Mulanje, Malawi … As the rains continued to come down in torrents, the houses, one by one started to collapse. As they did those inside, and their possessions, disappeared in the growing rush of water. Christina knew if she and her children remained inside, they could soon be buried in the mud and debris of […]
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He related the story in words that seemed like fire burning deep in his heart. Few can ever imagine how he feels, or what this pain must be like. “In just one night I lost them all,” said Stanly Kenneth. Each word seemed as though it were a death knoll. So many others can say these
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In a country where almost half of the population is out of employment at any given time, what are the chances a school drop-out will find a job?
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Lebanon, Indiana … Lebanon is 9,000 miles from the Central African nation of Malawi, and the lifestyle and living conditions are worlds apart. While the U.S. is one of the richest nations in the world, Malawi is one of the poorest. The children that attend the Montessori School that meets at 1204 Indianapolis Ave have
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Mitole, Chiradzulo District … Action for Progress continues to crisscross the nation assisting those with mobility problems. At its heart there are many life-changing stories. Literally thousands of people have been helped, either directly or indirectly. School dropouts have gone back to school, those failing in business are now able to work with the help
Lebanon, Indiana … Despite being 9,000 miles away from Lebanon, Indiana Jim Messenger a local resident, and member of the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project, revealed several stark realities concerning the plight of the people in the sub-Saharan nation of Malawi. He was addressing the Lebanon, Indiana chapter of Kiwanis International, and revealed several
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Lebanon, Indiana … At first glance it looks like some sort of “ivory tower”. But the definition of an “ivory tower” is, “a place — or an atmosphere — where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world.” This is not a place where people are cut off, but a place where people
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Lebanon, Indiana … The catastrophic destruction from Cyclone Freddie has left in its wake a disastrous loss of life, destruction of business, devastation of villages and grain storage, and collapse of crop production for this entire year. (Grain was only weeks away from harvest). The loss of life has passed 500, with some people buried
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Lilongwe, Malawi … The warning spread across the nation like sheets of rain in a typhoon. The Integrated Food Security survey had warned between October 2022 and March 2023 an estimated 3.8 million, or 20% of the entire nation would face acute shortages of food. There was no place to hide, no place to go,
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Mabvuto Msungata Malembo Village, Malawi … “People who are looking for help with mobility issues are flocking to Action for Progress,” reports Wilson Tembo, Executive Director for AfP. “With the number of needed units running into the thousands it seems personnel from AfP are on the road all of the time ensuring the units get into the right
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