Scott and I are winging our way back across the Atlantic as I reflect on the two weeks we have just spent in Malawi. It is the shortest time I have been there since 1995, and it seems like I just arrived and it was time to go to the airport for the flight back […]
Senga Bay, Malawi … Have you ever-shoveled and hauled sand? It’s backbreaking work, and in the African nation of Malawi the heat, the weight and oxen that often rebel against the load, compound this backbreaking work. Thus it is no wonder the women of Senga Bay arrived at Samantha Ludick’s door with a major request.
Senga Bay, Malawi … “Please come to the gate. I know it is holiday, but please see the lady. She has a big sore on her arm. Please help her.” “I quickly put on a pair of rubber gloves and ran to the gate,” reports Samantha Ludick of the Clinic at the Gate, and the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Part one of a three part series Read part II When Bad Things Lead To Helping Others In August of 2008 we posted the painful story of the death of the mother of one of the employees of Cool Runnings, a small resort on Lake Malawi owned by Samantha Ludick who also conducts the Clinic
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