Vanessa Mwangala
"Thou art favored..." What is favor?
This year I found myself wondering about the meanings of so many words that I have thrown out recklessly since I learnt them like,...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Hear Our Voices: Thank you for attending our virtual event
In a society where women are silenced, speaking out is the difference between life and death. Your support of Voices Awake has real impact.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Linda: her story is just beginning
Meet Linda, a beautiful little girl who was born with a hereditary skin disease that covers most of her body. She has been bullied and...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Hear our Voices: a Virtual Event
Join us for our virtual fundraising event on June 9th 2021, from 1-1:30pm EST. Click here to RSVP. “What do you want to call it?” they...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Mafuno abwino a Khrisimasi (Christmas Best Wishes)
I feel like if Jesus were to be born again, it would be in 2020. When I read the stories surrounding the birth of Jesus, there is just a...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
When we started this year so many churches and groupings were coming up with themes, mottos, taglines for the year. The girls were...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Oct 29, 2020
- 5 min
Beautiful Transitions
Yesterday, after I dropped the girls off to school, I sat in the car praying for each one of them and assuring those nervous, to be...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
Spreading Kindness
Ethel's holiday experience "I had no idea the holiday would be this long when the schools were closed. At Voices Awake, they started...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jul 28, 2020
- 5 min
SURVIVING IN TURMOIL
Earlier in the year a friend sent me the song, "something inside so strong" as a dedication to the girls. Listening to the song recently and
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
A hospital visit, and a new mission
Our health workers are scared that there are no personal protective equipment and they shared the shortage that's in the whole country.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Empowering our Community as COVID-19 Reaches Malawi
When you empower a woman, you empower the community.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Aug 24, 2019
- 1 min
Entrance Exams
Three sweet girls, sitting for their entrance examinations at Cornerstone Christian High School. They all dropped out of school more than...
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jul 19, 2019
- 1 min
UrbanPromise International Summit
Over 150 staff and youths from seven UrbanPromise International sites in Malawi kicked-off the 2019 UPI summit at African Bible College.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jul 14, 2019
- 1 min
Girls Retreat: teaching positivity and looking ahead
After the UrbanPromise International Summit we held a retreat from our girls with Ms. Sio, director of the Urbanpromise Wellness Center
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 23, 2019
- 1 min
Open for Healing
Last night we declared the house open.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Village chiefs tour our house
Today the village chiefs, the group village headmen above them, the senior Chief, and the village security people came to our house.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Cleaning House
Today we started to clean the house from all the construction, getting it ready to move into in the coming weeks.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- Jun 12, 2019
- 1 min
Final Touches
Everything is happening in readiness to moving in.
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Vanessa Mwangala
- May 23, 2019
- 1 min
The solar panels are here!
We are so excited to watch the construction of our future home unfold.
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