Famine in Malawi Malawi, Africa … Tadala is a young boy in a remote area of Malawi. Like many children he is being raised in a village. Life is very similar for all village children. Young Tadala gets up before daylight and almost immediately does his household chores. Before most children are out of bed […]
CHILDREN WITHOUT FOOD Read More »
Fact – The World Bank reports that between 1990 and 2000 alone, more than a fifth of Malawi’s forests vanished. Fact – Lake Malawi is home to some of the greatest fish diversity of any lake on earth, but deforestation is resulting in soil erosion and siltation of parts of the lake. Fact – By
One by One the Trees are Falling Read More »
Ntcheu, Malawi … “The price of maize has more than doubled in recent months, and families are lucky to eat even once a day. Children are greatly affected! There is growing fear of high malnutrition among children of less than 5, as well as with women. Children are boiling and eating small green mango fruit
Food Shipment Offers Relief Read More »
Ntaja, Malawi … Wilson Tembo has been directing the distribution of medical supplies for the Malawi Project for a number of years. He travels to hospitals all over the country to access supply needs and assist in filling them. It would seem because of his frequent visits he would be accustomed to the shortages, the
Ambulance Can Come Too Late Read More »
To live in the 8th poorest nation on earth is to try to survive while sitting next to malnutrition, starvation, disease and death. Statistics indicate that half the population of this South-Central African nation is below the poverty line, but if this truth be told life in remote villages is poverty on a perpetual scale
Death is too Close to Life Read More »
Malita Chaya is a widow trying to raise three children alone. They live in southern Malawi in the tiny village of Maluwa, under the leadership of Chief Ngabu in the Chikwawa district. They are the 4th generation of their family from this area, she is physically challenged, and this family lives in the 8th poorest
A Widow Suffers Alone Read More »
The 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
Wheelchairs are a Win-Win Read More »
Chikondi 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
Laptop Opens the World Read More »
A VISIT TO THE MORGUE On a recent trip to Malawi a member of the Board of Directors for the Malawi Project, Mike Ferris toured a rural hospital in southern Malawi. Before leaving the hospital staff insisted he see their morgue of which they were quite proud. Reluctantly he followed them outside the hospital. After
“How can one fulfill a dream when they cannot even walk out of their house? And how can a young boy imagine success when his mother has to carry him everywhere on her back?” These were the questions facing Chimwemwe Allan, who at the age of 11, dreamed of getting an education and becoming a
Wheelchair Can Help Fulfill Dream Read More »
