|
Kholiwe Mkandawire, of Malawi, is a member of our faith community when she is in Wichita, Kansas.
Kholiwe's relationship with us has encouraged us to promote the needs and beauties of the southeastern African country of Malawi,
formerly known as Nyasaland.
Kholiwe's sister, Gertrude Mkandawire Mhonga, whom we also met, has shared the following video through Marilyn Yoon, of Pine Valley Christian Church,
Disciples of Christ. This video includes an interview
from Gertrude Mhango, a member of the Malawi Parliament, as recorded by staff at Heartspring here in Wichita.
The Malawi Children's Fund will help fund meals for Malawian children. $30 will
buy maize and soy for 60 children for one month. This is an opportunity to make a big difference.
You can make a donation to the Malawi Children's Fund through Pine Valley.
Please mark your donation Malawi Children's Fund and mail or bring to Pine Valley Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
5620 East 21st Street, Wichita, Kansas 67208.
The linked movie is a production of
Heartspring
—A worldwide center for children with special needs,
creating greater independence since 1934. Located at 8700 east 29th street north, Wichita, Kansas 67226.
It is with deepest gratitude that we thank the staff of
Heartspring for editing and producing this
video on Malawi's challenges as presented by the Hon. Gertrude Mkandawire Mhonga, Member of Parliament.
Watch the Movie
|
Some music of Malawi
Link to a sample of popular Malawian music --and an opportunity to download at 99cents each.
These are mixed samples in English and more indigenous language(s).
Malawi Music Sampler
|
More global music from
Calabash Music
The following options are primarily percussion instrumentals, and lesser quality:
I received a board game from Kholiwe, and am learning how to play the national pastime
of Malawi.
The game falls into a family of games known as Mancala - of which I have other sets.
Originally --maybe-- and still called Bao (Swahili for "board" or "plank"e;)
in other countries, the Yao in Malawi are credited for changing its name to Bawo.
This Malawian Bawo game is famous as the most complex of all mancala games,
sometimes called the "king of mancala games."
The oldest still surviving Bawo (Bao) board was made in 1896 in Malawi and
is kept today in the British Museum in London.
Malawians, nor indeed those I have met from Senegal, are not restricted to playing
solely on the carved boards ... they will use local small stones/rocks and dig little
holes in the sand and squat to play almost anywhere.
Some sources say that in Malawi the game is named after the baobab tree that grows
along the shore of Lake Malawi because the game board is carved from the wood of
the trademark baobab tree. However, Kholiwe specifically calls the game BAWO. we find that there may be regional-cultural-dialectic differences among Milawians'
naming as there are in these United States. [Before inundated with national advertising,
I, being from the deep south, noticed that "yankees" did not know what a
skillet is. My Michigander co-workers would say, "Oh, you mean a
frying pan! ] Malawi is comprised of many tribal variations. ...and we thought
we had the corner on humanity's "melting pot."
Children's craft sites all over the web give instructions for using egg cartons to make
portable BAWO boards. I'll provide these links and share more on BAWO when I have
a little more time!
Play Online Javascript game at bawo.zombasoft.com/bawo.php
Bawo project on Sourceforge
Blessings for Malawi,
~maribeth
These games share the feature that they are played on boards consisting of rows of hollows
or cups, into which seeds or similar objects are sown.
Learn more about the Mancala game-genre online at Mancala Games
A picture of Bawo being played in Malawi on this
Games Page from the Abwenzi African Studies site. ??? [tbd]
Chichewa-English Dictionary by Webster's Online
CHICHEWA PHRASES.
Chichewa pronunciation guide.
\a\ as a in father
\e\ as e in bed
\i\ as i in hit
\o\ as o in go
\u\ as u in put
Moni - Standard Greeting
Muli Bwanji - How are you (also Nyanja language)
Ndili Bweno - I am well
Tikulandirani - Welcome
Chimbudzi chili kuti - Where is the toilet
Pepani - sorry
Tionana - see you later!
Amuna - Men, Mwamuna or Mamuna - Man
Akasi - Women Azimayi - Woman
Msungwana or Nsikana - girl
M'nyamata - boy
Kodi Mupita Liti - When are you going
Kodi Mukupita Kuti - where are you going
Kodi Mukufuna Mupite Liti - When do you want to go
Ndifuni Kupita Ku Lilongwe - I want to go to Lilongwe
Ndlama Dzingati - How much does it cost
Tsalani Bwino - Stay well
|
|
Mission Trip Planning
http://www.economytravel.com/missionary/missionary-airfare.html
To receive a quote for your missionary or humanitarian travel plans, please call 888-222-2110 or click on our Missionary Group request Form. Optional trip cancellation insurance protects your travel investment, should there be a medical emergency with you or your immediate family.
http://goldenruletravel.com/missionary.asp
We offer a full range of travel services to individuals, church groups, NGOs, humanitarian agencies, and missionary organizations.
http://www.mctavishtravel.com/missions.htm
These non-published, significantly reduced rates are exclusive to bona fide charitable organizations and their affiliates - specifically vocational missionaries, priests, nuns, humanitarian disaster relief and non-salaried staff doing registered charity work (excluding government-funded projects).
http://missiontripairfare.com/
Malawi Links
Indigenous languange
(Chichewa) phrases
PAWS — Project African Wilderness, is looking for volunteers at the Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve.
UNICEF Malawi Page
Malawi Update www.malawi-update.org is the Newsletter of the Scottish-Malawi network.
Malawi Association for Christian Support (MACS) MACS helps to support self help initiatives which promote the advancement of education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress and preserve and protect the health of communities in Malawi.
Malawi Info Packet provided by Evangelical Lutheran Church of Malawi (ELCM)
Malawian Recipes
including maize
porridge
CIA Factbook on Malawi
Malawi State of the Environment Report
Mission to Malawi - Warm Heart Tomato Project
Mission to Malawi lay Volunteers-in-Mission as a direct result of a mission presentation by Howell Tumlin of the Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF).
Paul Nollen talks about 2006 shallow-well mission effort. Paul says, "
Installing pumps and dedicating wells gets to be rather routine by the middle of
your tour of duty in Malawi. However, now and then something happens to shake you up a bit . . . "
Marion Medical Mission — 1093 Wells installed in Africa 2006
Clinton Foundation Efforts in Malawi
Presbyterian Mission Connections - A letter from Barbara Nagy in Malawi
June 13, 2007
Application/Explanation of Workshop-Seminar in Malawi (PDF) 22 February - 7 March 2008,
sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, and
International Health Ministries and the Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN)
Lifewater Canada Wells Site
Embangweni Home Page
Report of a Peace Corps worker encountering shallow wells.
PCUSA Malawi Mission Network - PCUSA related people who are involved in Malawi
Marion Medical Mission offers mission trips of minimum 25 days.
CLINTON HUNTER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Farmers in one of the poorest and driest regions of Rwanda are on the verge of a record harvest this year, due in part to groundbreaking efforts by the new Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI). Launched in 2006, CHDI has been working closely with the Governments of Rwanda and Malawi to implement scalable, sustainable models of market-driven development. In Rwanda, CHDI has assisted the single largest purchase of fertilizer in Rwandan history, the bulk procurement of disease-resistant seeds, and the development of markets for Rwandan produce. These efforts, combined with healthy rains, are leading thousands of farmers in eastern Rwanda to an unprecedented harvest-and to self-sufficiency. During the next planting season, many farmers should be able to purchase much of their own fertilizer and their own seeds, and many may actually “pay back” to CHDI the seeds they used last year.
Recognizing that sustainable growth depends on access to markets, health care, clean water, and other basic infrastructure, CHDI also has joined with Partners in Health to improve a hospital and health clinics in eastern Rwanda.
Looking ahead, CHDI will continue its work with the Governments of Rwanda and Malawi to boost farmers’ self-sufficiency, develop markets for agricultural products, expand access to clean water, and strengthen schools and health care facilities.
More on Malawi — see
Clinton Foundation Programs, HIV/AIDS Initiative: Malawi
Heartspring
Heartspring News Article
International effort for children article, including a photo of
Gertrude nya Mkandawire Mhango & Marilyn Yoon with Heartspring staff.
Heartspring Donations Online donations accepted 24/7
# # #
|
