A 17 Year Old Riding On His Mother’s Back

By Malawi Project | May 7, 2008 | Comments Off

One Can Little Imagine the Scene One can little imagine what it must be like for a mother to spend 17 years of her life carrying her child on her back everywhere she goes. Yet this is what happened to Afilo Mkwapatira’s mother. Afilo is 17 years old and comes from the Kuiza Village […]

Seeing What I Have Never Seen

By Malawi Project | May 3, 2008 | Comments Off

A Great Day For Everyone They came that day from all corners of Salima District in eastern Malawi. It was not only a big day for those with mobility problems, but it was a big day for the blind, albinos, the deaf, the dumb and any other disability known to man kind, including even […]

Chief Mdelakwanda Speaks About His Villages

By Malawi Project | April 21, 2008 | Comments Off

The Lake Spreads Out in Front of Him Wind whipped trees turn their faces toward the land and away from the winter winds that push angry waves in from the lake. Dark, broken clouds force the sun to climb unseen into an angry sky, while a lone seagull tries unsuccessfully to skim along the […]

Wheelchairs Stand at Attention

By Malawi Project | April 17, 2008 | Comments Off

Indianapolis, Indiana … As the Director for the Malawi Project prepares to take the picture Richard Stephens sights into the camera lens and notes how it appeares "the wheelchairs look like they are standing at attention." He and the Medical Director for the Malawi Project, Suzi Stephens are making an appraisal of supplies […]