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a silent touch to the lips signals shyness and respect among Malawians. In the capital city of Lilongwe, hotel doorman Marton Kacheeche and his family sleep on mats in this one-roomed concrete house that has neither electricity nor indoor cooking facilities.
Kacheeche's small salary barely covers the cost of rent, clothing, scool fees, four buckets of water a day, and cornmeal for porridge. At age fourty-one, he is only six years shy of the average life expectancy in Malawi, amoung the world's poorest nations.