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Malawi is a country in East Africa that borders Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique. Malawi is one of the four poorest countries in Africa, with approximately 60 percent of the people living below the poverty line and approximately 14 percent of them being ultra poor and going hungry every day. For example; unemployment is high, there is hardly any paid work in that area, you have to do your very best to grow something or sell some products from the land. The country itself has no raw materials, many people are seriously ill with malaria, AIDS or have an aggressive virus that occurs in the water of the lake. Malawi experiences major climate peaks, they struggle with heavy rainy seasons and then extremely dry periods, which often causes the harvest to fail.
Where is Malawi located
Malawi and Lake Malawi
Top view Mbamba Village Kande right on the lake
To get an idea of Kande's infrastructure
It is a very dry country but during my visit in April 2025, during the rainy season even the provincial roads simply disappeared and I had to continue with a motorbike, towards the airport. In both 2023 and 2024 they also had to deal with cyclones. Which had a negative effect on agriculture and therefore for two years they could hardly harvest.
this is also Malawi friendly and happy people
The village Mbamba Village Kande:
The village contains about 1000 families and they live mainly from their own food that they grow themselves on small pieces of land or make charcoal from wood and try to sell it along the side of the road. Most people are weakened by the one-sided food. They have verry little money for maintenance of their houses, they have often no furniture, with the poorest the just sleep on the sand under a jute bag or old blanket. No one really has a bank account, they have no or almost no money! And yet to indicate how social the people are, they share a lot in their own community. In fact, the village elders and medicine man/doctor also make an inventory of people in the small surrounding villages with the greatest need and think that part of the donations should also go there. To find themselves in such bad circumstances they also care for the people around them!! (Will we still do that here in the Netherlands?) How wonderful it is to know that 100% of your donation goes to them!
sleeping on the sand clothes in bags or buckets
a example off some beds
no mattresses torn blankets
Many poor families, mostly men, walk and sometimes cycle long distances to the forest to make charcoal from branches and sell them at the local market.
Corn is eaten a lot unfortunately the harvest only yields a few bales per year.
This is where we buy the corn. Preferably along the side of the road at the small local markets. You can also see that the color is much lighter than we are used to
We also buy the soap, detergent and sugar in the (small) shops in the area so that the small businesses here can also benefit.
We also buy the soap, detergent and sugar in the (small) shops in the area so that the small businesses here can also benefit.
The corn is carefully weighed
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The cassava plant and root where they eat both the root, stem and leaves. They also make a kind of pancake from it. This is the less difficult product to grow around here. There are families who eat this three times a day. And receive very few nutrients.
In some places they try to grow rice and sweet potato on a limited scale on the edge of the lake.
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