Almost Anywhere, First World … Alarm bells ring out for an emergency at the nearby fire station while firemen dressed in emergency gear scramble for the trucks. An ambulance speeds out from the station the building, as firemen climb aboard fully outfitted units. Down the street policemen in full gear scramble to their cruisers, and […]
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Senga Bay, Malawi … “As I enter I can see her sitting on a mat near the back of the house. I can’t believe what I am seeing. How can this have happened, and how can she sit so still, in such hot weather, with her leg propped up as it is. I ask what
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
Successes in Senga Bay We arose at around 7 to the sound of the waves moving ashore. It had been a tough trip the day before, and the last two hours had been in the dark. With large numbers of people walking the edges of the road, the broken edges of the pavement with no
20 July – Malawi. There is nothing like a tank of gas to get you on the move, speeding up, so to speak. Yes, that pun was intended. We are now determined to complete as much of our mission as possible in spite of the fuel shortage, and you will remember that we planned to
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Delivery to the Clinic at the Gate provided
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Insects Threaten Camp Senga Bay, Malawi … Located in one of the poorest nations on earth the small lake resorts along the beaches of Lake Malawi must work especially hard to maintain enough business to survive. To lose revenue can be serious, and to loose it for a long period of time can be critical.
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Senga Bay, Malawi … The shock came as owners and managers of businesses all along the beach front viewed the problem each in the morning. Sometime during the night large masses of debris had washed up on the beaches interrupting any plans for visitors to visit the beach areas until it was cleaned up. It
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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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