Maternity Hospital Staff Reviews Shipment Over lunch two members of the staff at the Namikango Maternity Hospital, and the American missionary at the Naminkango Mission in Thondwe, Malawi discuss with Suzi Stephens R.N., Medical Director for the Malawi Project Inc., plans for the arrival of the first 40-foot container of medical supplies to the […]
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Coverage Expands Extensively During the past year the Malawi Project has seen quite an extension in its outreach to new sites in the nation of Malawi. This has led to increased opportunities, and has also seen some of the original sites become independence from continued Project support. As was planned from the inception of
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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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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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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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