Indianapolis, Indiana … The collection of empty pill containers for Malawi ended some time ago in the U.S. and other nations after the Indianapolis based not-for-profit received over 3 million prescription containers. After a large portion of them reached Malawi distribuiton is moving ahead at a rapid pace. Thousands of pill containers have been […]
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Thondwe, Malawi … “The warehouse is empty. The price of food has reached the highest levels ever in the history of the country,” reports Wilson Tembo from Malawi. “Despite having crops that appear to be good later this year, people in the meantime are starving. Little Agness Nyirongo, 5 years old is an example.”
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Juma Village, Malawi … Chimwemwe Chelewani, 22, comes from Juma Village in Traditional Authority Mchema in Chiladzulu District. Physically challenged from birth, Chimwemwe dropped out of school after no one in his family could any longer help him make the trip to school. He dropped out in Standard 1, and his situation was hopeless because
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In the Dust, Across Stones and Through Mud Matowe Village, Chiladzulu Malawi, Central Africa… Twenty-two-year old Ibrahima Imran calls Matowe Village home. Ibrahima is physically challenged and has never traveled more than two-kilometers from his home, except when going to school or a nearby medical facility. His only means of mobility has been crawling in
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Mbawa Village, Malawi … They patiently waited, sitting under the shade of nearby trees. Children, elderly and the physically challenged all waiting with hope. These are hunger stricken families from Sinjani, Kaphatenga and Mbawa villages in the lakeshore district of Central Eastern Malawi. They are orphans, widows, elderly and physically challenged. Some were brought in
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Lilongwe, Malawi … In a recent report about the food situation in Southern Africa, and especially Malawi, the headline read, “Southern Africa’s Dire Food Situation Grows Worse.” According to the U.N.’s El Nino Coordinator for Southern Africa, “…this is where people are really the most stressed in coping with the lack of food and
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Three times in recent months the Malawi Project reported on a young man by the name of Nelson. Nelson was in the Kamuzu Central Hospital after being seriously burned when he touched electric lines and electricuted. To those who came in contact with him Nelson personified the spirit of optimism. In spite
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Lilongwe, Malawi … Prepared especially for the current catastrophic famine conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, a 24-page booklet is currently available in Malawi. The 6 x 9 booklet describes some of the causes and various ways villages can prepare for worsening conditions that are coming over the next few months. Causes such as the absense
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The box arrived and like so many others was opened in order to prepare its contents for the trip to Malawi. This one had a return address that was familiar. It was a box from Olivia, a young girl from the western part of the U.S. who had captured our hearts earlier in the year
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Lilongwe, Malawi … It is winter in Malawi. Not winter like North Dakota, Siberia, or McMurdo Station, Antarctica, but winter just the same. The southern hemisphere is opposite the U.S. and Europe and winter comes to that part of the world as summer envelopes the northern regions of the planet. This also means crop harvest
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