It is hard to imagine anything more beautiful than the distant mountains floating in the morning mist south of Lilongwe along M-1. This scene is common at this time of year and there is something that touches the visitor with the feeling they are wild, beautiful, and untamed. In a way that is the feeling […]
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He related the story in words that seemed like fire burning deep in his heart. Few can ever imagine how he feels, or what this pain must be like. “In just one night I lost them all,” said Stanly Kenneth. Each word seemed as though it were a death knoll. So many others can say these
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In a country where almost half of the population is out of employment at any given time, what are the chances a school drop-out will find a job?
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Dedza District … Chief Francis Makalani Banda, a Chewa Chief, from the Mphezi area of central Malawi was showing visitors the site of a major battle between the Chewa and Ngoni in the days after the assassination of the famous Zulu chief Shaka on September 22, 1828. He noted he would be taking the visitors
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Lilongwe, Malawi … To help Malawi families with acceptable prices, as well as offset some of their administrative costs, ACTION FOR PROGRESS, with the help of the MALAWI PROJECT, and a grant from POWER OF ONE, recently purchased and erected two large green houses on the AfP property west of the capital. The green houses,
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Dedza, Malawi … They sit outside, usually on the ground, hour after hour, day after day, in the rain, the sunshine, the cold, and when it is hot. They are the guardians. They accompany the patient to the hospital and care for them throughout their stay. There are too few nurses. There are too few
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Lebanon, Indiana … Lebanon is 9,000 miles from the Central African nation of Malawi, and the lifestyle and living conditions are worlds apart. While the U.S. is one of the richest nations in the world, Malawi is one of the poorest. The children that attend the Montessori School that meets at 1204 Indianapolis Ave have
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Mitole, Chiradzulo District … Action for Progress continues to crisscross the nation assisting those with mobility problems. At its heart there are many life-changing stories. Literally thousands of people have been helped, either directly or indirectly. School dropouts have gone back to school, those failing in business are now able to work with the help
Lebanon, Indiana … Despite being 9,000 miles away from Lebanon, Indiana Jim Messenger a local resident, and member of the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project, revealed several stark realities concerning the plight of the people in the sub-Saharan nation of Malawi. He was addressing the Lebanon, Indiana chapter of Kiwanis International, and revealed several
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Lebanon, Indiana … At first glance it looks like some sort of “ivory tower”. But the definition of an “ivory tower” is, “a place — or an atmosphere — where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world.” This is not a place where people are cut off, but a place where people
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