The night sky has embraced the tiny African village in the same way a traditional wrap crowds out the night cold from around a woman’s body. The sounds of the villages long ago abated and everyone has retreated to their huts near the center of the village area. All is quiet now except […]
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On the Slopes Near Dedza The problems keep coming, and the delay in getting away from Blessings means we will be late getting to the office of the Minister of Forestry for the nation of Malawi. I hate being late to any meeting, but to be late to a meeting with a government
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The mailman backs his truck up to the door at the headquarters for the Malawi Project in Indianapolis, Indiana and starts gathering box after box after box of priority mail from Girl Scout Troup # 1611 of Folsom, California. The boxes are making a short stop in Indiana before being loaded onto a forty-foot trailer
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A recent email from schoolteacher Val Jensen in Pleasant Grove, Utah is reflective of the kind of sacrifice and commitment people are making to assist the people of Malawi. Val teaches at the Pleasant Grove School teaching. This past year Val and the children of the Pleasant Grove gathered large amounts of supplies
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Thorntown, Indiana … The second V-Tractor is being prepared for its trip to the southern region of Malawi from central Indiana. The first tractor, a one-of-a-kind farm tractor was developed for use on small farm plots and was sent to the central region of Malawi in mid-2006. Tests were conducted and the new tractor is
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The Auburn Church of Christ in Auburn, Alabama has been increasing their involvement in Malawi during the past two years and the children in the congregation are not to be outdone by the adults. Terri Monks and her husband Dale have three daughters, Maggie (14), Molly (7), and Lilly (2). Maggie and Molly are participating
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With the success of a number of humanitarian programs well underway at the Blessings Complex the decision was made in late 2006 to expand the distribution network of medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance into other parts of Malawi and even into neighboring nations in 2007. The Malawi Project Board of Directors felt that it
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As architect Smith Howell made preparations for his trip to Malawi his great-grandson Barrett Norris could not go with him. Instead the eight year-old gave his 87 year-old great-grandfather $3.00 and asked him to give it to someone in Malawi. Arriving in Malawi Howell started looking for just the right person for the gift. Howell
In 1949 Peter Seeger and Lee Hays released a song in America called “If I had a Hammer”. The song did not climb high on the charts until Peter, Paul and Mary recorded it again over a decade later. Their version of the folk song in August 1962 became a Top 10 hit. Since that
On Friday May 18 JoAn Dillinger lost her battle with cancer in Noblesville, Indiana USA. JoAn was the wife of Jim Dillinger, one of the members of the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project. Although JoAn was not in an official capacity with the Project her influence was felt both in Malawi and in
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