Orphans and Elderly Go to Bed Hungry The level of hunger is swelling each day. Food reserves have run dry. The chance to get additional support has grown lean. People in villages especially, children and women are being critically affected. They are going to bed at night with no food. Dorothy Mpakula 56 years …
Mzuzu, Malawi … Success is sometimes measured in inches, not miles, days, not years. Such realities can often be disheartening when development workers seek to promote improvements. One can easily understand why aid groups sometimes just give out commodities rather than devote time to coordinating with local groups. Development work inherently involves struggling against failures, …
Thondwe, Malawi … “The warehouse is empty. The price of food has reached the highest levels ever in the history of the country,” reports Wilson Tembo from Malawi. “Despite having crops that appear to be good later this year, people in the meantime are starving. Little Agness Nyirongo, 5 years old is an example.” …
Mbawa Village, Malawi … They patiently waited, sitting under the shade of nearby trees. Children, elderly and the physically challenged all waiting with hope. These are hunger stricken families from Sinjani, Kaphatenga and Mbawa villages in the lakeshore district of Central Eastern Malawi. They are orphans, widows, elderly and physically challenged. Some were brought in …
Lilongwe, Malawi … In a recent report about the food situation in Southern Africa, and especially Malawi, the headline read, “Southern Africa’s Dire Food Situation Grows Worse.” According to the U.N.’s El Nino Coordinator for Southern Africa, “…this is where people are really the most stressed in coping with the lack of food and …
Lilongwe, Malawi … Prepared especially for the current catastrophic famine conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, a 24-page booklet is currently available in Malawi. The 6 x 9 booklet describes some of the causes and various ways villages can prepare for worsening conditions that are coming over the next few months. Causes such as the absense …
Lilongwe, Malawi … It is winter in Malawi. Not winter like North Dakota, Siberia, or McMurdo Station, Antarctica, but winter just the same. The southern hemisphere is opposite the U.S. and Europe and winter comes to that part of the world as summer envelopes the northern regions of the planet. This also means crop harvest …
They sat quietly waiting, as the silence seemed to settle over the entire gathering. One could imagine hearing a pin drop. A large part of the gathering was composed of widows from nearby villages; most had been selected because they had no food, and little hope of finding any. A few minutes earlier Wilson Tembo …
Thondwe, Malawi … In this political season in the U.S. the candidates often create concern with the question, “Who would you rather have answering the phone in the White House at 3 AM?” We aren’t trying to get involved in answering that question! Who knows the answer until that time comes. BUT, what …
Lilongwe, Malawi … Drip Irrigation systems are part of the Malawi Project’s ongoing effort to offset the effects of the current famine by helping the farming community get on its feet from the disasterous famine now affecting Malawi. These systems are one part of a three-pronged effort to help the Malawian’s get on their feet, …
