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My New Malawian Friends – By Erin Joyce

We are created the same, yet somehow by a unique set of circumstances, we survive differently. I met a culture of people born into poverty with unimaginable...
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Mkumbira Village Borehole – By Kathleen Grant, RN

I first learned of Villages in Partnership in October of 2019. I had the honor of giving Mr. Mwalabu and his team of VIP Malawian Staff a...
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Conservation Agriculture Field Day – By David Specca

On Wednesday, March 4th, I traveled with Wellings Mwalabu to the village of Disi to attend the Conservation Agriculture Field Day that was organized by VIP, for...
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Goat Drive for Malawi – By Grace Nemec

On a beautiful August afternoon during my Friendship Trip in Malawi, I traveled to a village for a goat deworming and goat pass-on ceremony. After this life-changing...
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Saving in the Villages – By Liz Heinzel-Nelson

"Food secure" is a term we don't hear in America. It means that a family has enough food to last until the next harvest; they're not concerned...
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