IT IS “JUST NEAR!”

By Malawi Project | April 14, 2017 | Comments Off

Mponela, Malawi … Cross culture work is difficult. The work is hard enough, but when one makes it cross cultural, it adds a whole new dimension to the attempt at understanding. For instance I remember the time I asked the preacher, “Do you have mamba snakes here?” He replied, “Yes.” “What happens if you get […]

MY CHILD IS A NUMBER

By Malawi Project | April 11, 2017 | Comments Off

Lilongwe, Malawi … What does that mean, “My child is a number?” The answer is a sad commentary on birth statistics that, even though they have improved in recent years, are still alarming and sad in emerging world nations, including Malawi. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in 2015, “Malawi has one of the […]

TICK, TICK, TICK

By Malawi Project | April 7, 2017 | Comments Off

Malawi, Central Africa … Can you hear it? See it? The clock is ticking. For many people in the tiny nation of Malawi the clocks are ticking away their lives. Starvation and famine are widespread and there is no way the people can obtain aid from “around the corner” or “down the street.” It is […]

WHAT THEY SHARE IN COMMON

By Malawi Project | March 30, 2017 | Comments Off

Chingalangande Village & Mpandalinga Village … At first glance one would say they have little in common. Doress is a pleasant, vibrant 14-year-old teen-ager from Chingalangande Village west of the historic old colonial capital of Zomba. On the other end of life’s spectrum Merise is a kind, polite, smiling 75-year-old from Mpondalinga Village near the […]