No success better than this

March 27th, 2011

No success better than this.   #4
A Friend of the Hoe
Dyson Mulongo, age 23 is a successful graduate of the Malawi Children’s Village (MCV).  Out here one stops being an orphan at age 18.  His father, a subsistence farmer hoeing the fields with his mother every day in the rainy season, died when he was 8 [...]

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When plans go awry.

March 8th, 2011

You can never anticipate how many ways your plans can be thwarted.  Today it is deaths in the village and student riots in Blantyre, yesterday it was petrol.
Yesterday when I awoke and told my lovely wife I loved her, her affectionate reply was “I want petrol”. So while I met with the District Medical Officer in the morning, [...]

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MCV Sewing Project Annual Report 2010

March 4th, 2011

Nettie’s 2010 Report on the MCV Sewing program is here.  Click on the image above to read about Nettie’s visit and the challenges and successes of trying to turn a profit in Malawi.  You can also read past reports here.

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