When you set out to be of assistance to the people of Africa there are three things you might want to keep in mind if you do not want to create a welfare dependency.
1. “It is not about the plan, the program, or the project. It is about the people.” This principle helps keep you focused on what is important. It is the people.
2. “Do not give a man a fish, but teach him to fish so he will survive when you are gone.” This principle keeps you focused on creating incentive programs, not developing programs that make you feel good, but will only lead to a dependency.
3. “Do not do for us what we can do for ourselves.” This principle keeps you focused on having Malawians as equal partners, and doing equal work.
These have been foundation principles of the Malawi Project since its inception in 1999. In each case where these principles have been applied one can see great success taking place in the local programs.
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