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The Dzidaure Project is another in a series of new programs being instituted throughout Malawi by the Malawi Project.
Near the sties that are currently under evaluation the Lintipe River rambles aimlessly through the area near the Trading Center that carries its name, but it offers only minimal assistance to the habitants of the region. Most of the year it ambles as near as 18 – 20 kilometers to the prosperous Dedza Trading Center, then it rambles away like a prodigal child, never giving but only taking. During the rainy season the river rushes off toward the big lake without even an embarrassed look back, carrying with it the life saving ingredients needed for life.
In recent months a small group of visionaries from Malawi have come together to focus on helping the people in the tiny villages near the river. Most of these villages have little or no resources, no transportation, no nearby medical facilities, and no way for the people to make a living outside of the small family gardens that provide a meager food supply.
The first program on which the group has focused revolves around the need for medical care. Negotiation with the Blessings Hospital complex in late 2007 produced a yearlong agreement in which one of the Blessings ambulances is being used as a mobile clinic for the Lintipi area.
In coming months the group will focus on site evaluations for agriculture programs as well as locations on which a medical and educational facility can be constructed. In the meantime medical care will begin shortly in an area of Malawi where medical care had formerly been out of reach for the people of the villages in the Lintipe River valley.