

Until 1975 the southern city of Zomba was the capital of the nation. Although the capital was moved north to Lilongwe after the departure of the British Zomba still remained the home of the Parliament until 1994 when the government officials finally made the move complete to Lilongwe in the central region. Zomba is 40 […]