Katamba Primary School, Zomba, Malawi … It is estimated world-wide there are 215 million children trapped in child labor, and 115 million in hazardous work including, slavery, armed conflict, drug-trafficking and other illegal activities. The world community recently observed World International Labor Day, and used this time to highlight the plight of child workers, and […]
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Ntcheu, Malawi … Education is believed to be a key to unlocking the future of all human being. Children are advised from early age to take education seriously, and that if they miss the opportunity to be educated, they will be at the tail end of all people economically. It is not surprising, to see
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His Name is Not Isimach His name has been changed to Isimach in order to protect his identify, but he is a real person, and so are the families that are helping him. Although many people and groups make aid contributions to Malawi, in this particular case there are five groups cooperating in order to
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Malawi is divided into three major political regions namely south, center and northern region. Each region is dominated by one or two tribal groups of people. For example, the Yao and Lomwe tribes are mainly found in southern part of the country. The Chewa and Ngoni dominate the central region while the Tumbuka and Tonga
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Thondwe, Malawi … Among the people of South Africa there is a saying, “Tlala e lala tlas’a sesiu”. Translated to English the proverb is, “Famine sleeps under the basket used for grain.” This perceptive saying can be found in the book, Wisdom from Africa by Dianne Stewart. The saying means the food basket may be
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Community Day Secondary Schools Near Zomba, Malawi …In an attempt to improve the education of the children of Malawi in December 1999 the Malawi Ministry of Education Science and Technology announced a “revolutionary” policy to create a new system of schools. Almost overnight it converted scores of Distance Education Centers into Community Day Secondary Schools
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Few people in the world have a greater respect for books than do the children of Malawi. Books are learning, learning is education, and education is their only escape from the poverty that grips sub-Saharan Africa. With books they can learn to care for themselves and grow to be independent, self-functioning, successful and productive citizens.
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On the Outskirts of Zomba, Malawi … Emails of concern flowed in after the story of young Fredson’s unsuccessful appeal for a wheelchair in late 2011. He had crawled to the warehouse at Thondwe but found it empty of chairs. In the subsequent story Wilson Tembo expressed deep concern with having to turn down his
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Update!: Textbooks are delivered! Zomba, Malawi … Excitement was everywhere, and a jovial environment engulfed this small community west of Zomba. Songs rang out among the students of the Nankhunda Primary School, and elation revealed the mood where even an old newspaper causes one to want to sit down and read. These students, like most
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Reaching Inside the Prison System The Bible gives us the follow instructions about those who are in prison, “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3) “to open eyes that are blind, to free captives
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