By Samatha Ludick Clinic at the Gate Part 1 Villagers Gather Sticks for Splints We quickly greet those on shore and Magic explains that we don’t have much time. Putting on gloves I examine the driver of the motorbike. He does not appear in such dire straits. I inspect a cut on his head […]
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When it rains it pours. It is a saying that often has a negative connotation in the circumstances of life. Another saying is that "two are better than one." In this case two instead of one is a really good thing. Although they were shipped with space between ship dates, two trailers filled
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Ox Cart Going Out as an Ambulance Pregnant women on the way to the hospital often reach their destination on the back of a bicycle, or in the back of an ox cart. It is not unusual in third world nations, and Malawi is no exception. In mountainous parts of the nation the problem
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Indianapolis, Indiana … The news headlines seem to come at us like an ugly billboard beside a vagrant cemetery. Unemployment is up, retail sales are down, and the value of the world’s stock markets offers little reprieve from the gloom and doom that creates tonight’s lead stories. As the dismal news floods out across
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“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail,” it is said. So many people know this, but only a few know and practice what it tells us. Among the few who manage to prepare for better results is the American Tom Rich. He is the man behind the V-tractors, whose first trip to Malawi in August
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Narrated by Samantha Ludick with the Clinic at the Gate in Senga Bay, Malawi: "Every second day I drive to Mukuti Village in order to pick up Ndhala and a guardian and bring him to one of my establishments where I can clean and redress his wounds. I carefully check each time to insure that
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The following is the third in the series "Painful Events Lead to Serving Another". Samantha Ludick from Senga Bay, Malawi narrates: Part I, Part II "The pain Ndhala was in was indescribable. I knew I had to get him a stronger painkiller; some type of antibiotic since I only had diclafanical and that was
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Chewa Queen Mother Makes Request In 2006 the mother of the Paramount Chief of the Chewa Nation approached board members of the Malawi Project and requested the Project expand into Zambia. The geographical lines between the tribal borders in much of Africa do not coincide with the lines drawn during the days of
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Near the end of 2008 the final details were worked out for the shipment of medicine to Malawi with a wholesale value of over $4 million dollars. The shipment includes medicine from Spain, Germany and Italy and will be assigned to the Dzidaure Community Development Agency in Dedza, Malawi. The Dzidaure group is overseeing a
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Mission Awaits First Shipment of Supplies Board members of the Malawi Project conducted a site evaluation of the Namikango Maternity Hospital, and the adjoining land and buildings in Thondwe in August 2008. Subsequent discussions centered on the location near Zomba, the former colonial capital of Malawi, becoming a second site in the southern region for
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