Maternity Hospital Staff Reviews Shipment Over lunch two members of the staff at the Namikango Maternity Hospital, and the American missionary at the Naminkango Mission in Thondwe, Malawi discuss with Suzi Stephens R.N., Medical Director for the Malawi Project Inc., plans for the arrival of the first 40-foot container of medical supplies to the […]
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBYhvb3SKo Fire Sweeps Through Dedza Hospital Laboratory services at Dedza District Hospital are no longer accessible because a voltage regulator stopped working following a fire that gutted a hospital block housing the kitchen, laundry and storeroom including the records room. Meanwhile, preliminary investigations into the cause of fire have revealed that a fault
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Highway M-1 snakes across the level surface of the Lilongwe Plateau. A little way south of the capital city of Lilongwe it begins a slight roll as the road surface moves closer to the southern end of the Great Rift Valley. As it crosses the river that divides the Lilongwe District from the Dedza District,
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A Visit to KODO Salima, Malawi … It is late morning when we arrive at the Kuthandiza Osayenda Disability Outreach office in a dilapidated, old, rundown building on the east side of the Salima Trading Center. Outside, because there is not enough room inside, is a row of half a dozen women and men
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"When I was in Halifax I learned they had, in one hospital, 30 physical therapists. I was very surprised to realize they had more therapists in this one hospital than we have in our entire country." We were talking with the administrator at Kachere Orthopedic Hospital, Malawi’s only orthopedic hospital. Sitting at the conference
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The Pain of Recalling There is no picture of Lillian Chibaka. The pain of recalling the story can be seen in his face as Doctor Smith Chibaka recalls the events surrounding the last months of the life of his little baby cousin. Lillian was born in 1999, and was on the way to
Everything Fine For Two Years "At first I was born nicely," says Grace Gondwe as she sits facing the computer screen. It is mid-afternoon and Grace is hard at work as the assistant accountant for the school where she works in Mzuzu, Malawi. Her features are frail, and her voice is soft and gentle.
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His Business Card Reads… His business card reads "Daniel Shipley, Helping Malawi One Dollar at a Time". Then his address, email address and phone number are listed at the bottom. On the back the card is filled with suggested items that are needed in Malawi; Band-aids, Folders, Paper Clips, Rulers, Pencils, Pens, Tooth Brushes,
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She Goes Everywhere in the Wheelbarrow Where ever they go she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to the trading center, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they go to church, she goes in the wheelbarrow. When they walk along the road, she goes in the wheelbarrow. The girl in the wheelbarrow
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This One Is Impossible to Explain It is probably impossible to explain what it is like to walk into a hospital, go to the pharmacy storeroom, and see a single box of gauze on the shelf. That is all. One box. Oh, wait a minute. There is a Band-Aid near the box. Now that
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