Giving Tuesday provided us with an incredible opportunity to announce our project for 2017! It also brought us a great kick start to our fundraising. We had many generous supporters jump into action and give what they could so that they could be a part of this incredible new journey. We are over half way…
This blog was written by one of our amazing board members! Sara has traveled twice with us to Malawi and helps support our organzation in many wonderful ways! Thank you for sharing this with us Sara! I get to travel quite a lot and because of this people are always telling me how ‘lucky’ I…
My first journey through With Change in Mind was in 2013. I traveled here with 11 other teachers to experience the joy of the warm heart of Africa and left here with new eyes and a more open heart. Finally, I am back and taking in the sights and sounds of Malawi with a new…
We all just returned from our overnight at Lake Malawi. The group finally got to experience why everyone loves the lake. The drive to the lake is only about an hour and half so we stood in town to do a little shopping before leaving. The ladies really wanted to visit the chitinji market and…
We have spent the last 5 days rising early and working at Adziwa. The tasks for the volunteers have been all sorts of things. Cooking, building, teaching, caregiving, observing and all kinds of other things. We realized yesterday that all of us have walked over 30 miles in the past 5 days! That makes for…
Yesterday afternoon we had our language lesson. The ladies seemed to enjoy finally learning some simple greetings and a few important words. This group caught on more quickly than many other volunteers I’ve had. Smart ladies and really good at language! The morning started with lost of quizzing from the staff here. Everyone trying to…
I apologize for spelling and grammar. These posts are written “on the fly” and posted when I’m able to get to wifi connection. The group has all arrived. I can’t say that the airport pickups were uneventful though. I had one volunteer arriving on the 9th and the rest arriving on 2 different flights on…
Family. The people closest to us. Our society has changed drastically in the past 20 years and families are having a much harder time staying connected. Most families spend more time with teachers, friends, coworkers, coaches and their computers than with each other. So many distractions coming at all of us every day that there…