Lilongwe, Malawi … By international standards the news story is not something that will capture powerful consideration. With all the trauma and chaos in the world a story about villagers in Africa stealing grain from train cars is not something that would usually call for a second look. But, in a country known for its […]
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Famine in Malawi Malawi, Africa … Tadala is a young boy in a remote area of Malawi. Like many children he is being raised in a village. Life is very similar for all village children. Young Tadala gets up before daylight and almost immediately does his household chores. Before most children are out of bed
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So Hungry He Cannot Wait Southern Malawi … Imagine taking starving children into a grocery. They have had little to eat in days and they are so hungry they start opening and eating the contents raw even before you get them to the check out lane. This is the situation in Malawi as the
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He Has A Hole in His Leg! Senga Bay, Malawi …“Madam, please can you come to the gate as one of our neighbors from near the primary school has a wound on his leg.” Then in a few moments came the second appeal. “Madam it’s not really a wound it’s a hole….” Not asking
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Tractor Arrives in Time for Next Season Thondwe, Malawi … Tom shut off the engine and blocked the wheels after carefully guiding the blue and yellow V-Tractor into the semi trailer at his manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana. After packing medical supplies, empty prescription vials, and eight-kidney dialysis machines the doors were closed and the
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Celebrating to Caring It was a time of celebration, the annual Officer’s Ball for the Parachute Battalion. The dinner menu was amazing; Mushroom soup as a starter, followed by a large buffet made up of Beef, Goat, Chicken, Whole fish, Rice, Nsima, Potatoes, Pasta, Cabbage Salad, Greek Salad, Chinese Cabbage, Rape, Roast vegetables with wonderful
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Malawi, Central Africa … Each day that passes brings an even deeper pit of pain, suffering and starvation. Harvest is a long way away and as hunger worsens hope grows dim for help to arrive in time for many. No mother or father wants to hear his or her children crying at night from
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Grain Bins Running Out of Food Thondwe, Malawi … As famine grows more serious in Malawi another shipment of food has arrived at the warehouse in Namikango. Distribution to the most serious areas of famine has begun. This is the second shipment in the past 3 months and more shipments are planned as funding becomes
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Fact – The World Bank reports that between 1990 and 2000 alone, more than a fifth of Malawi’s forests vanished. Fact – Lake Malawi is home to some of the greatest fish diversity of any lake on earth, but deforestation is resulting in soil erosion and siltation of parts of the lake. Fact – By
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NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. NEW LOCATIONS FOR PILL CONTAINERS Indianapolis, IN … Since the Malawi Project ended the collection of prescription pill containers on December 31, 2015 we have sought other organizations accepting pill containers. Here are some suggestions. m25m in Cincinnati, Ohio is also collecting pill containers. Contact: Joodi Archer, Development
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