WILL I BE A SCHOOL TEACHER?

By Malawi Project | May 5, 2020 | Comments Off

Mzugulira Village, Salima, Malawi … Jotamu Peter is 15 years old, but already knows what he wants to do when he gets out of school. He wants to be a schoolteacher. When Griven Kasalika met this young man, he was able to encourage him, even though he knew Jotamu was facing an uphill battle because […]

A giant fig tree that witnessed the beginning of the end of the slave trade

FREEDOM FOR IDAH

By Malawi Project | May 1, 2020 | Comments Off

Nkhotakota, Malawi … In the 19th century, a group of lakeside villages was a focal point for the slave trade in central Africa. Today on an inconspicuous side street near St. Anne’s Hospital sits a giant fig tree that witnessed the beginning of the end of the slave trade. It was under this tree that European […]

RATTLE, RATTLE, WHO IS THERE?

By Malawi Project | April 28, 2020 | Comments Off

I looked up from the desk to see a 5-foot-tall baboon sitting on the other side of the room looking at me a bit puzzled. He wasn’t alone, I had failed to close the door to the deck of our chalet overlooking the South Luangwa River, and while I was looking at my computer screen […]

ATTACKED FROM EVERY DIRECTION

By Malawi Project | April 24, 2020 | Comments Off

In the United States, many people pay for their own private health insurance. Those that don’t are often covered by their employer, while others rely on state or federal government programs such as Medicaid or Medicare. For the small number of people left with no health insurance, hospitals still open their doors for a vast […]