“Her excitement said more words than her words could say,”reported Wilson Tembo during a recent distribution of 30 mobility units to physically handicapped people in Mchinji, Malawi. Mchinji in one of 28 Malawi political districts, and located near the Zambian border. Some estimates report there may be as high as 1,000 physically impaired in the […]
MORE THAN HER WORDS CAN SAY Read More »
In this case, numbers are important because they represent people being given hope and help against the de-habilitating results of mobility issues. Numbers represent people who are back in school, back on the job, back to their religious activities, and back in the mainstream of society. Every time you see a number, as in this
TWENTY MORE, BUT WHO IS COUNTING? Read More »
Something To Smile About By Robert Gabrielse, Mobility Ministries God gave us hands, to be His hands on earth and do His work—work to bless and honor Him. He gave us minds and skills to find ways to make our hands more efficient—and we invented tools. He gave us neighbors in every country in the
TOOLS FILLING GOD GIVEN HANDS Read More »
Chitimbe Village, Malawi … It is mid-day and cold in Malawi as we enter a village previously unknown to us. It is cold Chitimbe, and as we enter we pass a number of schoolchildren walking along the dirt road. They wave, and we wave back. Obviously, we are strangers, and they observe us carefully. In
FOR AISHA IT IS BACK TO SCHOOL Read More »
According to Wilson Tembo, Malawi Project’s representative on the ground in Malawi, the problems of lack of mobility resources begin when the children are very young. “It is not unusual,” he reports, “for young people with mobility problems to see the road to an education closed before their eyes. Because of this they grow up
DENTED AMBITIONS BEAR NO FRUIT Read More »
Nthongwe Village, Malawi … In this part of Malawi, remote and removed from the outside world, families live the same lifestyle as their fathers and grandfathers. In the distance, most hidden over the horizon, small villages of thatch and mud structures punctuate the landscape. Nearby ripening stocks of maize surround the villages on all sides.
GLORIA IMAGINES A LARGER WORLD Read More »
For a nation where the average person, (1) walks 10 miles a day, (2) will seldom ride in a motorized vehicle, (3) and has little or no expectation of ever owning a galamoto (car), having a bicycle changes one’s life for the better, makes one the pride of the village, and offers a new array
BICYCLES ARE LIKE CARS Read More »
Home Services Firm Joins Effort How do you train young carpenters when you have no tools? How do you handle needed repairs when there is no hammer? How do you build furniture when you can’t drill a hole? Early this year Brad Huff, President of Mr. Quik Home Services, called his staff together to present
GATHERING TOOLS – CHANGING LIVES Read More »
Amber Finds a Mission I learned about The Malawi Project from Facebook (pill bottle collection) in the fall of 2015. My son was a wolf in Cub Scouts, and the boys needed a service project. The pill bottle collection was something simple they could do and feel like they were making a difference. I did
ONE PERSON’S JOURNEY OF INVOLVEMENT Read More »
For many young people life can seem quite unfair. The poverty of the village, lack of educational opportunities, ill heath, and the loss of immediate family members place many children in a disadvantage that few can ever overcome. For many these problems will never be overcome and they will live out their lives in abject
DORESS GETS A SECOND CHANCE Read More »
