My Nonprofit Reviews

I traveled to Malawi in 2004 and 2007 and saw the plight of the people first hand. I can say from personal experience that the Malawi Project has had a great impact on many people there, so much so that the present president, The Honorable Joyce Banda, and the Mother of the nation, C. T. Kadzamira consider Dick and Suzi Stephens personal friends. They have a relationship and access very few people outside the government have.

The most vivid picture in my mind is the time we spent on a trip to village in the bush country south of the capital. We went there to see a village garden. It was the dry season when the only green plants were the trees. We walked about a hundred yards from the village through a field of brown grass and weeds, in dusty red soil, to a fence made of reeds. Looking over the fence was the village garden full of green plants. Rows of corn (maize) that was about six inches high, next to that was rows two feet high, and then rows that were just putting on ears of corn. Next were rows that was ready for harvest. It was the same for all of the plants in the garden. At the back of the garden was a hole in the ground the people had dug. It was about fourteen feet deep and ten feet across with three or four feet of water in the bottom. Before the Malawi Project gave them drip irrigation kits and taught them how raise food all year, some of their people would die of starvation in dry years. Now, not only can they feed themselves but also have food for others.

We have been on trips to Malawi, Mexico and El Salvador, but the people of Malawi have been helped more and appreciate it as much or more than anywhere we have been.

We will be willing to share more or answer any questions if we can. I can be contacted at; jerry.winstead@comcast.net

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