One Thousand and Counting

By Malawi Project | February 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Cholera Crisis Claims 39 Lives Outbreaks are seldom seen in the U. S. or Europe, but an outbreak of cholera is far too common in African, and other third world nations. The very word is often synonymous with "death", and it can spread at a pace that health officials find it impossible to contain. […]

The Need for just a Simple Pencil

By Malawi Project | February 2, 2009 | Comments Off

How Can a Student Write Without a Pencil? Some things in this world defy translation and understanding. To explain an ocean to someone who has never left the interior of a nation is quite hard to explain. Snow and ice are hard to imagine by someone who has always lived in a lower elevation […]

Painful Events Lead to Serving Another – Part III

By Malawi Project | January 24, 2009 | Comments Off

The following is the third in the series "Painful Events Lead to Serving Another". Samantha Ludick from Senga Bay, Malawi narrates: Part I, Part II "The pain Ndhala was in was indescribable. I knew I had to get him a stronger painkiller; some type of antibiotic since I only had diclafanical and that was […]

Supplies Assist in the Efforts to Save a Life – Part II

By Malawi Project | January 19, 2009 | Comments Off

Continued from Part One The following is the second in the series "Painful Events Lead to Serving Another" and is narrated by Samatha Ludick from Senga Bay, Malawi: "I rushed Ndhala back to Salima District Hospital but he was afraid, and made me promise not to leave him alone there. I promised not leave […]