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Foundation for Healthy Africa

Several years ago, I established the Foundation for Healthy Africa to help students in Africa and to help support small research projects aimed at improving health in Africa. The foundation is small, but it has contributed to scholarships for a number of students. The back-stories of why these students need…

From Gondar to Yetebon

Friday, June 15, 2018 [Note: We were unable to access Wifi for 2 days, so am posting this late.] Today was a travel day from Gondar in north Ethiopia to Yetebon in the south. We had a few places to see in the Gondar area before departing. After breakfast at 6…

A Full Day at Africa University!

We had a full day yesterday, starting with a delicious breakfast at the Ubuntu Center, followed by an informative campus tour. Then we met with VC Furusa for half an hour in his office conference room. After I introduced the family, he gave a heads-up on what is happening now…

Wandikweza: Empowering Girls and Women

We went to the village of Nkhafi, 50 miles north of Lilongwe this morning to visit Wandikweza’s program to improve community health by empowering women. We stopped at Senga Primary School on the way to visit the Wandikweza Girl Child Empowerment Program there. Malawi has significant problems with girls being…

Under-Five Clinic in Rural Malawi

Mercy, Victor and I were on the road at 7:30 a.m., heading for a small rural village about 50 miles north of Lilongwe. We arrived shortly after 9 a.m. and Mercy introduced me to Alli, the Health Surveillance Agent (HSA) for the Ministry of Health for that area. He’s a…

Wandikweza

I’ve been in Malawi for one day, and what an enlightening day it has been. After flying into Lilongwe International Airport last evening, I was welcomed to the “Warm Heart of Africa” by a smiling customs officer who quickly stamped my passport and waved me right through to pick up…

Malawi

I’ve been invited to visit a Community Health Project in Malawi that is run by one of our Africa University grads. The Dean of our faculty was invited also. He’s not able to go, much as he would like to, but I’ve been cleared to go and report back to…

Mutumbara Mission Re-Visited!

Mutumbara Mission is a longstanding Methodist mission center in Mutumbara, Zimbabwe, about 80 miles south of Africa University. I first visited Mutumbara as a 12-year old in 1948 when our family came to Zimbabwe from Angola as delegates to the Africa Central Conference. This time, I went with Dr. Wembodinga,…

Walter’s Story

Walter Manyange is a student at Hartzell High School whom I’ve mentioned previously. I met him by chance four years ago when our paths happened to converge as I was crossing the AU campus. As we chatted, I realized that he was a very bright lad. He had a lot…

Catch the Vision!

“Reflection of Joy” by Bernard Ndichu Njuguna of Kenya

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Africa University gave me a surprise farewell luncheon as we ended the second semester. Since I’m vegetarian, everyone brought a home-cooked vegetarian dish for the luncheon. It was delicious. Someone even commented that it would not be hard to be vegetarian if all vegetarian…

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