Who Can Carry and 18 Year Old? Dedza District, Malawi … The question poses all kinds of thought and response: “I might for a few feet.” “I might if she were not too heavy.” “I might if the ground were level.” The problem comes when one realizes these conditions cannot be […]
The V-Tractor is Hard at Work Like many parts of Malawi, the area around Thondwe (in the southern part of the nation) is extremely rich with natural resources. Trees, hills, animals, water, and much more are all naturally a part of daily life for the people around Thondwe and the Namikango Mission and Maternity Hospital.
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WHEELCHAIR MOBILITY TO ENELESI WEBU It has been said, “Disability is not inability.” I am sure this is a very motivating statement that disabled people are excited to hear. However, think of the other side of this thought. Think of a young girl in a very remote village of the southern part of a small
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Cheats Death Going Outside After 22 Years Ntcheu, Malawi … It made national news in one of the leading newspapers in the tiny African nation of Malawi. The front-page headline seemed to scream for attention, “Death Cheat – Bed Ridden for 22 years.” Farther inside a nearly full page leads off with the headline,
Help Needed to Build Safe Kitchen At First It Looked Like Rubbish Thondwe, Malawi… From a distance it almost looks like a pile of metal stacked up near a clearing waiting to be thrown away. But as one walks along the path near the Namikango Maternity Clinic, and reaches a point near the rusted metal
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Wheelchair Arrives for Bicycle Repairman Mukuti Village, Malawi… Ndiche Kosa is from the village of Mukuti 1 in Senga Bay, Malawi. He is a bicycle repairman, and he has been paralyzed from the waist down for as long as he can remember. One can hardly imagine the feeling each time he repairs a bicycle
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KODO Handicapped Assemble Wheelchairs Salima, Malawi… Just east of the central portion of the Salima Trading Center in Malawi, Africa stands Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach, or KODO. It is a humanitarian organization that has been formed with the purpose and focus of helping those with physical disabilities. George Banda, a victim of a physical
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Ishmael Tchale Can Dream Great Dreams Mwale Village, Malawi… The new school year is beginning, and children in western nations often start it with moans and complaints. For them summer is over, and it is time to get up at the break of dawn, gather up their homework, and head out the front door toward
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Board Members Bring Home the Property Deed Indianapolis, IN … In recent weeks three members of the Malawi Project Board of Directors have made important and valuable trips to Malawi. In early July Suzi Stephens, the Medical Director of the Project was requested to come to Malawi in order to extend medical care to
Four Nations Touch Lufi Chinesa Senga Bay, Malawi… The Free Wheelchair Mission in southern California commits itself to giving wheelchairs to people in third world nations who cannot care for themselves. Contributors from many quarters send funds. At the same time the Malawi Project in central Indiana commits itself to helping to care for
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