Machinji, Malawi … The border crossing is almost in sight when one is at the western edge of the nation in the trading center of Machinji. Although the main road is blacktop, it is not so with the tiny dirt roads and paths traversing the district. This is Malawi, and it does not get much […]
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Maula Prison, located in the capital city of Lilongwe, is reported to be housing nearly 2,000 prisoners, yet it has a prison capacity of around 1,000. In some cases cells built for 50 or 60 people are said to hold three times that many. Prisoners sleep on blankets on the floor and are too tightly
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Zomba, Malawi … The first impression of the Zomba High Security Prison is its view from the Zomba road. From the highway the facility looks deserted. The buildings appear similar to an old dilapidated, run down, deserted set of factory buildings in the rust belt of middle America in the early 70’s. The roofs are
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Zomba, Malawi … They all have dreams and expectations, and they all have desires, needs and ambitions. Yet their inner self cannot be revealed, nor can it be known by the outside world. They go through a terrible kind of torment each day, and they face the realities of a life with little or no
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Senga Bay, Malawi … Have you ever-shoveled and hauled sand? It’s backbreaking work, and in the African nation of Malawi the heat, the weight and oxen that often rebel against the load, compound this backbreaking work. Thus it is no wonder the women of Senga Bay arrived at Samantha Ludick’s door with a major request.
Blantyre, Malawi … Blantyre is Malawi’s commercial center, and it is located 311 kilometers (193 miles) south of the capital city of Lilongwe. It is also 45 minutes south-southwest of the Namikango Mission. MBC (Malawi Broadcasting Corporation)-TV is the only television broadcasting station in the nation, having begun operations on April 1, 1999. The station
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Limbe, Malawi … It is late afternoon as we leave the Blantyre house and travel to the original sites of Dr. Banda’s home, and medical office, as well as the original site of the first political party in Malawi. Dr. Banda was the first President of Malawi, and these sites hold historic significance, though only
Nkhota Bay, Malawi … This report comes from northern Malawi near the big lake, Lake Malawi. This lake is the 12th largest fresh water lake in the world. Nkhota Bay is situated east of the capital of the northern part of Malawi, Mzuzu, and sits beside the lake in the Nkhota District. This district in
Lilongwe … Construction in Malawi seems strange, mysterious – even dangerous to the westerner. On the way to Blantyre we saw the most unbelievable site off to the right. A new office building is under construction, and a combination of flimsy “sticks and poles” seems to be clinging to the outer walls of the structure.
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Imagine … …spending each hour of every day of your 4o year life confined to a remote African village. …crawling through its dust wherever you … lying at the same doorstep Sitela Village, Malawi … it was a busy day with a tight schedule at the Namikango Mission in southern Malawi. A major increase in
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