Help Times Two Dedza, Malawi … Dosidedi Filiberito is the younger brother of Donesiya Filiberito of Nkutu Village, Traditional Authority Kamenya Gwaza in Dedza District. Dosidedi is about 30 years old while the sister, Donesiya is about 35 years old. Both were victims of polio within two years of birth, and have never walked during […]
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Mosquito Confines Her to Silence and Wheelchair Unknown Village, Southern Malawi … The African sun was beating down at nearly 100 degrees. Sweat beads slowly roll from my hat to my eyebrow where I periodically wipe them away. We turn south from the tarmac road and almost immediately it turns into a curving, pot-filled,
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Wheelchairs Seemed to Arrive Early Kasungu, Malawi … From all appearances the wheelchairs were up early and reached the site of the ceremony well ahead of the crowd. Of course, one has to realize that many in the crowd were slow getting around since nearly all of them live with severe handicaps that make rapid
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Who Can Carry and 18 Year Old? Dedza District, Malawi … The question poses all kinds of thought and response: “I might for a few feet.” “I might if she were not too heavy.” “I might if the ground were level.” The problem comes when one realizes these conditions cannot be
Cheats Death Going Outside After 22 Years Ntcheu, Malawi … It made national news in one of the leading newspapers in the tiny African nation of Malawi. The front-page headline seemed to scream for attention, “Death Cheat – Bed Ridden for 22 years.” Farther inside a nearly full page leads off with the headline,
Wheelchair Arrives for Bicycle Repairman Mukuti Village, Malawi… Ndiche Kosa is from the village of Mukuti 1 in Senga Bay, Malawi. He is a bicycle repairman, and he has been paralyzed from the waist down for as long as he can remember. One can hardly imagine the feeling each time he repairs a bicycle
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KODO Handicapped Assemble Wheelchairs Salima, Malawi… Just east of the central portion of the Salima Trading Center in Malawi, Africa stands Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach, or KODO. It is a humanitarian organization that has been formed with the purpose and focus of helping those with physical disabilities. George Banda, a victim of a physical
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Ishmael Tchale Can Dream Great Dreams Mwale Village, Malawi… The new school year is beginning, and children in western nations often start it with moans and complaints. For them summer is over, and it is time to get up at the break of dawn, gather up their homework, and head out the front door toward
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Who Remembers Edson? Edson is Going to School Most readers will not remember Edson. He was simply one small boy in over 1,000 people who received a wheelchair from the Malawi Project during the past four years. In fact, he was the first person who received a wheelchair through Samantha Ludick and the Clinic
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Everything Fine For Two Years "At first I was born nicely," says Grace Gondwe as she sits facing the computer screen. It is mid-afternoon and Grace is hard at work as the assistant accountant for the school where she works in Mzuzu, Malawi. Her features are frail, and her voice is soft and gentle.
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