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six large residential houses, a dining/assembly hall, a clinic, classrooms for nursery, primary and secondary classes, and staff housing. "Baby David" lived in the orphanage prior to being adopted by
Madonna. The children are divided into different houses and each house has its own 'amayi'. An amayi acts as the house mother for the children. Each morning all the children must attend a daily devotion, in which there will be much singing and praying. Following the devotion ceremony the children will all line up outside the 'kitchen' where they will get nsima for their breakfast. Nsima, maize and beans is typically what they will eat for every meal. Not all children living at the orphanage are 'orphans', many still have family however they are unable to provide basic necessities so they send them to Home of Hope. During summer vacation and other holidays many of the children will return to their villages to spend time with their family.
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International Development (USAID) donated 600 textbooks to that secondary school. In 2014, American charitable organisation Youth of Malawi, Inc. built a solar-rain water harvesting primary school in Chimphamba Village, Mchinji, for 180 first and second graders.
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The
Mchinji Mission Orphanage, popularly known as the "Home of Hope", is one of the largest children's homes in Malawi. Reverend Thomson Chipeta, remembering losing both his parents, brought orphaned children into his home in 1992 and construction of an orphanage began in 1998. As of 2007, there are
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The
Members for the Malawian National Assembly are six in total. They are for Honorable Kayo Zimchetera East Constituency (in Traditional Authorities Mduwa, Mponda and Nyoka), Honorable Rachel Zulu Mazombwe for Mchinji North Constituency (in Traditional Authorities Mkanda and Pitala), Honorable Alex
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The "Home of Hope" provides a primary school to its residents. Due to a shortage in secondary schools in Malawi, the orphanage built one in
January 2006 to cater to all residents in the surrounding area. Children are taught in smaller groups than at government schools and have November and December
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Roman
Catholic is dominant in the district with Parishes such as Guilime, Ludzi, Kapiri, Kachebere, Mkanda and Mchinji Boma. It has a Major Catholic Seminary Called KACHEBERE. Other churches are Presbyterian, Pentecostal and few Muslims. Mponda Catholic Choir is the best in the district.
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As of May 2020, the Malawi
Revenue Authority indicated that the one-stop-border post (OSP), under construction at Mchinji would be completed by December 2020. The OSP will benefit Mwami, Zambia and Mchinji, Malawi crossings. It was built with US$ 5.8 million, borrowed from the
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adopted 13-month-old David Banda from
Mchinji in October 2006. This generated international controversy because Malawian law stated that one year of residence was required of potential adoptive parents. The effort was highly publicised and culminated in legal disputes.
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Chitete for
Mchinji North East Constituency (in Traditional Authorities Kapondo and Dambe), Honorable Jerome Waluza for Mchinji South Constituency (in Traditional Authority Mavwere), Honorable Mussa Banda for Mchinji South West Constituency (in
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Honorable Teleza Mwale for Mchinji West Constituency (in Traditional Authorities Zulu and Simphasi). The members are from the Peoples Party, Malawi Congress Party and Democrat Progressive Party.
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was conceived in 1982 as part of a bilateral project between Zambia and Malawi, and the Malawi section of the railroad was completed in 1984, though Zambia did not actively pursue the project until 2006.
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rural development program was established in Mchinji. Mchinji is currently the location of a pilot project of a social cash transfer to benefit very poor members of rural areas.
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Mchinji Boma lies at an elevation of 1,182 metres (3,877 ft), 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the Zambian border. It is situated 12.4 km (7.7 mi) away from
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favoured road transport and the system was dropped. The nearest airport is at Lilongwe, 76 km (47 mi) away, although there is a closer airstrip at Chipata.
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is the main language spoken in Mchinji. Senga is spoken by some quarters of the population and Ngoni is also spoken by some major population surrounding Mchinji Boma
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nearest the Zambian border, after the 920-kilometre (570 mi) railway from Lilongwe was extended to Mchinji in 1980. In September 2010, an extension of the
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struck Mchinji on 10 March 1989. At least 9 people were killed, 100 injured and about 50,000 left homeless in Malawi. It was also felt in Zambia.
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917:Nankhonya, Jacob (30 June 2006).
689:. 17 October 2006. Archived from
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628:. 31 January 2008. Archived from
517:was opened to the border town of
224:is a town and the capital of the
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1136:"Railway Gazette: News in Brief"
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991:. 27 March 2006. Archived from
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