Dowa, March 4, 2016: The World Food Program (WFP) which, in partnership with a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), is distributing food and cash transfers to people registered under the Malawi Vulnerability and Assessment Committee (MVAC) in Dowa district has admitted facing challenges particularly in the first months of implementing the exercise.
WFP’s Monitoring and Evaluation officer, Ronald […]
From a distance you hear the Chichewa words echoing through the village, “Utumiki wa Azimai” (Stand up women – let us grow)! Then a lot of laughter as dance and song breaks loose for the next 30 minutes. Every Thursday is a very special event. It is a time where pots and water cans are put down […]
I remember going to church with my mom and the glare of all the ladies with their huge and beautiful hats. I remember making comments all the time as the hats always amused me. I only really started speaking at the age of 2 my mom says. Since then my jawbone worked overtime. I also […]
Pastor Binda delivering our bicycles to 2 of the women monitors in Malawi.The call of 1010 women has a way to reach your ears. Villa Nova is a small village on the border between Mozambique and Malawi. People are very poor and the lack of just about everything hits you in the stomach. But their call, […]
So by this time you know that we are out in the bush in Central Mozambique – with very little help or stores available. So what do you do when the Women Literacy Center needs a counter in the Women’s Center to sell their hand made products? Specially if you have never seen one! Well […]
The Women Literacy center is showing great signs of finishing after much sweat and perseverance. The final touches are being added and shelves are currently build into the center. But it always takes a team effort to finish a project like this. The Mozambican team needs to be mentioned over and over again … as […]
It’s August! “So what”, you may ask. Well I dared to question the purpose of the month August when my wife, Alta, gave me that glare that says: “I think as part of the he-man specie ….. you should be very quiet now… and I mean NOW!” It is times like these that you then […]
NOTE TO MYSELF:It’s been an amazing last 4 weeks with the most awesome 55 people who changed a lot around us through their love and visit. That meant …. I was electronically challenged and the closest I got to any laptop was about 100 meters. Thank you to all who has been so patient […]