Members of the Malawi Project based in the United States, wish to express condolences to the people of Malawi, and to the families of Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima, and nine others who perished in a plane crash near Mzuzu, Malawi on Monday.
Lilongwe, Malawi … It’s Saturday and in some many parts of the world teens are getting into trouble. No so with this group from the Area 47 church in Lilongwe. They are spending their day sorting clothes at the Action for Progress distribution center to be distributed to the poor. AfP received the clothes along
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In August of last year, the UBiT fire log program, developed by Dan Brewer, a member of the Malawi Project Board of Directors. passed its initial tests in Malawi. The fire logs, made from empty toilet paper rolls and shredded paper pressed tightly inside, then dipped in candle wax, cooked a meal
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Northern Malawi … Isaac Gondwe, at the age of 72, suffers from an extreme case of diabetes. He was born in 1952 and currently lives in Luangwa village in the district of Rumphi. While it is far away from the Action for Progress distribution center in Lilongwe, the long arm of mobility distribution reaches every
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Lilongwe, Malawi … The purchase of the block making machine to build the protective wall around the Action for Progress property has achieved its goal and the protective wall is now complete around the entire property. The machine can now be used to prepare blocks for new projects. They can help offset costs that otherwise
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Part of the welcoming ceremony given by the Montessori School in Lilongwe, Malawi when representatives from Action for Progress and the Malawi Project visited the school. Five hundred students, along with faculty and staff make up the school. Plans are underway for this school to join with the Redwood Montessori School in Lebanon, Indiana to
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Chandiwo Village, Malawi … Our Isuzu pulled away from the lodge in Lilongwe around 8:10 in the morning and headed north through the early morning traffic. Our destination was a few kilometers north of the Mponela Trading Center. The man-made reservoir was just west of M-1, which is the main highway north and south through
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Were it in the states it might be called Route 66 or Interstate 40. These were roads that influenced history, connected the ends to each other, and the center of the nation. They are credited with joining cultures, languages, commerce, and travel, giving each of them the opportunity to move across the nation with greater
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Marshall, Indiana … For the second year in a row the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project met for their annual board retreat at Turkey Run State Park near Marshall, Indiana. Members drove and flew in from the states of Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, and Indiana. Two speakers highlighted the event. Tracy Paul, owner and
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Lebanon, Indiana … In recent years the public school system of Boone County Indiana has become a major contributor of textbooks and school supplies to public schools in Malawi, Central Africa. Through the Malawi Project and Action for Progress, literally thousands of schoolbooks have been donated and sent to Malawi schools nationwide. The books gain
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