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A Malawi-to-Nebraska pipeline changes lives. It also leaves students broke, homeless, lost, they say.

• Natalia Alamdari Flatwater Free Press
• May 19, 2024
• May 19, 2024
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NORFOLK — The sisters were kicked out of Wayne State College a month into the semester because they had no money to pay tuition.

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Mtika (third from left) poses with Malawi officials, Beverly Henkel, longtime supporter of Norfolk Schools in Malawi and Matt Wingert, a former board member of the nonprofit, during a ceremony in Blantyre, Malawi.

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Front row from left: Norfolk Schools in Malawi founder Joe Mtika, Mayor Wild Ndipo, then-Northeast Community College President Michael Chipps and Norfolk Mayor Josh Moenning pose with other officials at a 2018 ceremony celebrating Norfolk and Blantyre, Malawi, becoming sister cities. Supporters say the school and nonprofit has helped dozens of Malawian teenagers get a U.S. college education and better their lives. Some students and host parents say that Mtika has made false promises leading students to arrive in Nebraska with no money, housing or way to pay for school.

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The sign in a window of Norfolk Schools in Malawi, the school and nonprofit founded by Joe Mtika and funded in part by U.S. donations. Supporters say the school and nonprofit has helped dozens of Malawi students go to an American college – and better their lives – since its founding.

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Pamodzi House, the current site of Norfolk Schools in Malawi, the school and nonprofit started by Norfolk resident Joe Mtika. Dozens of the school’s graduates have attended college in Nebraska.

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As recently as this semester, Malawian students continue to arrive at the Norfolk-based Northeast Community College believing, mistakenly, that their tuition and housing are already paid. The school currently has 36 Malawian students enrolled.

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As recently as this semester, Malawian students continue to arrive at the Norfolk-based Northeast Community College believing, mistakenly, that their tuition and housing are already paid. The school currently has 36 Malawian students enrolled.

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Front row from left: Norfolk Schools in Malawi founder Joe Mtika, Mayor Wild Ndipo, then-Northeast Community College President Michael Chipps and Norfolk Mayor Josh Moenning pose with other officials at a 2018 ceremony celebrating Norfolk and Blantyre, Malawi, becoming sister cities. Supporters say the school and nonprofit has helped dozens of Malawian teenagers get a U.S. college education and better their lives. Some students and host parents say that Mtika has made false promises leading students to arrive in Nebraska with no money, housing or way to pay for school.

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The sign in a window of Norfolk Schools in Malawi, the school and nonprofit founded by Joe Mtika and funded in part by U.S. donations. Supporters say the school and nonprofit has helped dozens of Malawi students go to an American college – and better their lives – since its founding.

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Pamodzi House, the current site of Norfolk Schools in Malawi, the school and nonprofit started by Norfolk resident Joe Mtika. Dozens of the school’s graduates have attended college in Nebraska.

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Mtika (third from left) poses with Malawi officials, Beverly Henkel, longtime supporter of Norfolk Schools in Malawi and Matt Wingert, a former board member of the nonprofit, during a ceremony in Blantyre, Malawi.

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