Rehabilitation Hospital in Blantyre Will Begin Receiving Shipments
Plans for 2007 called for the expansion of medical supply distributions to a number of new sites in Malawi besides those already destined for Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi.
In March and July two shipments were sent directly to Bottom Hospital in the capital city of Lilongwe. These shipments are part of a Project program to work with the Ethel Mutharika Foundation in order to assist in the revitalization of the hospital constructed in 1939 by the British.
In July the first 40-foot trailer of medical and orthopedic supplies left Indiana on the way to the Kachere Rehabilitation Center on Chipatala Ave in Blantyre, Malawi. According to Richard Stephens, Director for the Malawi Project,
“The vision of the Malawi Project is being realized as new sites are set up around the nation and the people of Malawi take responsibility for their own future. It is not the intention of the Malawi Project to own, govern or manage the programs of assistance that are given to the nation of Malawi. It is the focus of the project to make available the aid for the people of Malawi to manage and oversee within their national and cultural experience, and to give the aid how and where it is most needed in their country.”
In the meantime the Eastside Church of Christ in Colorado Springs, CO and the Montrose Church of Christ in Montrose, CO teamed up to with Project C.U.R.E to ship a 40-foot trailer to Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi for distribution of supplies in the central region of the nation. The container recently arrived and is being distributed to hospitals and clinics throughout Malawi.
Sixty-five trailers of rice at currently in transit from Taiwan to Malawi and will be distributed in the southern region of the nation. A second shipment from Taiwan later in the year will be shipped directly to the central and northern region of Malawi.