FIRST BOOKS TO LIBRARY

By Malawi Project | August 22, 2017 | Comments Off

Mzuzu, Malawi … In early June the Malawi Project website carried a story entitled “3000 Students Face the Consequences.” The story related how, in December 2015, the Library at the University of Malawi in the northern city of Mzuzu burned to the ground, destroying not only the building, but also suffering the loss of […]

TRAVEL – MZUZU TO THE TANZANIA BORDER

By Malawi Project | August 15, 2017 | Comments Off

Leaving Mzuzu and Traveling North Pulling out of Mzuzu, the capital city of northern Malawi, at 3 PM on the M1, our driver quickly drops the visor to shield his eyes from the afternoon sun. It is the African sun, and it appears to grow larger as it inches closer and closer toward the […]

LIBRARY MAKES MAJOR CONTRIBUTION

By Malawi Project | August 8, 2017 | Comments Off

Parachute Community Day Secondary School, Salima, Malawi … Fatwell Phiri is a young man living in the lake shore distric of Salima in eastern Malawi. In recent years he has taken advantage of the community library constructed with support from several government and non-governmental organizations, including the Malawi Project. The library serves the Senga Bay […]

I WILL RESTART MY BUSINESS

By Malawi Project | August 4, 2017 | Comments Off

Malita Chaya Chikwawa District, Malawi … Born in 1972 forty-five-year-old Malita Chaya has entertained the idea of having her own business for a long time. However, reality dictated another course, one that offered little in the way of advancement, no type of wage increase, no retirement program, nor any health insurance, and no possibility of […]