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A Day at Project Mercy

Saturday, June 16, 2018 [Note: We had no access to the Internet for two days, so I’m posting this late.] Most of our group was up at 6 AM for a three-mile hike to the foothills of the Guråge mountains, a large chain of mountains just west of Yetebon and the…

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…

The National Museum and Prehistoric Lucy

We had a great buffet breakfast at the hotel this morning, all included with our hotel bill. The papaya was out of this world, much sweeter than the papaya we can get in the USA. It took me back to my boyhood in Angola, but even the non-lovers of papaya…

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…

FOOD: What the Heck Should I Eat?

FOOD is a new book by Dr. Mark Hyman, director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. Hyman begins by vividly outlining the problem with food today: “Most Americans don’t eat food anymore. They eat factory-made, industrially produced food-like substances.” He characterizes the multitude of alterations and additives in…

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…

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…

Dealing with Stress

I’m on my way to Africa University as you receive this newsletter. I’ll teach there until early May, returning home in mid-May. I enjoy teaching students at AU and working with colleagues there. This is my fourth year of returning to do this and I always find it to be…

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