Senga Bay, Malawi … “Please come to the gate. I know it is holiday, but please see the lady. She has a big sore on her arm. Please help her.” “I quickly put on a pair of rubber gloves and ran to the gate,” reports Samantha Ludick of the Clinic at the Gate, and the […]
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With one of the highest populations densities in Africa, and with only 2% of the population having access to electricity, the people of Malawi are cutting trees faster than the forests can grow. Why is such an intense deforestation taking place? Cooking ~ 98% of the population has no electricity with which to cook. There
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Guardians Rush to be First A quiet, overcast morning greeted the morning at the Namikango Maternity Hospital in Thondwe, as a light wind seemed to drift aimlessly with no purpose. People began to gather near the old guardian shelters veranda. Most of the people were there in order to care for a patient in the
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Agriculture is the backbone of Malawi. It is a land locked country centrally positioned on the surface of the African continent. It has a population of 13.5 million people. While a stretch of the population near the lake shore depends on cassava as its main food, and the rest of the nation has varied amounts
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Imagine… …cutting wood for the fire to prepare breakfast, then having to carry it for 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile on your head back to your home. …walking far up the mountain to cultivate your family farm plot, while carrying a baby on your back and a heavy hoe over your shoulder. …walking to
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In 2009 the Malawi Project issued its first financial grant to enable an individual to start a small business to help him, his family, and a number of orphans he has been trying to support. The grant went to Robert Chilemba of Nkhotakota. Robert excelled in primary education, and was one of the highest rated
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Eyes Only Slightly Open Mike Ferris, the Treasurer for the Malawi Project, continues his narrative concerning his first visit to a Malawi hospital. “I was moving from place to place in a hospital in the central region of Malawi. Each new area of the hospital held more stunning revelations about medical care in a third
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“Visiting Malawi for the first time I was unsure what to expect,” wrote Mike Ferris, Treasurer and Board Member for the Malawi Project. It was his first trip to Malawi. “Because of my hospital background I had some expectations of what hospitals in Malawi would be like, but I was about to find out they
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“After working in Malawi for 17 years, I have seen many good programs that need a hand up. Nothing has excited me in quite the way ‘Care for the Caregivers’ has peeked my interest and excitement,” says Suzi Stephens, the Director of Medical Services for the Malawi Project. “I have never been more proud of
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Report after report show the success stories of those who have received wheelchairs as a result of the cooperation between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission. However, one must not forget those who are coming to the various sites hoping they too will experience what it means to have mobility again. The more
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