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Don’t Let Me Starve ~ Teach Me To Fish

Don’t Just Give Me the Fish, for When You Leave I Will Starve to Death. But Teach Me To Fish and When You Leave I Will Continue To Eat. Lebanon, Indiana … A big smile can be seen on the face of Ari Tello, an employee of L. T. Rich Manufacturing Company in Lebanon, Indiana, […]

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Run Over Like A Pitiful Animal

Car Could Not Stop as Mavuto Crossed the Road     Mavuto Chifumbi lives in Makwani Village in the area of Traditional Tribal Authority Chief Mponela in the Dowa District of central Malawi, Africa. He is not sure about his age, but is probably in his early fifties.     Mavuto was born with both legs, and

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Community Library Reaches Window High

A trailer of library books has reached Salima, Malawi from contributors in Canada, through the efforts of Universal Aid and the Malawi Project. At the same time the new community library constructed through funding from the Malawi Project, as well as from other supporters and members of the Malawi Paratroop Battalion based in Senga Bay

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Something is Missing

    A recent visit by a dentist and an eye doctor to the Clinic at the Gate seems to have inspired at least one of the children toward a future profession in the medical field. Both doctors gave basic examinations in their respective fields but one little boy decided the eye care field was the

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Along the Road the Children Played

A Single Exception Caught the Attention of George Banda The road from Lilongwe north to Kasunga is a good tarmac road. In fact it is the main road north through the tiny nation of Malawi, and the only one that is paved the entire length of the nation. Thus it carries most of the heavy

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Say “Ah” Then Open Wide

Some of the Children Were Receiving Eye and Tooth Care for the First Times in their Lives      Samantha Ludwick who operates the Clinic at the Gate Medical Facility at her Cool Runnings Lake Resort recently brought in an eye doctor and a dentist to give some basic eye and dental care for the children

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Christmas is Over, Giving Is Not

    Christmas is over; the last of the gifts opened and the wrapping paper has been hauled away (or tucked away by mom for use another year). But for the Peterson family of Colorado, Indiana and Texas the giving continues. Instead of giving gifts to each other the family, spread out from Indiana to Texas

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I Saw No Hope For My Son

I Would Die and He Would Be Helpless Name:                         James Jonna Age:                             12 years Sex:                             Male School Class             4 Village:                        Kapire * Tribal Authority:         Nsamala, Balaka *     At

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“Bury The Twins With Their Mother”

 “Had I Been there I Would Have…”       “Had I been there, I would have offered to adopt the twins”. That was what went through my mind as I sat and in disbelief listened to an incident that had happened in one of the villages here some years ago. A woman had given birth

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I Am Sure I Am Innocent

“My Name is Innocent” His name is Innocent Banda and in many ways he lives up to what his name implies. First, he has become parentless through no fault of his own. He is “innocent”. And “Innocent” was the name his parents gave him at birth. He does not know why they chose that name

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