About Montfort Missionaries
Malawi is a landlocked country in south-east Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. Lake Malawi takes up a third of the small country, and separates it from Tanzania and Mozambique. It was the first country in Africa to be successfully established as a field of missionary activity. The Montfort Missionaries first went to Malawi in 1901, and began missionary work in the south of the country, and the Daughters of Wisdom arrived in 1904.
Malawi’s economy is heavily based on agriculture with a largely rural population. The recent rainfall season has been the driest in 35 years, resulting in enormous crop failures and widespread famine across the country. Emergency maize supplies are being imported into the country but many people are still starving. Montfort Missionary priest Fr. Charlie Beirne has recently moved from Uganda to Sitima, Malawi and shared his insights with us:
"Since I arrived in Sitima about ten days ago, many children are failing to attend school due to hunger and those who do attend are very hungry. However, many are not attending school, because they are so sick with lack of food and sustenance. There is a nearby school, run by Montfort Sisters called Luntha Wisdom Secondary School. The nuns have told me that many of the children that do come to school daily eat only one, small meal a day at home because of the famine and they are consequently unable to study well".
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