Chikwewo Health Centre, Machinga, Malawi … “The old woman walked slowly toward me. Her eyes said it was me she was coming to. I was a long way from home and she certainly did not know me as I stood there watching the crowd. For a moment I wondered what she wanted. I noticed she had a small child on her back, and later learned her name is Chrissy Robert. She is 3 years old. The person carrying her was her grandmother and she was in really great need, not only for food but for medical care.”
The Name Brings Possibility
Wilson Tembo continues his narration, “I quickly learned Chrissy was in a great deal of pain. She had developed wounds on both of her legs about 7 months ago. Though she was given care at the health care facility the condition did not change. ‘We have been going to this place for some months, sometimes we get medicine, sometimes not,’ her grandmother explained. She had heard the Malawi Project distributes medical supplies and drugs to the hospitals and when she saw the Malawi Project vehicle she thought her problem would be solved. I explained to her the medicine I was bringing to the heath care center would need to go to the medical staff so they could give her proper care and follow up. She was pleased to know the medicine to care for Chrissy was now available.
Without help from WER and the Malawi Project she would never have been able to afford this medicine, and besides, the facility might never have received this much medicine in time to care for this little girl. I left that day knowing another child would soon feel her pain leaving and see her wounds healing.”
Medicine Reaches Many Hospitals
From this one shipment of medicine, valued at over $1 million, Tembo had already distributed medicine to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the biggest facility in the country, as well as Dedza District Hospital, Chakhaza Health Ceter, Mponela Rural Hospital, Salima District Hospital, Ntaja Health Care Center and the Malawi Police College Hospital. There is still a long way to go and a mass number of people to be helped.