Stories of Hope and Empowerment from Malawi
The Greatest Gift of All
Isha is a brilliant young girl at a local school in Nkhotakota. But she struggled juggling school work and household responsibilities. She was required to help her single mother at home make ends meet. Eventually, she decided to drop out of school. The money used to...
Gardens of Knowledge
Mpamantha Children’s Club gathers children together to teach them many different subjects and skills, one of which is gardening. There is a little boy named Samuel who is part of that club. He has an amazing story that comes from the lessons he learned at this club....
Her Heart Wasn’t In It
Mpamantha Last Church is a church located in Nkhotakota that wanted to start a Sunday school program for the children that attend, but needed somebody who would teach the word of God. They consulted a woman named Mainess to fill this position. Mainess is a member of...
Believe You Can Achieve
The Mtaya Youth Club is determined to help their members to a better life. To raise money the club dug an entire fishpond using just 2 hand shovels. To fill the pond with water, they used a foot powered pump to bring water from a local stream. Imagine a stair stepping...
Man in the Mirror
Who do you see when you look into the mirror each morning? Is your reflection the same person that others will meet during your day? In April, thanks to the Presbytery of Western North Carolina, Y-Malawi staff were able to coordinate and participate in Man in the...
Why Women and Girls?
We know what you are thinking, "Another sponsorship program, blah, blah, blah." We get it. Sponsorships have been around for a long time. Give us just a few seconds to explain. Women and girls have a tough life in Malawi. Consider a few statistics: Half of the...
The Church At The Center
When Jesus had finished His work in this world, He left us with these orders, "...go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you" (Matthew...
Generation to Generation
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire," William Butler Yeats said that. How then can one generation help educate another? What can Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1980), Millennials (1981-1996), and Generation Z (1997-2010)...
Off a ducks back!
"It's like pouring water on the back of a duck," that's what Grandma used to say. What she meant was nothing will stick. Teaching the next generation Biblical principles can be like that sometimes. But every good teacher knows a secret. Get the students attention...
2023 Good for a Change
People often say, "I hate change." Thing is, they really don't mean that. There are lots of changes we like. Maybe you are old enough to remember when you had to crank open the windows in your car. Before computers, if your family lived far away you could only...
What are we teaching these kids?
With raised voice and eyebrows, the man at the podium asked, "Just what are we teaching these kids?" The audience reacted with applause. There may have even been an "Amen" or two raised. The Board Members lowered their heads and covered their microphones. It was...
Give Them Just One More Spring
Malawi has 5 seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall and Hunger. In the west, it is hard for us to comprehend that there is a genuine season for hunger. In Malawi, the hunger season is given fact of life. 80% of the people in Malawi are unemployed. They live in small...