NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. Plantation, Florida … Today young people are more aware of the world than ever before, and the needs of people in distant places are being confronted by those well below the age to vote or drive a car. Such is the case with 7-year-old Gabriela, a student at […]
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To live in the 8th poorest nation on earth is to try to survive while sitting next to malnutrition, starvation, disease and death. Statistics indicate that half the population of this South-Central African nation is below the poverty line, but if this truth be told life in remote villages is poverty on a perpetual scale
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Malita Chaya is a widow trying to raise three children alone. They live in southern Malawi in the tiny village of Maluwa, under the leadership of Chief Ngabu in the Chikwawa district. They are the 4th generation of their family from this area, she is physically challenged, and this family lives in the 8th poorest
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Empty prescription pill containers continue to pour in as corporations, medical, civic, community, school, scouting and church groups join with individuals all across the U.S. and Canada in this endeavor. NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. While the original request reached a Facebook audience of over 5 million people, the exposure and response has
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John, and his wife Carol, have a heart for helping people. John needed serious heart surgery, so he and Carol traveled to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his time in Rochester they met a minister by the name of Steve and told him and his wife about the needs in Malawi. Steve, and his
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Dedza, Malawi … For years the Malawi Project has worked to establish programs where the spirit of self-reliance takes root, develops and independence flowers into bloom. However, there is one area where the needs of the people must take the forefront and self-reliance put on hold. This is in the critical area of health care.
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Scott Gordon has stepped down from the Presidency after serving this post since 2010, and the Board of Directors since 2008. He continues on the board. The presidency has passed to Bryon Bhagwandin. Bryon made his first trip to Malawi in 2012 after a number of years of growing interest in the mission objectives of
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After serving on the Malawi Project’s Board of Directors since its inception in 1999 Jim Dillinger has been forced to step down due to health issues. Jim repeatedly traveled to Malawi through his tenure and made his support known both in action and through his many trips to the country. His influence has moved to
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Far More Than Expected This is the Junior Girl Scout Troop 31816 from Medford, Oregon. For our Bronze award we had to do 20 hours of community service. We were over achievers and did 2 projects; one was making soft chew toys for the Humane Society and the other was collecting medicine bottles for Malawi.
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The Namikango Mission staff carefully removes them from the trailer, one after another, box after box, the full length of a 40-foot lorry (semi). Each box is very similar to the last and contains hope for another person, as well as for family and friends, who has faced near hopeless conditions, some since birth. The
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