In 2025, a team of firefighters from the US and Kenya traveled to Malawi for firefighter instruction and fire safety training. During this trip, three AFM team members had the unique opportunity to present fire evacuation trainings to a group of deaf and blind students in Mzuzu, Malawi. This school has not participated in any modern fire evacuation trainings or drills until this year when the AFM team visited. These drills sparked curiosity and excitement about fire safety in the students and their teachers which quickly spread to the wider community.

Africa Fire Mission’s Program’s Director Mike Kull traveled to Malawi on our 2024 mission trip and saw Africa Fire Mission’s impact in many special ways. Here’s a story in Mike’s words that demonstrates the profound way AFM is impacting people!