Rain Damage in Blantyre

Rain Damage in Blantyre

Malawi has a very large rural population so it is understandable that most of the relief efforts will focus there. Here in Blantyre, a city of just under a million people, there are still many problems and challenges. I...

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Flooding Crisis in Malawi Update

Flooding Crisis in Malawi Update

By the numbers today: UPDATE ON #MalawiFloods2019 as of Tuesday, 12th March: 56 deaths & 577 injuries have been recorded. 3 people are missing. 184,589 households (approximately 922,945 people) have been affected & 16,545 households (approximately 82, 725 people) have...

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Flooding Crisis in Malawi Continues

Flooding Crisis in Malawi Continues

The coming days hold some threat. I can’t find the weather bulletin at the moment but essentially there is another storm coming across Mozambique and it will hit the southern region again. The rains aren’t supposed to last as...

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Flooding Crisis in Malawi

Flooding Crisis in Malawi

March 2019 There's an image that has been making the rounds on social media. It is a bridge that we have crossed a number of times. It is the main way in and out of the southern regions of Malawi....

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Never Too Old For Africa

Never Too Old For Africa

The picture above is Gibson. He is one of the stalwart volunteers at Ndirande Handicapped Center. Every Tuesday he bikes and walks around Blantyre, organizing and cajoling and just generally being useful to the community that the center serves....

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Greetings once again from Nanjing, China

Greetings once again from Nanjing, China

Pictured in our banner are the 2014 participants, Janice and Mark Harper, Shirley Carter and Linda Ashfield, all from Knox Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Ontario. The Amity Foundation provides a full and varied program to prepare us before we head out...

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