It does little good to suggest a person should fish rather than being handed the fish if there are no resources for a fishing pole, line and sinker, bait, and a lake or pond with fish. In many cases, the intense poverty of Malawi makes it impossible to subscribe to more modern methods when they […]
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Demotte, Indiana … They are not numbers, objects, or targets. Nor are they figures, records, or numerals. What they are, is expectation, anticipation, and freedom. They are promise, prospect, and possibility. They are dreams, wishes, and goals. They are the future, the end of the long, long road, and they are overwhelming the present with
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Kanthonga Village, Malawi … It is nearly time for the rains to begin. Heavy rains. Torrential rains. Rains that spread a muddy surface across the landscape, and all over anyone unable to stay distant from the water-drenched surface. For Joseph, it has always been a bad time. While the dust of the dry season had
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“They might be brothers, or perhaps father and son, or maybe just neighbors in a nearby village. Regardless of their relationship, the view of a person carrying another reminded me of the song, “He ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” “As I watched them approach the row of mobility units, I knew the struggles in his past
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Mchinji District, Malawi … When one loses their home, business, possessions, and livelihood to a natural catastrophe such as Cyclone Freddy, people often do not notice, or in the pain of loss overlook, what has happened to those with mobility issues. For many, this is what happened in March of this year when the longest-running
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The school year had just started. Children running, laughing, playing, sharing, learning. But along with the beginning of school had come the rains, the deluge that sweeps over Malawi every year. Heavy rains, constant rain, rain coming down in torrents for hours. It is an unbearable time of year for those who must crawl on
The teams from Action for Progress (AfP) and the Malawi Project (MP) traveled to the northwest part of Lilongwe District to distribute baby packs to many expectant mothers. The hospital director for the Kabudula Community Hospital met the team near the entrance and took them directly to his office. The office was well-kept and nicely outfitted, and it was evident
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Salima, Malawi … This center for trade and commerce near the edge of Lake Malawi was once a notorious center for the trade of human beings. Thousands were captured in the interior, brought to Lake Malawi, moved across present day Mozambique, sent to Zanzibar, then to the Arabian states and India where they were never
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Lebanon, Indiana … With an influx of critically needed supplies for the people of Malawi the work at the Lebanon, Indiana warehouse has accelerated to an all-time high. School Supplies The end of the school year signaled an inflow of new and used textbooks and school supplies. These arrived from schools in Zionsville, Lebanon, and
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The bottom dropped out of the sky, and rain came down in torrents. For hours it poured. There were few places to which one could find relief as the water surged through valleys and into villages. Streets in Malawi’s commercial center were impassable, and the only grace was in climbing up nearby hillsides. Roads began
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