Thondwe, Malawi … One hundred and twenty kilometers north of Zomba is located the Msipe Heath Center, and it is to this location that supplies from the Malawi Project have been delivered by the Namikango Mission staff. Wilson Tembo, the Manager of the Malawi Project’s southern warehouse recently traveled to Msipe to look in on […]
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Namikango Mission, Thondwe, Malawi … As the nationwide fuel crisis continues month after month, and shortages grow more critical day after day, the shortage of medical supplies is becoming more acute. An already supply starved nation, finds it with even fewer medical provisions. The ability to get them to places where they are needed is
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Blantyre, Malawi … The plane touched down on the short 7,628 foot (2,325 meter) runway at the Chileka International Airport, located nine miles northwest of the commercial city of Blantyre in southern Malawi. Its contents include $1 million (180,000,000.00 Malawi Kwacha) in medicine that is badly needed by one of the poorest, least developed nations
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Lilongwe, Malawi … “It is impossible to imagine unless you have seen the conditions in hospitals in this, one of the poorest nations on earth. Yet, once you have been here, you can believe almost anything,” says Suzi Stephens RN, Director of Medical Services for the Malawi Project. “A recent newspaper report from the capital
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The Land of Both Poverty and Peace Malawi — It is often referred to as the “Warm Heart of Africa”. It is the home of a number of tribal groups. Generally they are scattered throughout the country by regions. The North, Central and Southern regions are distinctively divided by these political and historical backgrounds. Generally
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Little Chisomo Rodrick Is Recipient Sitima village, Zomba, Malawi… In our last story we told you about the Msamba Community Based Organization, and the way it is helping the people in the community. Today, you will meet one of the children being helped. Her name Chisomo, and she is 4 years old. Accompanied by her
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Local Group Extends Aid to 6,000 Sitima Village, Zomba, Malawi… Msamba Community Based Organization provides physical and moral support to the local community with a major focus on the orphans, elderly and HIV/AIDS support group members. Their outreach extends to at least sixteen villages with a population of over six thousand people. Situated eight kilometers
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Thondwe, Malawi … During the past five years a joint working relationship between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California has resulted in the successful shipment and distribution of 2,200 wheelchairs to Malawi. Wheelchairs have been distributed into all three regions of the nation, and have reached villages, hospitals, prisons, churches,
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Reaching the Balaka District Hospital It was another of those interesting life experiences visiting two referral hospitals who have received medical aid from the Namikango Mission, through the Malawi Project. It was still morning when I reached Balaka District Hospital about 100 kilometers north of Namikango Mission in Thondwe. The temperature was very humid the
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Assisting little Lucy Maluwa Thondwe, Malawi … In the Southern district of Phalombe, Malawi, Lucy Maluwa starts each day with a prayer with her new guardian at a small orphanage that accommodates over 15 orphaned Children. Located 116 kilometers east of the Namikango Mission, the Far and Wide Children’s Home exists to provide a conducive
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