Medical Drugs Give Hope The Machinga District Hospital is located in the city and district that carries the same name. It is located in the southern region of the country a few miles east of the Liwonde Game Park, and northwest of Lake Chilwa, the second largest lake in the country. Around the lake there […]
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A jovial mood characterized by dancing and singing recently occurred in the village of Msoma-Malosa in Zomba district. Drawn from seven area-wide villages, 580 women, men and children gathered for the event. But one must ask what calls so many people together for a joyous event? Believe it or not, it was a tree planting
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Songani, Malawi … The world is overwhelmed by reports of increased evidence of climate change. Leading causes are too numerous to list, but among them are increased pollution in developed countries, and deforestation in developing countries. Malawi has experienced devastating weather swings in recent years. On one hand the there has been disruptive flooding. At
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Malawi, Central Africa … It all started with a disastrous fire in a managed forest in northern Malawi ten years ago. A careless employee had left a fire unattended, and a very destructive wild fire followed. The businessman who employed the careless worker was held responsible. He approached the Malawi Project with an idea, and
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Thondwe, Malawi … Among the people of South Africa there is a saying, “Tlala e lala tlas’a sesiu”. Translated to English the proverb is, “Famine sleeps under the basket used for grain.” This perceptive saying can be found in the book, Wisdom from Africa by Dianne Stewart. The saying means the food basket may be
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Community Day Secondary Schools Near Zomba, Malawi …In an attempt to improve the education of the children of Malawi in December 1999 the Malawi Ministry of Education Science and Technology announced a “revolutionary” policy to create a new system of schools. Almost overnight it converted scores of Distance Education Centers into Community Day Secondary Schools
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Few people in the world have a greater respect for books than do the children of Malawi. Books are learning, learning is education, and education is their only escape from the poverty that grips sub-Saharan Africa. With books they can learn to care for themselves and grow to be independent, self-functioning, successful and productive citizens.
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Thondwe, Malawi … Life is difficult in the nation that registers 171 on the poverty line of 187 nations. Cars are a commodity most will never afford, and even a bicycle is something only a few can purchase. Most walk everywhere they go. For some, and especially those who work in fields of ministry to
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Update!: Textbooks are delivered! Zomba, Malawi … Excitement was everywhere, and a jovial environment engulfed this small community west of Zomba. Songs rang out among the students of the Nankhunda Primary School, and elation revealed the mood where even an old newspaper causes one to want to sit down and read. These students, like most
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Reaching Inside the Prison System The Bible gives us the follow instructions about those who are in prison, “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3) “to open eyes that are blind, to free captives
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