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By Agogo Angela
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any Smiles
Sowing the seeds of love Malawi project
Repo Village, Malawi, Africa
Author Agogo Angela
Illustrator Agogo Crooked Arrow
Copyright 2014
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This publication is the sole property of Sowing the seeds of loe ! "alawi#$
%eprints and copies per&itted for the use of helping the pro'ect get donations to
aide in the education and support of the orphans of %epo (illage$
)or &ore infor&ation about Sowing the seeds of loe ! "alawi# pro'ect go to
http*++www$sowingtheseedsofloe$weebly$co& or write to ,ro'ect "anager
)acebook )an ,age https*++www$facebook$co&+pages+Sowing-the-Seeds-of-.oe-
"A.A/I+2242043356ref7book&arks
Chiso&o 8'ewa
9ali :outh Center
,$;$ o&ba? "alawi
e&ail* chiso&o$n'ewa@g&ail$co&
Skype chiso&o$n'ewa
;r nited States branch of Sowing the seeds of loe
.awrence Boppis
24 $ /oodrow Ae$
Si&i (alley? CA 30
http://www.sowingtheseedsoflove.weebly.com/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Love-MALAWI/224269504397938?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Love-MALAWI/224269504397938?ref=bookmarksmailto:[email protected]://www.facebook.com/pages/Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Love-MALAWI/224269504397938?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Love-MALAWI/224269504397938?ref=bookmarksmailto:[email protected]://www.sowingtheseedsoflove.weebly.com/7/27/2019 Many Smiles
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Sowing the Seeds of .oe is entirely olunteer-based$ /e are heart-centered
indiiduals? and not part of any corporation? church organiDation or non-profit
agency$
;ur olunteers gie their own &oney along with the 100E of all donations going
directly to &eet orphan needs at %epo (illage$
/e are looking to grow our &ailing list and olunteer-base? and hae pro&otional
and olunteer packages aailable for interested candidates$
/e hae full donation use accountability and welco&e enFuiries$ Gonations &aybe &ade for general use or designated for orphanage construction or gien for any
other area$ ,lease
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;ne of the least deeloped countries of southeastern Africa is a place called
"alawi$ In a ery rural section of "alawi is a little illage known as %epo (illage$
It is here that a fine young &an na&e Chiso&o 8'ewa grew up and still lies$
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/hile chatting on a social &edia network site? Chiso&o &entioned how &uch he
wanted to help his illage rise aboe the constant poerty that it was facing$ A
place where children were continually going hungry$
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Be had this beautiful drea& of seeing his illage beco&e self-sufficient and an
e=a&ple to other co&&unities of "alawi$ Be was one person deter&ined to help
&ake changes for the better in the lies of others$
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Chiso&o was especially concerned about the children of %epo (illage$ So &uch
sadness on the faces of so &any orphans$ Children forgotten by the rest of the
world? who lost their parents through disease$
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Chiso&os internet friend was inspired by this young &ans desire to do soðing
to help heal the sadness and fear that engulfed the children of %epo (illage$ The
young grand&other? liing in Canada? was the first of &any arth Angels that
beca&e a part of the pro'ect Sowing the seeds of loe ! "alawi$# /ith her help
the pro'ect got its start with an internet web site she created$
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Chiso&o called this new friend Agogo Angela#$ Be now considered her one of
his elders$ /ith her help and constant encourage&ent? the pro'ect was able to pushforward to beco&e an official non-profit organiDation in "alawi$
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Gonations to the pro'ect were slow in co&ing but Chiso&o didnt gie up hope$
Be felt in his heart that there has to be other indiiduals in the world who could be
willing to help change the lies of these children for the better$ Chiso&o drea&ed
constantly of a building that would be built to house all the orphans$ A place for
the& to be safe and to learn a trade to help the& surie$
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%epo (illage has a total of 2 orphans$ Gue to the early deaths of their parents 5 of
these children were forced to beco&e the head of their ho&es$
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A&ongst the illage orphans is a 10 year old boy na&ed Jondwani$ .ike so &any
other children? he lost both of his parents to BI(+AIGS? at the tender age of 3$Since then Jondwani has been liing with his sick grand&other? who can barely
care for herself$
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Jondwani translated into nglish &eans n'oy#? but this poor childs life has not
known 'oy$ Be is unable to get ahead in school because he does not hae the
necessary resources? such as proper clothes? soap to bathe with and school supplies$
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Jondwanis &isery does not go away but gets worse because he is bullied andbeaten by older boys while he searches for soðing to eat$ "any ti&es he has
gone to sleep without a single &eal for the day$
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Sharing the sa&e hardship proble&s of not haing the needed &aterials to go to
school is a year old boy na&ed Gickens$ Gickens is truly his brothers keeper$
Through the loss of his parents he is forced to be head of his house$ Be protects
and proides for his two younger brothers 9ohn and Talandira$
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This s&all childs drea&s of beco&ing a pilot are clouded by his constant worry
about keeping his brothers fed and safe$ ;ne night a snake entured into the ho&e
where they lie and it was through the grace of Kod that they did not get hurt$ 8otonly is hunger a big proble& for the& but security is also soðing they face
because there is no real door to their ho&e$
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Another young child caring for others is 12 year old .inda$ .inda not only has toworry about her sister and little brother? but she also helps care for her grandfather
whose legs are nu&b? preenting hi& fro& getting around$ /ith taking on this
adult like responsibility? .inda had to drop out of school giing up on her drea&s$
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Another sad situation is that of Chiso&os young friend na&ed .a&eck$ .a&eck
is 'ust 1 years old$
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So far these children hae not had the chance to see the world as other childrenwith the e=cite&ent of slowly growing up$ They do not get to learn to lie for
the&seles? because others depend on the& for their surial$ Chiso&o sees in
each child the great potential to be so&eone special and i&portant if gien the
chance$
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As ti&e went by Chiso&os heart beca&e heay with sadness$ Be started to doubt
if anyone besides Agogo Angela would help this pro'ect grow$ Agogo Angela? the
loing concerned person she is told hi& to be patient$ She repeated the words of
an old hy&n as encourage&ent for Chiso&o$ I& only hu&an? I& 'ust a &an$
.ord? help &e beliee in all I can be? and all that I a&$ Show &e the stairway that I
hae to cli&b$ .ord? for &y sake help &e to take one day at a ti&e$#
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Agogo Angela continued to spread the word about the pro'ect Sowing the seeds
of loe ! "alawi#$ Ber hard efforts helped get &any different types of egetable
seeds sent to Chiso&o$ Chiso&o and the illagers planted the seeds with loe$
After daily care? they en'oyed watching and haresting a large crop$ They had
enough fro& this first harest to feed eeryone in the illage with so&e to spare
and sell at the &arket$
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It has been a year since Chiso&o and Agogo Angela started this pro'ect$
Chiso&os drea& of one building for the orphans to lie in still has not &anifested$
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A few &ore co&passionate people 'oined in this worthy cause to help change the
lies of the orphans$ A caring wo&an fro& the nited States paid for a well
needed wheel chair for "oses a parent liing in "alawi$ Be no longer has to crawlaround on his hands and knees to get to places$
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Another kind hearted indiidual fro& nited States donated enough &oney for
Chiso&o to purchase 20 lie chickens for the fa&ilies of %epo (illage to raise$
This young father of fie also was able to start a branch of Sowing the seeds of
loe# in the nited States to help get &ore people inoled$
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;ne day Chiso&os heart leaped for 'oy as a package of hand painted T-shirts
arried$ A caring great grand&other in the nited States purchased and hand
painted enough T-shirts for each of the orphans of %epo (illage$ Chiso&o felt thatfor the first ti&e these children were united as one large fa&ily$
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en though Chiso&os drea& is still slowly unfolding he is able to see the sad
faces of these children turn to s&iles$ The &any s&iles of the orphans of %epo(illage is his proof that Kod does hear his prayers$
The ndH
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If you want to be a pen pal or to donate soðing to help the orphans here are
their na&es$ :ou can write to the& through the ,ro'ect "anager Chiso&o$
The &ailing address is
Chiso&o 8'ewa
9ali :outh Center
,$;$ o&ba? "alawi
e&ail address* chiso&o$n'ewa@g&ail$co&
;rphans of %epo (illage
ThokoDani Janfu&u
Tadala Sa&ikwa
Chiso&o Sa&ikwaKift 9ohn
"aluwa 9ohn
>ione 9ohn
Bussein 9ohn
Jondwani "adegu
"aya JhuchiwaJeresi Jhuchiwa
Innocent "ayere
Innocentia "ayere
9ennifer "ayere
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.inda "ayere
Catherine Kuwera
sther Kuwera
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Chiso&os ision for the children in his own words$
I always drea&ed of a place si&ilar to the Jondanani- illage that builds ho&es fororphans$ Soðing the orphans will take like ho&e? neer think of their parents
departure as burden but yet as a beginning of a new life to the&$ As they hae to
lie in har&ony? loe and light of the whole world? while learning skills of how to
&ake the&seles self -sufficient? they learn about the word of Kod$ There is so
&uch happening in the world? a sign of how people hae forgotten the word of
Kod$ Bow &uch people hae forgotten to loe$
Chiso&o 8'ewa
,ro'ect "anager of The Sowing the seeds of loe ! "alawi
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.etter fro& ditor+ Illustrator Agogo Crooked Arrow
"oni Lhello in Chichewa? Chiso&os natie languageM
Sowing the seeds of loe ! "alawi pro'ect all started with Chiso&os drea& for
the children of his illage$ At the ti&e of the editing of this book there are &any
things that the children are still in great need 'ust to surie each day$ These
children depend on co&passionate indiiduals like you and &e for their support$
en though the funds hae not yet been donated to build the orphanage that
would house all these little ones in one place? they need essentials that you &aytake for granted$ ssentials such as soaps? toothbrushes? toothpaste? co&bs?
hairbrushes? clothing? and school supplies and books to read$
,lease help sponsor one or &ore of these little ones$ :our donation can help
proide a &eal of porridge for a hungry child or shoes to keep the& fro& burning
their feet or a shirt without holes in it$
Thank you for taking the ti&e to read this$
Agogo Crooked Arrow