Lebanon, Indiana … Almost from the inception of the Redwood Montessori School in Lebanon, Indiana, the staff has instilled a message of serving others in the lives of the students. The school is housed at the meeting place of the Lebanon Church of Christ, and this congregation is also involved in supporting the work of […]
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Lebanon, Indiana … In a specially called meeting of the Malawi Project Board of Directors, Larry Ferrell of Batavia, Ohio, has been added to the Project’s Board of Directors. Larry is no stranger to mission efforts, and the approach taken by the Malawi Project. His involvement started when he was 15 years old and joined
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In the past few weeks, Action for Progress has brightened up the distribution center with a new coat of paint for the warehouse. Visitors can easily see the center from a long distance; the first impression reflects the professionalism and care given to the work being done in Malawi. From this center,
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The story of book shortages in primary and secondary schools in Malawi militates against attainment of quality education My name is Jacob Mtambalika. I am 45 years old. I own and run an educational institution inspired by the education challenges I faced in primary and secondary school in Malawi between the late 1980s and late
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Northern Malawi … Isaac Gondwe, at the age of 72, suffers from an extreme case of diabetes. He was born in 1952 and currently lives in Luangwa village in the district of Rumphi. While it is far away from the Action for Progress distribution center in Lilongwe, the long arm of mobility distribution reaches every
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Marshall, Indiana … For the second year in a row the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project met for their annual board retreat at Turkey Run State Park near Marshall, Indiana. Members drove and flew in from the states of Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, and Indiana. Two speakers highlighted the event. Tracy Paul, owner and
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Lilongwe, Malawi … A bicycle, in a Western nation, is associated with children, or in some cases sports racing, or mountain climbing, but rarely would one associate it at the center of the economy of the family unit. Yet, for several reasons, a bicycle can be at the heart of a family’s survival when it comes
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Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations indicates Malawi has lost approximately 29.4% of its forest cover between 1990 and 2020. This loss represents a substantial portion of the country’s forested area. Lilongwe, Malawi … The sun’s rays are cast across the roadway through the dust kicked up by bicycle
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“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.” – Tom Brown Jr Lezina Dankein, reporting for Action for Progress observes that “Kolesi Phiri, a 50-year-old second-hand shoe salesman was able to make a good living until the accident that deprived him of his ability to get around.” Kolesi, the subject
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The threat of rain, and an early spring touch of cold, hung in the air as the tractor and 40-foot shipping container moved into position to receive the shipment for Malawi. The volunteers, those who would load the trailer, and those who had packed and prepared the pallets of goods, moved closer to the action
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