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It is with immense gratitude and admiration that we share this announcement about two people who have devoted over 20years to transforming lives in Malawi and at Malawi Children’s Village. Tom and Ruth Nighswander are recipients of the 2024 Alaska Philanthropy Outstanding Family Award! Their lifelong commitment to...
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Experience life in rural Malawi after devastating floods. Discover stories of resilience, community, faith, and why Malawi remains the Warm Heart of Africa.
Follow one volunteer's journey teaching at Gracious Secondary School in Malawi and discover the resilience, hope, and impact of education.
Learn how the MCV Sewing Project provides vocational training, employment, and hope for families in Malawi through sewing skills and sustainable jobs.
Learn how the MCV Sewing Project in Malawi empowers orphans through vocational training, sustainable employment, and handcrafted products.
It started 50 years ago this year. In 1964 two 22 year old Peace Corp Volunteers, (PCV’s) married for less that 24 hours found themselves in PC training for a TB/Public Health project in Nyasaland. This was not their idea. Although they had wanted to go to Africa,...
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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...
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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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Tom and Ruth share tea with old friends at their Palm Beach home (2008) Two of our Malawian neighbors were already sitting on our Khonde (porch) waiting for us when we arrived at our thatched roof cottage at Palm Beach at noon last Saturday. Over the next 6 hours until...
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You have to love a country when in the midst of a national fuel shortage; the parliament is debating legislation making flatulence a crime. “Since the country embraced multiparty politics 16 years ago, people have felt free to fart anywhere” said Constitutional Affairs Minister George Chaponda. “Public farting has been encouraged by democracy”...
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