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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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The Pain of Recalling There is no picture of Lillian Chibaka. The pain of recalling the story can be seen in his face as Doctor Smith Chibaka recalls the events surrounding the last months of the life of his little baby cousin. Lillian was born in 1999, and was on the way to
Salima, Malawi … Our car races along behind the yellow Cool Runnings Chevrolet 1975 pick up truck as it bounces over the broken tarmac road from Senga Bay to the district hospital west of the Salima Trading Center in central Malawi. Samatha Ludick from the Cool Runnings resort and the Clinic at the Gate is
