Kachikho 2 Village, Lilongwe, Malawi … Malaria is serious in sub-Saharan Africa, but as serious as regular malaria is, cerebral malaria is even worse. The potential for death from this form of malaria is extremely high. Without treatment, cerebral malaria is nearly 100% fatal. With proper treatment of antimalarials the mortality rate decreases, yet even […]
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Mponela, Malawi …One week after disastrous flooding washed away homes and lives east of the Mponela Trading Center, Action for Progress and local officials completed an evaluation of how many families needed emergency assistance and began aid distribution. Assistance has been quick and efficient for 42 households near the Kasangadzi River, listed as one of
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Lilongwe, Malawi … After several delays, due to cost increases, and other projects taking a high priority, contributors have stepped forward and made it possible to begin construction of a protective wall around the Action for Progress distribution center west of Lilongwe. A minor break-in just after the warehouse was constructed took place, and Wilson
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Dowa District, Malawi … The rains came down in torrents, washing away crops, damaging the fragile mud construction of village huts, and sections of M-5, the tarmac link between the lakeshore trading center of Salima, and the commercial center of Blantyre were washed away. This was not Freddy, the catastrophic cyclone that struck southern Malawi
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Indianapolis, Indiana … For several days the African News Services was filled with news about the record-breaking cyclone that struck Malawi (a small and peaceful country in east-central Africa) in the middle of the night. Named Freddie, the storm had traveled across the entire Indian Ocean, then inland to strike a catastrophic blow to southern Malawi
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She remembers it as though it were yesterday, and it is recalled with great emotional pain. It was the week everything in her life changed. “It was 2013 when I developed a sore on my right leg,” Tiyese recounted. “Nothing we did made it better, and finally I had to go to the hospital. To my horror,
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For many people, the war in the Middle East is beyond the fringe of influence affecting their daily lives. But, for the people of Malawi, the Malawi Project, and Action for Progress the lifeline that delivers much-needed medical, agricultural, and educational supplies crosses directly into the line of fire. Events in the Red Sea are
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“We’ll do 100,” said the first child. “Five hundred,” said the child who leaned over the pew as though he could crawl over it and reach the front row by sheer excitement. A thousand,” another chimed in enthusiastically. “Two thousand,” came the voice from the back of the group as though he were at Sotheby’s bidding on a famous painting.
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The Liwuto Primary School was opened in 2013. It is a government sponsored school, located in the central region of Malawi. Enrollment stands at 688 with 366 girls and 322 boys. Like many public schools in Malawi, the lack of resources tops the list of challenges. For example, the school has only 13 desks. This
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It does little good to suggest a person should fish rather than being handed the fish if there are no resources for a fishing pole, line and sinker, bait, and a lake or pond with fish. In many cases, the intense poverty of Malawi makes it impossible to subscribe to more modern methods when they
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