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Empty Medicine Bottle Request Brings Unimaginable Response

Indianapolis, IN … “It was a short post on the Malawi Project Facebook site,” observes a member of the Board of Directors. “Just a simple request for readers to send empty prescription bottles, and the Project would send them to hospitals in Malawi, Africa where they are in very short supply. We expected to receive

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Medicine Bottles For Malawi

NOTE: THE PILL CONTAINER PROGRAM HAS ENDED. The Malawi Project can no longer receive, process, and ship empty pill containers to Malawi. This program ended on December 31, 2015. Please send all future collections to alternative sources. Landfills Do Not Need Medicine Bottles! Anyone on prescription medicines finds themselves a bit uncomfortable when throwing away

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Dedication to Serving Others

Drugs and Supplies in Acute Shortage At 11:18 am on Thursday morning, a senior Nurse from a District Hospital in the Southeastern Malawi called my cell. Her voice reflected desperation. “Can we get medical supplies, catheters or whatever is available? I am standing outside your warehouse.” She continued talking without giving room for a response.

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I Could Not Visit Anyone

At 48-years of age Malita Mthita has not only been unable to visit friends, she has not been able to travel 500 meters to a church assembly, or journey five kilometers to the nearest healthcare facility for much needed attention. She has been unable to leave her immediate village, and could not even enjoy a

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Roderick Gives and Gets and Gives

“I saw an old walker. Everyone in the ward used it when going to the toilet at the far end of the ward, and time after time a number of us would scramble for it. An old partial broken toilet chair also served us for this period”. Rodrick recalls. Rodrick Maluwa is a member of

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Fredson’s Success and Challenges

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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Mobility for Ministry

Thondwe, Malawi … Life is difficult in the nation that registers 171 on the poverty line of 187 nations. Cars are a commodity most will never afford, and even a bicycle is something only a few can purchase. Most walk everywhere they go. For some, and especially those who work in fields of ministry to

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Multiple Supply Support for Malawi

With the support of aid agencies in Canada, California, and Germany, the Malawi Project has been able to successfully ship 10 full trailer loads of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, wheelchairs, 14,000 new pairs of shoes, and educational materials to Malawi in the first months of 2012. It has proven to be one of the most successful

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Walking Disabled Become Self-Reliant

Salima, Malawi … Along the road to the lake, just east of Salima, and a small group of buildings has been constructed. A number of people with physical disabilities are tilling the land, and the resulting crops assist to make them self-reliant. The program is part of the effort by George Banda, and Kuthandiza Osayenda

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