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| a man testing glasses at Chinsapo eyeglass clinic |
Hundreds of Malawians, both young and old having sight problems when reading texts have in the week received a free gift of pair of reading glasses after being properly examined by United States and Malawian eye doctors partnering together under Love Malawi Festival.
The free eye glass clinics began on Monday August 15, up to Friday August 19, 2016 in four communities in the city of Lilongwe at Living Waters Church in Area 25, M’buka CCAP Church in Area 36, Kafita CCAP Church in Area 23, Assemblies of God Church in Chinsapo and Dzaleka Refugee Camp (Only on August 16 and17).
A lot of Malawians with eye problems went to get help in very large numbers and Love Malawi Festival Coordinator Reverend Grey Mwalabu said they had set aside a total of 10,000 Pairs of Reading Glasses for free.
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| Robert Munlo |
Mr. Robert
Secret Munlo from Chinsapo who has lived with eye problem for over five years
expressed his excitement for receiving pair of reading glasses which he said are
now helping him read his bible and any textbook without problems.
“I have got eye
problem particularly the first one (pointing
his right eye), I was failing to read my bible and any textbook. It was
great concern for me.” He said
“When I heard
that Love Malawi Festival is giving eye reading glasses for free I did not
hesitate to come.” Said Munlo who thanked Love Malawi Festival for the gift
saying the problem has been troubling him for a long time since he lost his
first glasses and could not afford to buy one.
“I would like to
thank Love Malawi Festival for helping me”
Another 52 year
old, Dickson Chiwoza Nkhoma, from Chiwoza village in Mpingu disclosed that his
problem began in 2014 and the same year he went to see the doctor for his
problem but the main challenge was fetch for money to buy a pair of reading
glasses.
“I have been
feeling pain when reading passages.” He said “When reading, my eyes were in
pain and the texts were too small and I could not read them. Now, Love Malawi
Festival doctors have given me the glasses and prayers. These glasses are helping
me because I can now see texts clearly and I am able to read without problems.”
Love Malawi
Festival is part of a larger story in Africa that involves 10 Capital Cities in
10 years -a vision of international evangelist Andrew Palau, supported by and
at the invitation of leaders in Africa. Significant festivals have taken place
in Cairo, Egypt; Kigali, Rwanda; Kampala, Uganda; Bujumbura, Burundi; Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Conclusion of
the festival is this Saturday, August 20 August up to Sunday August 21, 2016, taking
place in Lilongwe in the open fields near Maula Prison. And each day Andrew Palau will share a message
of love and hope for Malawi. Love Malawi festival began with events in Mzuzu
and Ntcheu during the first week of August as well as in Zomba and Blantyre during
the second week of August including Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
Beginning this
Saturday morning up to Sunday, the festival will feature a high energy
children’s program with Duggie Dug Dug from London, England as well as action
sports demos from FMX and BMX stunt team Action Sports Outreach. The riders are from South Africa and the
United States.
Renowned Praise
and Worship Leader, Don Moen will perform live each day in the afternoon along
with Dave Lubben who will share stage with Malawian artists; Great Angels
Choir, Kamuzu Barracks Gospel Singers, KBG, Faith Mussa, Suffix, and Love
Malawi Choir.
This event is a
partnership between the Luis Palau Association based in Portland, Oregon and
currently over 500 partnering churches in the City of Lilongwe. The local
leadership planning this festival involves over 200 volunteers from every major
denomination in the city under the umbrella of the Evangelical Association of
Malawi (EAM).
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