GUARDIANS IN THE BULLSEYE

By Malawi Project | May 8, 2020 | Comments Off

Lilongwe, Malawi … “While warnings about Covid-19 are widely heard in jingles and public health announcements in cities like Blantyre and Lilongwe, they have barely reached the remote rural areas where nearly 90% of Malawi’s population live and farm, and few people have access to TV, radio or electricity,” says Patrick Kamzitu, a health worker in central […]

WILL I BE A SCHOOL TEACHER?

By Malawi Project | May 5, 2020 | Comments Off

Mzugulira Village, Salima, Malawi … Jotamu Peter is 15 years old, but already knows what he wants to do when he gets out of school. He wants to be a schoolteacher. When Griven Kasalika met this young man, he was able to encourage him, even though he knew Jotamu was facing an uphill battle because […]

A giant fig tree that witnessed the beginning of the end of the slave trade

FREEDOM FOR IDAH

By Malawi Project | May 1, 2020 | Comments Off

Nkhotakota, Malawi … In the 19th century, a group of lakeside villages was a focal point for the slave trade in central Africa. Today on an inconspicuous side street near St. Anne’s Hospital sits a giant fig tree that witnessed the beginning of the end of the slave trade. It was under this tree that European […]

RATTLE, RATTLE, WHO IS THERE?

By Malawi Project | April 28, 2020 | Comments Off

I looked up from the desk to see a 5-foot-tall baboon sitting on the other side of the room looking at me a bit puzzled. He wasn’t alone, I had failed to close the door to the deck of our chalet overlooking the South Luangwa River, and while I was looking at my computer screen […]