Far More Than Expected This is the Junior Girl Scout Troop 31816 from Medford, Oregon. For our Bronze award we had to do 20 hours of community service. We were over achievers and did 2 projects; one was making soft chew toys for the Humane Society and the other was collecting medicine bottles for Malawi. […]
Read MoreThe Namikango Mission staff carefully removes them from the trailer, one after another, box after box, the full length of a 40-foot lorry (semi). Each box is very similar to the last and contains hope for another person, as well as for family and friends, who has faced near hopeless conditions, some since birth. The […]
Read MoreAt the end of growing season in Malawi one can see ripening maize as far as the eye can see. This land of farmers survives from small family farm plots situated around the villages. Each family cares for a plot of maize, and smaller amounts of vegetables, potatoes, and cassava. Near the lake the diet […]
Read MoreChikondi Ngwira, a 23-year-old studying Mental Health at Zomba College of Health Sciences, has never owned a computer. Although her studies call for extensive research, typing, printing, and information available on the Internet, she must get in line to use the computers in the college library. “Sometimes I submit assignments late,” she admits. There are […]
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