Malawi Project

Fire Destroys Part of Dedza Hospital – Project Reacts

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBYhvb3SKo Fire Sweeps Through Dedza Hospital     Laboratory services at Dedza District Hospital are no longer accessible because a voltage regulator stopped working following a fire that gutted a hospital block housing the kitchen, laundry and storeroom including the records room.     Meanwhile, preliminary investigations into the cause of fire have revealed that a fault […]

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Will The Critical Care Unit Beat the Critical Care Need?

Highway M-1 snakes across the level surface of the Lilongwe Plateau. A little way south of the capital city of Lilongwe it begins a slight roll as the road surface moves closer to the southern end of the Great Rift Valley. As it crosses the river that divides the Lilongwe District from the Dedza District,

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Ode to a Plain, White, 5-Gallon Bucket

The Important Things in Life     Paying a bundle for Christmas presents for the grandchildren only to discover on Christmas morning that they are playing with the wrapping boxes instead of what is inside.     Shipping thousand and thousands of dollars in medical equipment and supplies to a medically starved nation only to observe the

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Youth Group Conducts Hospital Program

    Mzuzu … Each Sunday afternoon, when supplies are available, the Youth Group from the Mchengautuba Church of Christ in Mzuzu, Malawi go to the Mzuzu Central Hospital to give assistance. They carry out a program of service to the patients and those who come to care for them during their time in the hospital.

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Blowing in the Wind

Fishermen Challenge the Waves         Birds drift on strong winds, women and girls wash ragged old family clothes, and the wind makes it difficult to hold the camera steady in the face of the blustery weather. Fishermen challenge the waves in order to eat for another day, as the sleeves of my sweater drag

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Training the Handicapped Self Reliance

A Visit to KODO     Salima, Malawi … It is late morning when we arrive at the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach office in a dilapidated, old, rundown building on the east side of the Salima Trading Center. Outside, because there is not enough room inside, is a row of half a dozen women and men

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Recent Gathering Brings Tribes Together

From Kingdom to Protectorate and Beyond   A recent gathering in northern Malawi brought together all of the Paramount Chiefs of all of the major tribes in the country, as well as the current President of Malawi for the first time in history. The Angoni were dressed in tribal traditional wear, and it was the

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More in One Hospital Than in Our Whole Country

"When I was in Halifax I learned they had, in one hospital, 30 physical therapists. I was very surprised to realize they had more therapists in this one hospital than we have in our entire country."     We were talking with the administrator at Kachere Orthopedic Hospital, Malawi’s only orthopedic hospital. Sitting at the conference

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Giddy, Giddy Up Ol Ox

Salima, Malawi … One will probably never hear these words as an ox cart hurries along a dusty dirt road in eastern Malawi, but the urgency is there never the less. The ox cart is on the way to the district hospital in Salima, and it is the only means of transportation from the village

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Books Arrive for Kamuzu Academy

    It Has Been Called "The Eton of Africa"    The late President Hastings Kamuzu Banda founded the Kamuzu Academy in November 1981. The school has been recognized as an elite facility bringing academic excellence to a highly motivated and skilled student body.      The school is located in the Kasungu District of Malawi and

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