Lilongwe, Malawi … Can you imagine getting ready to drive a nail only to find the only hammer has only a head and no handle? It is no surprise that the lack of basic hand tools is among the many things absent in this, the third poorest nation on earth. After discovering the hammer had […]
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Thondwe, Malawi … In this political season in the U.S. the candidates often create concern with the question, “Who would you rather have answering the phone in the White House at 3 AM?” We aren’t trying to get involved in answering that question! Who knows the answer until that time comes. BUT, what
South of Dedza, Malawi … In some parts of the world the sight of men breaking rocks in a hot, dry, open area would remind the viewer of a prison yard, and men sentenced to a life of hard labor. This scene in Malawi is nothing of the kind. It is actually men at work
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Drip Irrigation systems are part of the Malawi Project’s ongoing effort to offset the effects of the current famine by helping the farming community get on its feet from the disasterous famine now affecting Malawi. These systems are one part of a three-pronged effort to help the Malawian’s get on their feet,
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Malawi, Central Africa … While the sub-Sahara is gripped in a critical famine that promises to get worse as the months come and go, the Malawi Project is engaged in a three pronged effort to assist some areas of the country to take measures that will help offset the full impact of this food shortage
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Zomba Central Prison, Malawi … Zomba Central Prison is the main prison in Malawi. It is located across the road from Zomba Central Hospital, and on the southwestern edge of the old Capital city of Zomba. The prison is home to over 2,000 inmates, including not only men, but also about 30 women and children
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Kasungu, Malawi … At first it looks like a bundle of grass or bamboo moving cautiously along the road. As it gets closer one can make out feet protruding below it, then a body begins to take shape. As it gets even closer one can nearly recognize that a woman is carrying this massive bundle
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Thondwe, Malawi … Traditionally farm crops are seldom grown in the dry season in Malawi. There are basically only two seasons; one the dry season that runs from April to October, and the other the rainy season, running from November to the end of March. During the dry season there is almost no rain at
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Mzimba, Malawi … As if the famine were not enough to put Malawi near the endangered list, a recent headline in The Daily Times adds fuel to the proverbial fire. “19 Babies Die in Mzimba per month” according to District Commissioner for Zomba Thomas Chirwa. Samuel Kalimira, reporter for the Times goes on to report
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Mauwe Village, Malawi … It doesn’t matter what part of the world you are in human emotions are the same all over the world. This was evident recently at the Mauwe Health Care Center in southern Malawi as a crowd who had gathered to receive medical supplies clamered to the place where copies of the
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