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WILSON TEMBO PROVES HIS WORTH

In 2018 Tembo spearheaded the establishment of Action for Progress, a Malawi not-for-profit, created to work beside the Malawi Project in aid assistance programs throughout the country. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director for the new group, after nearly 20 years of working with the Malawi Project.

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LAND DEVELOPMENT MOVES ANOTHER STEP

Lilongwe, Malawi … In preparation for the beginning of construction for the new central warehouse hub for Action for Progress, the well (borehole) is now complete and operational. Moving to completion is the latrine and shower stations needed as the workmen begin the construction on the warehouse.   After being located in the central region

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A forklift carrying medical supplies

CLINIC IN A CONTAINER

Indianapolis, Indiana … The request reached the Malawi Project less than three weeks before our scheduled departure for Africa. “Help us locate the needed equipment and supplies for a new outpatient clinic we are preparing to open on the campus.” It was the end of August, and the Namikango Mission was planning to build a

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Dresses

NEW DRESSES BRING LITTLE GIRL SMILES

Msamba Community Organization Kasenda Village, Zomba, Malawi … In a small, remote village in the heart of the sub-Sahara lives a family in a tiny grass thatched house made of mud. A few meters from this village is an old dilapidated building that houses a small Community Based Organization. The organization’s main objective is to

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PROGAM MAKES NATIONAL NEWS

Lilongwe, Malawi … It is not the first time the Malawi Project has made national news in Malawi’s largest newspaper, THE NATION. Whether in education, agriculture, or medicine the Project has been repeatedly recognized for its contribution to the development of Malawi and her people. The most recent story to reach headlines lead with, “Project

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Shoes for Trees

SHOES FOR TREES BEAR FRUIT!

To evaluate the Malawi Project’s “Shoes for Trees” conservation program, Wilson Tembo recently returned to Kumanyenga Village near Zomba where thousands of tree seedlings had been planted five years ago. At that time the Minister of Natural Resources, as well as a high-powered delegation from the Malawi Government encouraged hundreds of people from surrounding villages

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What they have in comon

WHAT THEY SHARE IN COMMON

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

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Hunger Bites Hard

HUNGER BITES HARD

Orphans and Elderly Go to Bed Hungry The level of hunger is swelling each day. Food reserves have run dry. The chance to get additional support has grown lean. People in villages especially, children and women are being critically affected. They are going to bed at night with no food.   Dorothy Mpakula 56 years

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Pill Bottle Program Has Ended

PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED

Indianapolis, Indiana … The collection of empty pill containers for Malawi ended some time ago in the U.S. and other nations after the Indianapolis based not-for-profit received over 3 million prescription containers. After a large portion of them reached Malawi distribuiton is moving ahead at a rapid pace.   Thousands of pill containers have been

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Mobility

SECOND MOBILITY UNIT TARGETS INDEPENDENCE

Juma Village, Malawi … Chimwemwe Chelewani, 22, comes from Juma Village in Traditional Authority Mchema in Chiladzulu District. Physically challenged from birth, Chimwemwe dropped out of school after no one in his family could any longer help him make the trip to school. He dropped out in Standard 1, and his situation was hopeless because

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