Destiny. It's a popular idea these days. We hear it all the time - "She was destined for stardom" or "He was destined to fail." Time and again we are told that our paths are determined by an alignment of stars and the circumstances of our birth. For a great many, this concept is less than comforting. ....READ MORE >

David wakes at 5am for the drive to the village to pick up Chintaya and her mother so we can begin our day at the Nsanje Hospital. I hear him leave. I have been awake in bed since 4am from the sounds of men sweeping, talking, cows mooing, unidentified animal sounds that seem right outside my window, ....READ MORE >

We leave Kumbali Lodge at 5am for our eight-hour drive to Nsanje. It is in the most southern region of this country, and one of the most impoverished areas known to have some of the highest rates of people from AIDS. It feels like no-man's-land down here as we leave the black tar road about six hours into our drive and the rest is on a dirt road....READ MORE >

I have just arrived from The Southern Region of Malawi - Nsanje and Blantyre, Mulanje, Liwonde and Balaka - and back to the Malawi's Central Region.

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Raising Malawi is in the business of uniting powerful forces to empower vulnerable populations. By linking community organizations with much needed resources, we are able to help some of the most overlooked and cruelly stigmatized populations in the developing world.
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An estimated 990,000 African children and caregivers will die this year of malaria. That's over 2,700 deaths per day, or 2 deaths per minute.

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On April 19th, an audience of New Haven's brightest students and most conscientious citizens were moved, informed, and inspired by a screening of I AM BECAUSE WE ARE.
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