GRACE Age:                68 Born:              Nkhoma, Malawi Resides:         Area 44 Widowed:      1996                                          Children:        Three grandchildren – Esther...

FLORA Age:                36 Born:              Ntcheu, Malawi Resides:         Chilinde Widowed:      February 2003 Children:        Two children – 15 and 12.  Occasionally two additional children are in Flora’s care – age...

ENALA  Age: 51 Born:  South Africa Resides: Chilinde Widowed: 2008 Children: Five daughters aged 9, 10, 16, 22 and  25; One son aged 12 and one grand-baby.  Wedtone (pronounced Weldon), Enala’s husband, died at age 60 in May 2006, at a hospital in Kalonga.  While being...

There are 19 wonderful widows who belong to the Ruth’s Shawl Widows’ Program in Area 44 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Each month we will introduce to you a different widow in a ‘journey’ that will give you an insight into their lives and into the lives of widows and orphans in...

Ephrida Age: 45 Born: Karonga, Malawi Resides: Area 44 Widowed: January 2000 at age 35 Children: Three children of her own, two over 18 yrs, one 16 yrs, plus her 16 year old nephew and 18 year old niece. Henderson, Ephrida’s husband, died in January 2000 in Chilinde from complications...