Not About Money

By Malawi Project | June 11, 2008 | Comments Off

Don’t Pay Me Anything! "Don’t pay me anything. Life is not about making money; it’s about helping." With these words Singini Bandawe shrugged off my attempt to compensate him for the fuel and wear and tear on his vehicle that he had expended for me that morning. I had just met Singini a […]

Hope In The Distance

By Malawi Project | June 8, 2008 | Comments Off

Chiotha Village, Malawi … The rays of the African sun seem to penetrate through the thinning white hair on the back of my head, and tiny beads of sweat trickle down the back of my neck and gather near the small of my back. The rainy season is coming in the sub-Sahara, but first […]

Education Moves Malawi Toward Its Future

By Malawi Project | May 30, 2008 | Comments Off

The Key to the Future Is Found in a Textbook "Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery." Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator It is no secret that the key to the future for many of the […]

This Year You Get $14.00 For Healthcare

By Malawi Project | May 23, 2008 | Comments Off

The disparity between the first world nations and those near the bottom of the economic ladder is seen in recent statistics that report the amount of money the nation of Malawi is able to spend on each person for healthcare, compared with the United States. Two examples of this […]