PAY IT FORWARD TRIPS

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During the volunteer trip in Malawi we had a chance to go to a remote village for a food distribution. I was told the chief in the village decides who is the most desperately in need of the food and those selected will get a coveted blue slip of paper. That blue slip is a lifeline because you can trade this simple slip of paper for a small bag of Vitameal, a corn based porridge packed with 25 vitamins that provides one child a meal for a month. Continue Reading »

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One of the volunteers on the Malawi trip, Kevin, has traveled the world but came to Malawi on the request of his daughter Ale who picked the trip as something she wanted to do with her father. Also, see Ale’s story in a previous post. Continue Reading »

I knew from the moment I met Erin, when she teared up telling me this was her second trip to the Mtendere Orphanage, that her passion and dedication to helping the children was genuine and heartfelt. Continue Reading »