Clouds keep on gathering, the soil is continuously being soaked and shops selling farming materials are at the maximum of their business – farming at its best! Farming is an activity no Malawian can shun away because agriculture is the back bone of our economy. No families need to be reminded that the best thing they can give to their family and dependants are food. When you meet people on the streets at this time of year they always talk of rains, farming and food! It is...
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Is it really Christmas time again?! It seems to have come so quickly this year. This has been a big year for Join My Village with the arrival of a new donor (Merck), the expansion of our program to more villages, schools and young women and the introduction of new activities, such as the sports for leadership.  December is a special month not only because it is the end of the year but rather a memorable month to most Christians across the world. Let me take...
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School days come, school days go. Holidays are back and it is time for parents to be reunited with their lovely daughters and sons, who have been away at boarding school. Holidays are meant for everybody to rest and have fun with friends and relatives. However, it is summer in Malawi and rains have just started so some students hate this holiday as they are being kept busy by parents who need them to help with farming activities. “I enjoy most of my holidays because...
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During this month of December, money is not easy to find here in Kasungu. Most people would rather invest the little they have in farming rather than spending it on frivolous gifts for Christmas with many families in Kasungu earning less than $2 a day you can see they do not have much to spare.     This is not the case with our Village Saving and Loan Association groups as they have joined forces to increase their personal savings. Mrs. Tryness Phiri, a 63 year...
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Here in the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November.  It is a time for friends and family to gather and to celebrate what has made us thankful over the last year.  For all of us at Join My Village in Malawi and the US, this includes you, our wonderful supporters.  Thanks to you, girls like Alice and Rhoda have a stronger future ahead of them.  Thanks to you, new businesses are being formed in villages all around Kasungu.  Thanks to...
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