Bicycle Repairman Gets Chair
Wheelchair Arrives for Bicycle Repairman
Mukuti Village, Malawi… Ndiche Kosa is from the village of Mukuti 1 in Senga Bay, Malawi. He is a bicycle repairman, and he has been paralyzed from the waist down for as long as he can remember. One can hardly imagine the feeling each time he repairs a bicycle for [...]
Nations Come Together
Four Nations Touch Lufi Chinesa
Senga Bay, Malawi… The Free Wheelchair Mission in southern California commits itself to giving wheelchairs to people in third world nations who cannot care for themselves. Contributors from many quarters send funds. At the same time the Malawi Project in central Indiana commits itself to helping to care for people [...]
Prostitute HIV Positive
So Many Cases of HIV among Malawian Prostitutes
So Many Cases Like 21-Year-Old Dyna
Senga Bay, Malawi… “The gardener came running, explaining that a young woman was at the gate looking for help. He had advised her today was not the day for Clinic at the Gate, unless this was an emergency. He told me she just [...]
Peacekeeping Slows Library Completion
Senga Bay, Malawi … In 2008 the Malawi Project committed funds to assist the Malawi Paratroop Battalion in the construction of the only public library in the Salima-Senga Bay part of the country. Construction moved slowly since many of the members of the battalion, including its commander, were called away into other African nations on [...]
Ndhala Goes Home
Senga Bay, Malawi … Ndhala was full of smiles when Samantha Ludick told him he could return to his home village of Makanjila on the other side of Lake Malawi. It had been seven months and finally his leg had completely healed. Ludick reports, "He explained to me how happy he was for he had [...]
A Dark Night Emergency-part 2
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 and a fat lip, [...]
A Dark Night Emergency-Part 1
Can We Cross in the Dark of Night?
Samantha Ludick, Clinic at the Gate
It was 7 in the evening when the call came in.
"Is your boat working," came the question from the other end of the line? "Yes", I replied.
"Can you go across the lake to Mkanjila and pick up a patient? There has been [...]
Look, Look, Edson is in School
Who Remembers Edson?
Edson is Going to School
Most readers will not remember Edson. He was simply one small boy in over 1,000 people who received a wheelchair from the Malawi Project during the past four years. In fact, he was the first person who received a wheelchair through Samantha Ludick and the Clinic at the [...]
Painful Event Leads to Serving Another – Final Installment
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 he [...]
Painful Events Lead to Serving Another – Part III
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 definitely not [...]
