The State University of New York in Potsdam, New York recently completed its fifth; biannual “Toothbrushes for Malawi” drive, working in conjunction with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Dental School. Under the direction of Pat Whelehan, Campus AIDS Education Coordinator and Professor of Anthropology, the toothbrushes were gathered among the student body, and sent […]
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“Little Dresses for Africa” is a non-profit 501c3, Christian organization, which provides relief to the children of Africa. Simple dresses are made out of pillow cases, and distributed through the orphanages, churches and schools in Africa to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy.” Rachel O’Neil founded and oversees “Little Dresses
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The average Malawian travels no further than about 20 miles from home during their entire lifetime, and the villagers near Lintipi, in the mountains just south of Dedza, are pretty much average. They travel almost exclusively on foot. In a medical emergency their only hope is to reach the district hospital in Dedza – 20
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Sukasuka Village, Malawi … Over the course of the years Vaughn and Peggy had a hobby of collecting beanie babies. The collection grew, and by the time of Vaughn’s death the number had reached into the hundreds. Peggy decided to donate the collection to the children of Malawi. In August her neighbors, Dick and Suzi
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Drifting south along M-5 in Eastern Malawi the view from the galimoto (car) begins a subtle change as the elevation lowers. Leaving Lilongwe the elevation, at 3,440 feet (1,050 meters) above sea level, started dropping after reaching the crest of the Dowa Mountains. West of here, in the mountains near Dedza, the elevation towers skyward
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Distribution from the shipment of 33,000 books sent by the Western HIlls Church of Christ in Austin, Texas, late last year, has reached into over 1,000 schools in all three regions of Malawi. During a recent visit by Brielle Read, the Austin teen-ager who inspired the program, she had the opportunity to visit a Malawi
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No Frosted Flakes Here Senga Bay, Malawi … The sun is already climbing fast and it won’t be long until the heat of the day begins to press in on the inhabitants. Close by the sounds of the waves from Lake Malawi can be heard rushing up on the sandy beaches, only to recede out
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Teachers in Malawi, and many other emerging nations, face problems unseen and unimaginable in western classrooms. Every day thousands of children try to learn without the necessary resources. There are few libraries, classrooms are overcrowded, and there are not enough trained teachers, support staff, and administrative personnel. It is not uncommon to see classrooms with
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The chalkboard sign sits outside a brick school structure just a few yards east of the Mozambique border. This is Chewa for “Church of Christ”, and this sign and the congregation meeting inside the building was not here seven months ago. It is the results of the work on Priestly Nkhonjera, the administrator and the
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Nsipi School, Malawi … She had seen pictures of excitement, and the early stories about the distribution of the textbooks. Brielle Read, a teenager from Austin, Texas spent a lot of time working on her Girl Scout project that resulted in 33,000 school textbooks being sent to Malawi. Her family lived and breathed textbooks for
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