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View larger image — A Malawian landscape viewed from the bus as Appalachian students traveled from the capital of Lilongwe to Lake Malawi.

View larger image — A Malawian landscape viewed from the bus as Appalachian students traveled from the capital of Lilongwe to Lake Malawi.

View larger image — A Malawian landscape viewed from the bus as Appalachian students traveled from the capital of Lilongwe to Lake Malawi.

View larger image — A Malawian landscape viewed from the bus as Appalachian students traveled from the capital of Lilongwe to Lake Malawi.

View larger image — A Malawian landscape viewed from the bus as Appalachian students traveled from the capital of Lilongwe to Lake Malawi.

View larger image — A woman washes clothes on the shoreline of Lake Malawi.

View larger image — Ellen Mason, Zion Greenfield and Nyssa Turnbow explore the shoreline of Lake Malawi.

View larger image — Amanda Kato plays with a young girl from the Senga Bay fishing village.

View larger image — Ellen Mason gets to know local children from the Senga Bay fishing village.

View larger image — Samantha Ludick, owner of Cool Runnings Guest House in Senga Bay, speaks to Appalachian students about social entrepreneurship. Ludick gives 45 percent of her business's profits to the local community through projects she runs. The projects are related to soccer, healthcare, education and agriculture.

View larger image — Zack Wilson admires a local craftsman's woodworking.

View larger image — Students learn Chichewa, the language spoken by most people in Malawi.

View larger image — The students pose in front of the Parliament Building in Lilongwe.

View larger image — Students visit the home of Kristof Nordin located on the outskirts of Lilongwe. Nordin and his wife, Stacia, have dedicated their lives to permaculture and nutrition in Malawi with the hopes of teaching the community to have a more sustainable and diverse diet.

View larger image — Students visit the home of Kristof Nordin located on the outskirts of Lilongwe. Nordin and his wife, Stacia, have dedicated their lives to permaculture and nutrition in Malawi with the hopes of teaching the community to have a more sustainable and diverse diet.

View larger image — Boys with goats in Wimbe Village.

View larger image — William Kamkwamba, author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," talks with students in his home of Wimbe Village about sustainable technologies.

View larger image — Students tour Wimbe Village to see how William Kamkwamba, author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," transformed his family's life by bringing wind and solar energy into their compound. He continues to experiment with bringing newer technologies to Africa.

View larger image — Students tour Wimbe Village to see how William Kamkwamba, author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," transformed his family's life by bringing wind and solar energy into their compound. He continues to experiment with bringing newer technologies to Africa.

View larger image — Blessing Chikakula (far left) interprets for Appalachian students as they visit with William Kamkwamba's grandmother in Wimbe Village.

View larger image — Malawians attend their corn crops.

View larger image — Kathryn Waitt looks at hippos in the South Luangwa River in Zambia.

View larger image — Kathryn Waitt looks at hippos in the South Luangwa River in Zambia.

View larger image — Lions hunt during the evening in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.

View larger image — Anja Wicker writes in her daily journal while on safari in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.

View larger image — Scenes from safari.

View larger image — Scenes from safari.

View larger image — A young girl in the Mchezi Village smiles on her way home from school as she carries her younger sibling on her back.

View larger image — Students visit a community-based organization's tailoring shop where women are taught how to sew in hopes they will learn the trade.

View larger image — Zach Wilson, Meredith Church and Jesse Pipes pass around nsima, a corn product which is a food staple in Malawi.

View larger image — Ellen Mason cooks nsima with the help of her host during the home stay part of the trip.

View larger image — Deja Borders pumps water from a borehole while villagers look on.

View larger image — Ellen Mason, Alex White and Anja Wicker carry water from the well back to their hosts' home.

View larger image — Anja Wicker and Alex White share a breakfast of taro root, nsima and tea at their home stay visit.

View larger image — The students get Malawian dance lessons from Masankho Kamsisi-Banda at World Camp.

View larger image — The students get Malawian dance lessons from Masankho Kamsisi-Banda at World Camp.

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Study abroad: Malawi 2012

Posted Sept. 7, 2013 at 7:06 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — A study abroad experience related to sustainability has developed into an ongoing community relationship between Appalachian State University and the African nation of Malawi.

That's the power of transformative experiences.

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Malawi: A transforming experience inspires an ongoing relationship

Malawi: A transforming experience inspires an ongoing relationship

Sept. 6, 2013

Students learn and practice community solutions through a special relationship between Appalachian and Malawi.

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