Two Giants Have Fallen

By Malawi Project | November 21, 2007 | Comments Off

State of the Nation – Two Giants have been Struck Down 1st tree pictured on right – This giant Baobab tree fell across the main highway M-14 from Salima to Lilongwe during the rainy season of 2007. It was located 2 kilometers west of the Nkotakota – Salima intersection, and situated on the south […]

Their Only Gift

By Malawi Project | November 18, 2007 | Comments Off

A recent distribution of quilts and blankets, made in America, brought smiles, warm feelings and expressions of appreciation from a number of new mothers at the Lumbadzi Health Care Center north of the capital city of Lilongwe. The blankets were gifts from individuals and organizations in America that consistently make and send the quilts to […]

The Cemetery that Kills People

By Malawi Project | November 14, 2007 | Comments Off

Highway M-1 from Blantyre to Lilongwe is long, straight and by African standards a good, well-marked tarmac road. Only south of the mountainous area near Dedza does the road climb into the mountains and present the traveler with some sharp, snake like curves and turns as it crosses the mountain range south and west of […]

Rice Beats “The Time of Famine”

By Malawi Project | November 11, 2007 | Comments Off

Last year’s harvest is nearing an end and the new crops are still months away. It will soon be “the time of famine” and it arrives somewhere in Malawi almost every year between January and April before the new harvest can be gathered from the fields. Aid is Shifted When Tsunami Strikes Southeast Asia […]