Dedza, Malawi … Funding made available through a major contributor has resulted in the construction of a new maize mill for the people in the Lintipi area of Malawi. The mill is located north of the Dedza Trading Center, and west of Highway M-1, in a remote mountainous area of Malawi. It is part of …
Most citizens of Malawi receive little more than three years of formal education. Students can only hope to remember the content; the only person with a textbook is a teacher, and classes can have anywhere from 75 to 200 students per teacher. But, it doesn’t have to be that way; Recently, Brielle, a teenager working …
Salima, Malawi … Along the road to the lake, just east of Salima, a small group of buildings are being completed. A number of people with physical disabilities are tilling the land, and the resulting crops are assisting to make them self-reliant. The program is part of the effort by George Banda, and Kuthandiza Osayenda …
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Age is No Restraint from Serving Pensacola, Florida … On a warm, sunny, fall afternoon she sat in her living room, clutching a hand-made wire galimoto, and described how this gift had been given to her, by Malawi children, because of what she learned, and did, after reading about a wheelchair organization helping third world …
Mkutu Village, Malawi … The crowd was growing, and it was evident it was an important event for the area because of the number of government, local, and tribal dignitaries who were arriving for the program. It was the ground breaking for the new hospital to be constructed north of Dedza near Mkutu Village. The …
Southaven, Mississippi … “Be alert to opportunities to help Malawi,” has become a motto for church elder Jerry Winstead, of the Goodman Oaks Church of Christ in Southaven, Mississippi. He shares the vision of fellow elder, Smith Howell who, for many years before his death, focused intense interest, and energy on helping the people of …
Three students of the Para Community Secondary School, in Senga Bay, Malawi watch Barry, a volunteer, helping put the finishing touches on the new library. One of the tasks is to build a reception counter. “Mr. Barry when & where did you study carpentry,” asks one of the three students. Barry simply answers by saying, …
Lilongwe, Malawi … “It is impossible to imagine unless you have seen the conditions in hospitals in this, one of the poorest nations on earth. Yet, once you have been here, you can believe almost anything,” says Suzi Stephens RN, Director of Medical Services for the Malawi Project. “A recent newspaper report from the capital …
“Where is Malawi?” It was a question we were hearing everywhere we went. No one knew where Malawi was located. Some thought it must be in the Hawaiian Islands, others said someplace near Nigeria … maybe. But most just looked at us with a blank stare and waited for us to explain where this unpretentious …
Ann Arbor, Michigan … The exciting story aired on NBC News nationwide in early 2011, and its mission touched those who saw it. It was the story of a Michigan Christian who had traveled to Malawi and observed the little girls who had no dresses. Rachel O’Neil determined to come back to the U.S. and …
