Expectant Mothers Need Your Help

By Malawi Project | November 27, 2013 | Comments Off

The average Malawian travels no further than about 20 miles from home during their entire lifetime, and the villagers near Lintipi, in the mountains just south of Dedza, are pretty much average. They travel almost exclusively on foot. In a medical emergency their only hope is to reach the district hospital in Dedza – 20 […]

Beanie Baby Bonanza

By Malawi Project | November 18, 2013 | Comments Off

Sukasuka Village, Malawi … Over the course of the years Vaughn and Peggy had a hobby of collecting beanie babies. The collection grew, and by the time of Vaughn’s death the number had reached into the hundreds. Peggy decided to donate the collection to the children of Malawi. In August her neighbors, Dick and Suzi […]

Valley of the Giants

By Malawi Project | November 11, 2013 | Comments Off

Drifting south along M-5 in Eastern Malawi the view from the galimoto (car) begins a subtle change as the elevation lowers. Leaving Lilongwe the elevation, at 3,440 feet (1,050 meters) above sea level, started dropping after reaching the crest of the Dowa Mountains. West of here, in the mountains near Dedza, the elevation towers skyward […]

Book Distribution Reaches 1,000 Schools

By Malawi Project | November 4, 2013 | Comments Off

Distribution from the shipment of 33,000 books sent by the Western HIlls Church of Christ in Austin, Texas, late last year, has reached into over 1,000 schools in all three regions of Malawi. During a recent visit by Brielle Read, the Austin teen-ager who inspired the program, she had the opportunity to visit a Malawi […]