She Thought She Was Useless A forty-six-year old lady named Namateni Banda lives in a village called Kawamba Villege. She lives in the area of Traditional Tribal Authority Mponela in Dowa District. This is the first district or state north of the capital city of Lilongwe, Malawi, Central Africa. Namateni was able to walk until […]
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He had gone to the rice paddies near Salima in order to find piecework, and was referred to Samatha Ludick at Cool Runnings, “because she will help you.” said the matron who advised him. “It’s a long walk and I hate to have to send you so far, but you can get help there.”
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Each year a humanitarian award is giving by the Malawi Project to a woman in Malawi who is considered important to the people in ways that go beyond the average. The award, a hand made quilt is symbolic of the caregiver who helps fill the needs of others who are in need. This is the
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Rehabilitation Hospital in Blantyre Will Begin Receiving Shipments Plans for 2007 called for the expansion of medical supply distributions to a number of new sites in Malawi besides those already destined for Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi. In March and July two shipments were sent directly to Bottom Hospital in the capital city of Lilongwe.
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Because of its population that is higher than most other communities, and with its proximity to the capital city, the Mponela Trading Center enjoys a wide variety of local outlets and trading booths. Dried fish arrive from the lake several times a week, sugar and other cooking supplies and foodstuff arrive with the same frequency
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Salima District Capital and Hospital Although no evidence of its past is visible in the present the name “Salima” can drive cold chills down the back of even a novice historian. It was from Salima, during the dark days of the slave trade, that thousands upon thousands of people were sold into slavery and
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We have traveled approximately 80 kilometers from Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi and we are nearing the east side of the old trading center of Salima. This area along the lake was once a notorious slave-trading center, but today it is a quiet crossroads community on the road from Lilongwe to Senga Bay, or the
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During a recent gathering of the African community in Indianapolis the Malawi Project was awarded the prestigious “Philanthropy For Africa Award” for the humanitarian work being done in Africa. The award and plaque were given during the annual “Taste of Africa” event held in downtown Indianapolis. Accepting the award on behalf of the Malawi
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We came from America to work in a rural hospital in Malawi. Since our team was already working in the trading center of Mponela we decided it would be the rural hospital in this community where we would set up shop. This way we could learn firsthand what it was like in one of
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A year long evaluation relative to the realignment of some of the job responsibilities between members of the Malawi Project and the Blessings Complex has now been concluded. In a report to the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project Richard Stephens, Board Chairman and Executive Director for the Project summed up the criteria
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